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| Nov 24, 2008 in ATDC, Startups |  0 |
I recently sat down and spoke with Rob Hassett of InternetLegal and Business to Business Magazine. If you have 15 minutes to spare and what a good overview of ATDC it is worth the listen.
| Nov 19, 2008 in ATDC, Entrepreneurship | 0 |
As reported over on PeachSeedz, SoloHealth made it to the semi-final round of the Forbes Business Launch competition. I am exceited to tell you Solohealth has made it to the finals. Over 1,600 companies entered and SoloHealth is in now in the final five. Part of the reason they got there was the help of the FoG faithful voting for them in the contest.
A few weeks ago Forbes flew SoloHealth CEO Bart Foster up to NYC. After presenting to a panel of judges Bart tooled around the city on the Forbes yacht. You can see Bart's presentation to the finalists panel here (video auto-roll warning).
Once agian Bart needs your help. Online voting counts for 50% of the formula Forbes will be using to pick the winner. He needs you to vote for SoloHealth so he can take home the $100,000 grand prize.
Here is what you can do:
1. Go to the Forbes Business Launch voting site.
2. Vote for SoloHealth and enter your first name and email address
3. Go to your inbox and click on the "validate your vote" link. Note: You may need to check your spam/junk folder.
Voting ends Saturday, November 29th and the winner will be announced in early December.
| Oct 18, 2008 in ATDC, BarCamp, Fun, Internet, Unconference | 1 |
ATDC is the host sponsor of BarCamp Atlanta 2, which essentially means I am spending the better part of the weekend with about 95 geeks and 5 geekettes.
Those that follow me on Twitter know that I used the service to crowdsource my presentation. I got the concept from a presentation that Chris Winfield created for SES Toronto back in June. I had a few requests to distribute the presentation and you will find it below. While the presentation was fine in the room you may need to view in full screen on SlideShare.
Thanks again for all those that participated in the making of a fun presentation.
| Oct 15, 2008 in ATDC, Marketing, Startups | 3 |
On Wednesday October 22, 2008 at 11:45 ATDC will resume its BrownBag
series and for the first time they are systematically opening up this
program to startups and entrepreneurs that are not a part of ATDC's
incubator. It's going to be a great program. As Toby Bloomberg, the person responsible for me starting FoG put it, "congrats! for putting together 3 smart women."
And smart is as smart does. The topic of the panel is "Establish, Enhance, & Grow your Web Presence." It is being presented by a trio of marketing mavens. In addition to Toby, my dear friend Erika Jolly Brookes, VP of Marketing at EarthLink, and SEO guru Stacy Williams of Prominent Placement are scheduled to present.
It is free to attend and lunch will be provided. I expect this to fill up before the week is out. You need to register {SOLD OUT!} now!
| Oct 09, 2008 in ATDC, BarCamp, Entrepreneurship, Unconference, Venture Capital | 1 |
Next week is going to be a big one in the Atlanta startup technology world. And I mean big. From Wednesday morning to Saturday afternoon it is one glorious gathering after another.
GTISC Security Summit
Wednesday morning kicks things off with the GTISC Security Summit. This year the focus is on emerging cyber security threats. Lt. General Robert J. Elder, Jr., who you most likely have never heard of, is giving a keynote entitled "Global Opeations and Mission Assurance in a Contested Cyber Envrionment". Tom Noonan, whom you most likely have heard of, is then moderating a panel on the subject.
Venture Atlanta
The biggest venture capital event in Atlanta history is taking place on Wednesday and Thursday at the Omni Hotel. The Omni is sold out and Venture Atlanta is almost as well. Over 100 VCs packing the halls talking deals. On Wednesday afternoon ATDC and VentureLab are putting on "Let's Make a Deal". I am partially playing the role of Monty Hall.
Executing Social Media
I am not going to be able to make it to the Executing Social Media conference but if Grayson Daughters says it is going to be good I believe her. For social media types with big expense accounts. The $1295 registration fee makes the cost of entry to Venture Atlanta seem like a bargain.
Meet The VC
I will be sitting down next Friday morning bright and early with Vimal Patel of Sierra Ventures out of Menlo Park for the second interation of ATDC's Meet the VC. Despite the early time slot the first session with Alan Tatele was full of energy. I expect more of the same and a sell out crowd. It is free but you have to register. And if you have any questions that you would like me to ask Vimal you can do so in the comments.
BarCamp Atlanta 2
This unconference is filling up fast with 169 folks registered to attend. The kick off on Friday night will be huge. Like Meet the VC, BarCamp is free and you can register here until it fills up. But it requires active participation. You have to come prepared to give a presentation or demo. I am pretty sure the title of my presentation is going to be "That's What You Twittered", a crowd sourced presentation. If you want to play along with that, follow me on Twitter.
