You’re Not Delusional
You're an entrepreneur. From the gapingvoid gallery.
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Where’s The Money in Mobile?
I'll be darned of I know. But I am going to make my way out to the Ashford Club on Thursday night to hear Fred Sturgis of HIG, Mike Elliott of Noro-Moseley, Nelson Chu of Kinetic Ventures, David Sung of ATDC, Tuff Yen of Seraph Group, and Said Mohammadioun of Tech Operators discuss where the […]
Continue reading →Of Idol & Entrepreneurs
Last night was the airing of American Idol's initial auditions that were held at the Midtown W in Atlanta. The kids love the the show so we were having a little family TV time. As I was watching I was amazed by how much the first round of American Idol is like advising early stage […]
Continue reading →ATL [Startup Digest]
The Startup Digest is a weekly curated events email list that is focused on the needs of the startup community. The concept was created by Chris McCann and Brendan McManus out in the valley last quarter with the following purpose. We want to promote the entrepreneurial lifestyle and the culture of DOING, to help change […]
Continue reading →Location Does Not Matter
Seems like lots of people like to talk about how important location is when starting a company. Well, here’s a thought. Back when I wrote an article on Keys to Entrepreneurial Success one of the findings that I slipped in was 50 percent of entrepreneurs ranked location as not at all important in determining the […]
Continue reading →Are Business Competitions Good?
On Thursday morning I am going to sit down and talk about the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition at the ATDC/TAG Entrepreneurs Society Meeting. With the kickoff of that and the Georgia Tech College of Management Business Plan Competition "Moving an Idea into a Fundable Venture" event on January 20 it seems like we are starting […]
Continue reading →Hello Twenty Ten
Twenty ten is here. It's going to be a good year. With unemployment sitting at 10%, out of control U.S. government spending, tight credit markets, and wars waging in all sorts of places on the surface 2010 looks kinda tough. But it has to be better than 2009. When the financial crisis first hit back […]
Continue reading →Keys to Entrepreneurial Success
The Kauffman Foundation, the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship, recently released a new study entitled "Making of a Successful Entrepreneur." In the study the research team explored company founders' opinions and observations about what influenced the success or failure of their businesses. The research is based on a survey of 549 company founders in […]
Continue reading →The Non NDA NDA
The subject of non disclosure agreements has come up from time to time on FoG. ATDC and investors do not sign NDAs. Entrepreneurs don’t seem to like that and often try to slip non disclosures and confidentiality clauses in presentations, emails, and the like. I recently received this email, reproduced in its entirety. The personal […]
Continue reading →Sustaining Startups in Atlanta
Back in September the fine institute for which I have the honor to carry on my work published a piece entitled "Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies." The words chosen for the headline were, shall we say, unfortunate. It could have just have easily been called "Connectivity Key to Atlanta Startup Ecosystem" or by the paper's […]
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