Mentors Wanted

Lots of folks have asked what Tony leaving ATDC means for me.  Not much really.  I suppose I get to do more interesting activities.  One of those is taking Tony’s place on the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition Task Force.  In this role Tino Mantellla has asked me to recruit a number of mentors to help […]

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February 6, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Entrepreneurship, Internet

GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition

I am sitting with 80 people at the TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs Society listening to Sandeep Agate of REACH Call talk about his business and how winning the 2006 GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition helped propel his company forward.  Gregg Warren CEO of ATDC member company IVOX, the 2007 winner, is up next.  This is a kickoff for […]

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January 10, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Web/Tech

The Right Steps

In a recent post Rick Segal had a link to an old article about the steps JLA Ventures goes through when they are making an investment. An observation.  Most entrepreneurs skip step one.  Which make them stumble at step three. You need to read Rick’s post, understand the steps, and put one foot forward at […]

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November 6, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Venture Capital

Best Seat in the House

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 […]

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October 16, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Accelerators, atdc, Personal, Web/Tech

Damballa Joins ATDC

Damballa has joined ATDC.  You can read more about them at PeachSeedz. I am confident that with Steve Linowes, a partner in crime since his Monorail days, in charge you will be hearing more about this startup in the future.  Steve is going to bring lots of value to the ATDC community.   

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July 26, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc

PeachSeedz

Today the ATDC is officially launching its blog, PeachSeedz. Like the ATDC itself, PeachSeedz is dedicated to helping Georgia technology entrepreneurs launch and build successful companies. If we do it right, and we intend to, PeachSeedz will allow ATDC to serve more entrepreneurs by sharing experiences and insights beyond the physical walls of our incubators. […]

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June 19, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Entrepreneurship

Welcome Aboard!

Allen Graber is the ATDC’s newest Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR). This begs the question what exactly is an EIR? It means different things at different places but at ATDC we bring on EIRs to strengthen the ATDC community by adding experienced, successful, former executives of technology start-up companies to the team on a short-term basis. […]

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Evoca Gets Skyped

Evoca, a member of ATDC Savannah, just added the ability to record Skype calls into its audio recording platform. While there are some other companies out there that have the same functionality, Evoca is the only company to completely integrate a solution within the Skype client. To get started signup for an Evoca account if […]

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June 13, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Internet