This Thursday night at 6:00 is Entrepreneurs’ Night. It is my ATDC swan song, and it’s going to be a good one. In May we shaking things up a bit and having several Atlanta angel groups present what they are looking for in their deals. I call it the Angel Editon. Presenters will be: Atlanta […]
Continue reading →Last night was the monthly meeting of the Atlanta Technology Angels. It is the first ATA meeting I have had an opportunity to attend since Mike Eckert became chairman and executive director of the group. And oh my gosh what I difference. To give you some flavor the last ATA meeting I attended in Q3 […]
Continue reading →So I was doing some work on the atdc Startup Showcase that resulted in a quick brainstorming session on Atlanta area organizations that fund technology startups. It looked something like this. The venture capital firms are Arcapita, BLH Ventures, Buckhead Investment Group, Fulcrum, H.I.G., Kinetic, Noro Moseley, Total Technology Ventures, TechOperators, and Value Plus Ventures. […]
Continue reading →Earlier this week I wrote an article about the need for some entity to step up and solve the lack of venture capital issue in Atlanta which led Mike Blake of StartupLounge to ask for a little clarification in the comments. I gave him a little there. Here's more. Shortly after posting I recevieved an […]
Continue reading →Last week while I was vacationing Stephen Fleming alerted the world to a new article by Steve Blank entitled "One Hand Clapping – Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor, Michigan." It's an article that Steve wrote about a few days he spent in the home town of the champions of the West. I suspect that if some […]
Continue reading →It's back. For the sixth year The Georgia Research Alliance and the Technology Association of Georgia are teaming up to present the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition. The competition takes place over the period of four months, and qualified applicants receive publicity, mentors and the opportunity to present their business plans on several occasions to groups […]
Continue reading →So Atlanta Startup Weekend morphed into StartAtlanta. On Friday night about 110 people in a geek dominated crowd walked through the doors of ATDC. About 50 entrepreneurs stood up and pitched their concepts in 60 seconds. This was whittled down to about 25 for a second round from which 12 projects emerged. Teams were formed […]
Continue reading →Khush, a company founded by music technology enthusiasts from Georgia Tech's Music Intelligence Lab recently closed a seed round from 500 Startups. 500 Startups is Dave McClure's Mountain View based seed stage venture capital fund. Very interesting. Perhaps the disparity between the level of competition for deals in the South versus Silicon Valley will result […]
Continue reading →Last night I was invited out to Villa Christina for The Technology Executives Roundtable to attend the John Imlay Leadership Award Ceremony in honor of Sig Mosley, president of Imlay Investments. Sig has been involved with over 125 deals over the years. This summer, before he shut down actively investing in new deals, he did […]
Continue reading →Paul Graham discusses the turmoil in the world of startup funding and the battle between super angels and venture capitalists at Startup School. Insightful analysis and a must view if you have any interest at all in the funding of technology startups. Money quote: “The next couple of years is going to be a great […]
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