It's gonna be a fun week.
| Sep 16, 2008 in ATDC, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital | 5 |
ATDC is gearing up for its first Meet the VC session this week. Alan Taetle of Noro-Moseley Partners is going to be the featured venture capitalist.
I’ve known Alan for quite some time and have plenty of questions for him, but since this program was launched based on the chatter that was taking place on FoG, I would also like to know what you would ask him.
Submit your questions in comments, and I will select some of the best ones to ask Alan. If you happen to like a question that’s already been mentioned, you can second it or refine it by commenting as well.
| Sep 04, 2008 in ATDC, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital | 2 |
Following up on my Moving Forward post, ATDC today announced the launch of a new program called "Meet the VC". You can read all about it over on PeachSeedz.
Or you can trust me and go sign up for the first session with Alan Taetle of Noro-Moseley Partners right now.
| Sep 03, 2008 in ATDC, Entrepreneurship, Startups | 1 |
Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 registration is now open. The event is taking place November 7 through 9. ATDC is playing host for the second year. In addition to ATDC, Angus McRae and Atlanta CEO Council have once again stepped up to sponsor the event. And I am very excited that Vendormate has joined as a sponsor. It's just great to see growing technology companies involved. Update: Purewire is now a sponsor. Update 2: Appcelerator is now a sponsor. ( I am looking for a few more sponsors as well as some volunteers to lend a hand in both the planning and execution of the event.)
This year the number of participants will be increased to over 100 because the format is changing from last year. We will not be focusing on a single concept as we did with last year with Skribit. This year we will move as many concepts forward as the community is willing to support, hence we can have more people involved without getting too many cooks in one kitchen. Company formation is not a requirement.
It costs just under $40 to participate, but can be the experience of a lifetime.
If you want to play I suggest you register soon. This is going to sell out real quick.
| Aug 21, 2008 in ATDC, Entrepreneurship, Incubators, Startups | 15 |
Russell Jurney suggested yesterday via Skribit that I write an article about "ATDC Sponsored Coworking Space" and it was quickly voted up as a popular topic. So I gotta say something.
But before I do I need to point out something else. This is my personal blog. As it clearly states in the disclaimer in the lower right, the opinions expressed here are mine, not those of my employer. You want the official ATDC word venture over to PeachSeedz. Everything I say here does adhere to my personal values, which can be summed up in two words. Be good.
So with that out of the way, here goes.
ATDC has long been internally discussing offering something like coworking space. The drivers of this have been finding room for entrepreneurs when they are in the early stages of concept development as well as ventures that are not quite ATDC ready but need space. Lay on top of this that ATDC embraces the social and collaborative aspects of the coworking process and is a non-profit focused on community it may be in a good position to foster coworking in Atlanta. With a healthy mix of companies prepping to move beyond the physical confines of ATDC in the fall and some room opening up it seems like it may be time for action.
So with all this in mind I recently entrusted ATDC trusty graduate assistant and aspiring entrepreneur Blake Perdue to undertake a project to investigate the prospects of bringing coworking to ATDC. He is in the early stages of this endeavor and I expect a recommendation from him some time next month on how ATDC may be able to play. While I am going to make a few predictions on what may fall out of this, I am not going to predict if this is something that ATDC is going to do. Beyond me. If it does happen I anticipate the following will be part of a plan.
As a state funded not for profit entity ATDC is not in a position to offer free space for coworking. If you need to know why just do a quick search on the Georgia state budget crisis. ATDC may be able to offer space at the same rates as those companies that are in the incubator program. This pricing is heavily subsidized. If ATDC were to set aside 1,500 square feet for a coworking type program we could offer space to about 15 FTEs at a cost that is typical of other coworking setups. From what I know at the moment that runs from $240 to $400 a month per person. If more is needed then I would encourage the community to seek additional sponsorship.
ATDC will remain true to its roots of helping Georgia technology entrepreneurs. Whatever happens will be focused on helping startups, not the broader work-at-home professional and independent contractor class that coworking targets.
Like the ATDC incubator program I would guess that it would limit the time that an individual could participate in the coworking program to rotate the participants and offer more opportunity to a broader group.
The facility would only be available during normal office hours and participants would need to arrange for their own public transportation or parking.
That's it. Again this is something ATDC has under study. If you are interested in helping to make this a reality I encourage you to reach out and work with Blake on a plan that will work for all.
And if you need some space before we get this all figured out I encourage you to make use of the Entrepreneurs Resource Center. It is on the first floor of Centergy. Can accommodate about 10 people. And it's free.
And if you care to discuss here, please do. Just be good.
| Aug 18, 2008 in ATDC, Startups | 2 |
ATDC member company SoloHealth could use your assistance. They are the semi-finalists in the Forbes Boost Your Business contest. Winner takes home $100k. If SoloHealth wins they would develop a version of their product to be utilized in public schools. According to Prevent Blindness America, 25% of school children in the U.S. have an undiagnosed eye issue. SoloHealth can help change this.
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