Shotput Stay Statistic

I was nosing around the Internet looking for a Shotput Ventures term sheet tonight.  Doing a little diligence if you will.  While not officially associated with Shotput in any way I went and presented over the summer, went to demo day, and am talking to a few of their companies about various things that might […]

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September 2, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Angels, Entrepreneurship, Startups

Startups Are Hard

Urvaksh Karkaria, the Atlanta Business Chronicle’s technology writer and the force behind AtlanTech recently asked me to write a viewpoint article. “Starting a tech company is a challenge, period” appeared in the August 14 print and online edition of the Atlanta Business Chronicle.  It is being republished here in its entirety with the consent of ABC editor […]

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August 18, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Shotput

Yesterday was Shotput’s inaugural demo day. Shotput is one of many Y Combinator style startup accelerator programs.  David Cummings and the entire Shotput team worked very hard to select the best capital light Internet startups they could find and coach them over the course of the summer. Eight companies presented at the Technology Square Research […]

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August 11, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Angels, Entrepreneurship, Internet, Presentations, Startups

August Event Roundup

ATDC/TAG Entrepreneurs Michael Price founder and CEO of CEO Ventures is the keynote for the ATDC/TAG Entrepreneurs Society this month.  Michael’s topic is “Beyond Blue Ocean Strategies: Six Key Disciplines of High Growth”.  Following the presentation will be an entrepreneurs only roundtable.  The event is on Thursday August 6 starting 7:30 AM at ATDC.  Learn […]

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July 31, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship

Why Is Your Company A Tech Startup?

The what is a technology startup post did not reveal a lot.  Most of the comments revolved around why I was wrong, disagreement with terms, or how it was even a silly exercise. My technology startups make unique products that people want still holds for me though it is lacking detail. John Cottingham distilled this […]

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July 30, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

What is a Technology Startup?

What is a technology startup?  Seems like a pretty straightforward question.  But there is surprisingly little written to answer the question. If you Google the title of this post you will find no results. Google "technology startup" produces little to define it well though it is interesting to note that my associate Blake Perdue is […]

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July 28, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Entrepreneurship, Startups