I was talking with an aspiring young tech startup entrepreneur last week about getting his one pager together for distribution when somehow or the other the topic of what to do at entrepreneur/investor semi-social mixer came up. My advice. Don’t pitch, qualify. Rationale. Raising money is a bit like job hunting. In either instance the […]
Continue reading →The good folks over at StartupLounge recently had Sig Mosley and Charlie Paparelli, two of the cornerstones of Atlanta angel investing on the show. One (and there are many others) of my key takeaways from the chatter that has been happening over the past week or so, is that there is an opportunity to increase […]
Continue reading →All the chatter that has been going on online sure has the early stage entrepreneurial group buzzing. About 40 or so showed up for Open Coffee yesterday at Tech Square. Heck, there were even at least two investors in the mix (Greg Foster of NMP and Clark Gilder) and at least one company (I ain’t […]
Continue reading →That according to Charlie Paparelli of Paparelli Ventures is the question going through an angel investor’s mind during the first one on one meeting with an entrepreneur. Cindy Cheatham has a full write up over on PeachSeedz. The three step process Charlie laid out to get the first meeting were; 1. Get ready to pitch […]
Continue reading →My friend Jeff Haynie wrote a nice missive on why he moved to the Valley entitled "What’s wrong with the Atlanta startup ecosystem and how to fix it." It’s a pretty long post and a worthy read. Jeff’s a smart guy and I generally agree with him on most things. I have some observations of […]
Continue reading →Big day for Purewire. Today they announced $2 million in funding, Tom Noonan joined their Board of Directors, and the general availability of the Purewire Web Security Service. The Purewire team quietly formed about nine months ago and began working on their concept. They announced the formation of the company in May. And now today. […]
Continue reading →The comment stream generated by the word "discuss" in my quote of the week Friday is simply amazing. The quotes are not that important. Read the comments. Some really good stuff in there. Several of the comments pointed out the need for a seed stage investment company like Y Combinator in the Southeast. I was […]
Continue reading →ATDC is looking for a great group of young, early stage companies who can benefit from our fundraising bootcamp program, CapVenture. CapVenture’s focus is on helping companies to improve their fundraising preparation and odds of success (33% of 2007 participants raised money). CapVenture helps entrepreneurs sharpen their strategy, raise their profile and significantly accelerate their […]
Continue reading →One of the leading suggestions in my Skribit is the subject of Atlanta Investors. I was fortunate enough to sit in on a talk that Sig Mosley, the unwitting godfather of early stage technology investing in Atlanta, had with the companies in the ATDC incubator program. Sig got me motivated. So today I am going […]
Continue reading →Not too long ago a successful serial entrepreneur reached out to me to help with his fund raising efforts. He has created a good concept, built a good team, and was starting to gain customer traction. With all this success he felt that it might be a good time to go out and raise a […]
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