Paul Judge has put together a 67 slide presentation on the Atlanta startup scene that was originally published on Pando. Solid effort that gives anyone that wants to know what is happening in Atlanta around technology startups many good places to start.
Continue reading →So the big news last week in Atlanta was the launch of TechSquare Labs. Artfully announced in the Atlanta Business Chronicle TechFlash the day before one of it's founders (Paul Judge) gave the keynote during the VIP lunch at the ATDC Startup Showcase, the new effort became quite the buzz. The other founder, Allen Nance, cleared […]
Continue reading →Yesterday I walked down the hall at Tech Square to sit in on a few sessions of the Georgia Angels Meetup. I had a particular interest in the deal flow panel that included Stephen Fleming, Jennifer Sherer, Jennifer Bonnett, Michael Blake, Sanjay Parekh, Katie Elizabeth, and Allyson Eman. Quite the group. And so were the folks in the audience and […]
Continue reading →It's kinda odd some of the discussions that I have recently had with early stage entrepreneurs about angel rounds. Folks wanting to raise $800k at a valuation more than $5 million. Seems a little rich to me and I said as much. Well Silicon Valley Bank is out with their Q2 Halo Report. And sure […]
Continue reading →Everybody wants to raise money and talk about it. One of the things that does not get talked about quite so much is the overhead of taking someone else's money. More often than not one of your investors joins your newly created board and you start having board meetings. And every time I have been […]
Continue reading →On Wednesday August 14 I am going to be participating at Access to Capital put on by my friends over at Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp. It’s a much broader than your typical technology startup funding event. It will explore alternative and traditional lending options, angel investments, crowdfunding, private equity and more. I have the honor […]
Continue reading →Not 100% accurate for every startup, such an infographic can't be, but in the right ballpark. With a hat tip to Wayne Sutton and kudos to Anna Vital on Funders and Founders.
Continue reading →Seems like my Twitter stream was full of references to this angel investor infographic from Investor Pitches (they build pitch decks). The most interesting thing to me is that an angel's average net worth was a lot more than $750k.
Continue reading →Courtesy of Alexis Madrigal.
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