In a somewhat historic event Bud Peterson president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and Michael Adams president of the University of Georgia came together on Monday to officially launch ATDC's new presence in Gwinnett County. ATDC, a Georgia Tech based technology business accelerator has established a presence on the University of Georgia's Gwinnett Campus. Roll […]
Continue reading →In six days ATDC is going to host its Startup Showcase and 30th year celebration. I reckon those 30 years make ATDC one of the oldest startup incubators going. Not only is ATDC old, it's good, having recently been named by Forbes as one of 10 technology incubators that are changing the world. It has […]
Continue reading →ChubbyBrain, whose name is perhaps only surpassed by BackPackBuddy, is issuing a series of reports on the state of incubators around the nation. They recently covered Georgia. Not surprisingly, ATDC dominates the market with over a 50% share when you combine the Atlanta and Savannah results. ATDC is really not just an incubator any more. […]
Continue reading →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 […]
Continue reading →A long, long time ago in a place not so far away, Catalyst Magazine used to have a series where they would interview a prominent Atlanta technology person. One of the questions they routinely asked was “What’s the best seat in Atlanta?” The most excellent answer ever award goes to Kathy Harris of Noro Moseley […]
Continue reading →I started a bit of chatter that led to a bit more in these parts for the need for a Y Combinator in Atlanta. It dawned on me that lots of the FoG faithful may have no idea what this means. On their web site it explains that Y Combinator “is a new kind of venture […]
Continue reading →Monica Doss of CED came down to Georgia last week to speak at the TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs society. I had two big takeaways from her presentation. One is that they have the same seed funding issue in the RTP that seems to exist in Atlanta. I think we might have more bubbling here to solve the […]
Continue reading →I happened to run into Stephen Fleming last night, and we started talking a bit about early stage incubators. One of the things that Stephen likes to say is that if the ATDC is an incubator then VentureLab is pre-natal care. And while it is not a requirement that an ATDC company has a connection […]
Continue reading →My first few days at the ATDC have been action packed. Day one was the normal filling out paperwork, figure out how to get email, print, and two last minute meetings to finalize plans for the The Georgia Tech Innovation Experience. This was an event to introduce out of town venture capitalists to the ATDC […]
Continue reading →Literally. Today I joined the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech as a Venture Catalyst. For those of you who have never heard of the ATDC, it is a nationally recognized science and technology incubator that helps entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. My ties at the ATDC go back to my days […]
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