What Is A Technology Startup?

While the ATDC web site plainly states that we do not generally accept consulting-oriented business models and prefers companies that offer products that are not easy to replicate and defensible, we sure do get a good number of inquires from these types of companies. Now don’t get me wrong, there are lots of good small […]

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March 23, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Startups

ATDC Funding Factoids

Prepping for the Startup Lounge this morning had me going through some funding figures to come up with the following factoids. In the past 10 years ATDC companies have raised just over $1 billion in venture capital. Since 2000 ATDC companies have either raised or been acquired to the tune of $1.7 billion. For the […]

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March 20, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Venture Capital

I Am A Catalyst

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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October 16, 2006  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Accelerators, atdc, Personal