ChubbyBrain, whose name is perhaps only surpassed by BackPackBuddy, is issuing a series of reports on the state of incubators around the nation. They recently covered Georgia. Not surprisingly, ATDC dominates the market with over a 50% share when you combine the Atlanta and Savannah results. ATDC is really not just an incubator any more. […]
Continue reading →There are 10 active projects currently at Atlanta Startup Weekend 3. Presentations start in less then an hour. Eager to see who can launch. We may see four alphas or better. EventTankEventTank aggregates event data from various social networking and event listing web sites to create a searchable database that allows third parties to recieve […]
Continue reading →In a nice opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, by Schramm et al. They essentially say that the age of the business not the size is the more precise characteristic of companies creating jobs. The more precise factor is not the size of businesses, but rather their age. According to the Census Bureau, nearly […]
Continue reading →Shortly after the attention grabbing article entitled “Study Shows Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies” I found myself sitting down with Wright Steenrod of Chrysalis Ventures. Wright leads Chrysalis’ technology practice. He likes Atlanta, he likes Atlanta entrepreneurs, and he is looking to make some more investments in Atlanta. It seems like all this public weeping […]
Continue reading →On October 28 I am going to be making my way a few miles east to Emory University and the Goizueta Business School to moderate the Emory Entrepreneurial Leadership Event. Sitting on the panel are Don Brown, Founder & President of Twitpay, Scott Geller, CEO of Zooz Mobile, and Scott Ryan, President and CEO of […]
Continue reading →It has been a long time since the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has shown any interest in the Atlanta startup community. Not since the bubble burst. That changed in the past five days. That changed when David Markiewicz wrote a story in the business section on Venture Atlanta (a great show BTW). It changed in a big […]
Continue reading →Startup Weekend is back. Atlanta Startup Weekend 3 is taking place November 13 – 15. ATDC is once again playing host sponsor. In addition to ATDC, A Small Orange and MailChimp have stepped up to sponsor the event. It’s great to see local tech companies getting involved with such a community building event. I hope […]
Continue reading →Jason Calacanis is stirring up trouble again. He has started a war against angel investment groups that charge startups to pitch. Calls it “low-class, inappropriate and predatory.” Pretty strong words. It’s amazing that Jason just discovered this practice. But I agree with him. Not the low-class, predatory part. The part that startups should not have […]
Continue reading →I know a little about startups and have written quite a bit about the various stages of a startup on FoG. I was pretty darn proud of myself. Not anymore. Christine Herron of First Round Capital has a simply brilliant summary based on the wildly successful MINT. All I can do is write about it. […]
Continue reading →Would you rather be rich or famous? It's a pretty simple question. And one that I used to ask quite a lot during interviews when my company was hiring 10 or more people a month. It's a good interview question. Not to only get people's initial response, but to actually hear their rationale. And to […]
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