Awareness Achieved

Oct 19, 09 in Entrepreneurship, Startups

It has been a long time since the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has shown any interest in the Atlanta startup community. Not since the bubble burst. That changed in the past five days.

That changed when David Markiewicz wrote a story in the business section on Venture Atlanta (a great show BTW). It changed in a big way when James Mallory wrote an op-ed piece on why "We must invest in our entrepreneurs" in the main section of the Sunday edition. The page was filled out with a piece by Tom Noonan and John Yates on "Atlanta's startups give hope", and one by Mohan Sawhney on "New companies thrive on tough economic times."

A full page. In the Sunday paper. On startups. On a page devoted to issues important to our community. The big community of the city of Atlanta.

Atlanta' startup technology is indeed alive and hopeful. People are noticing.

Rock on.

Comments

The Atlanta Business Chronicle has been covering the local tech scene for over a year http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/blog/atlantech/2009/10/tax_credit.html

Urvaksh Karkaria | Oct 19, 09 at 11:35 PM

Urvaksh: Agreed. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has been doing a fine job of covering Atlanta tech. More is good!

Lance | Oct 19, 09 at 11:47 PM

I'm so glad the event was enjoyed by all. There was great networking going on and we hope to see a lot of deals as a result. We're already working on 2010 - stay tuned! Hold next October - for now.

Allyson Eman | Oct 20, 09 at 04:40 PM

Atlanta has become one of the best places to talk about Startups, which is a helluva first step.

Russell Jurney | Oct 21, 09 at 02:05 AM

Good to see local mesage in AJC but...As I said in my TAG keynote last year the first Greenland settlers starved to death because their culture prevented them from eating fish. Message for ATL investors: don't forget to eat the fish!

Rich DeMillo | Oct 21, 09 at 06:38 AM

The tech community needs more coverage. Consistent coverage. Not fair weather friends who cover tech only during good times.

Radhika Subramanian | Oct 21, 09 at 07:52 AM