I have been having a bit of a hard time blogging this days. It’s not that I have writer’s block. I am just spending my late night and early morning hours on other things. On the next thing. It actually started the day after I announced I was going on Spring Break. A coincidence perhaps. […]
Continue reading →This is the fourth in a series of articles that discusses the stages of a startup. Previously the concept stage, seed stage, and early stage were covered. Today the growth stage is addressed. Scale. The growth stage is all about scale. Scaling the business. Becoming a real business. Creating real value for stockholders. Perhaps no […]
Continue reading →I opened my eyes this morning to the simple thought that technology entrepreneurs and startup investors are wired to move at two very different speeds. Entrepreneurs want to move fast, decide, get things done, move on to the next challenge on their road to glory, then rinse and repeat. Investors want to move a bit […]
Continue reading →"The idea that you cannot build an important tech company outside of Silicon Valley is 'a crock of shit'." Fred Wilson
Continue reading →I first did this type of post last month and some received positive feedback. So here we go again. Even though it is July lots going on. And since we are celebrating freedom this month I thought it would be good to talk a bit about (mostly) free things. Angel Investing For EntrepreneursKnox Massey of […]
Continue reading →“Build a company for the long term. Control your own destiny.” Justin Fishner-Wolfson In his presentation Term Sheets 101 below. The Liquidity Event Proceeds Calculator, developed as a joint project between the Atlanta Technology Development Center and Siavage Law Group, is a nice tool to figure out the affect a funding round might have on […]
Continue reading →A little Monday morning inspiration. With a shout out to Jonathan Kay for sending this in my direction.
Continue reading →Know Massey of the Atlanta Technology Angels pointed me to a great article in The New York Times about angel investors and how to pitch them. Toward the end there is a simple summary. It is from an entrepreneur named Ted Ray currently going down the angel path. Have a product on the market. Do […]
Continue reading →Not too long ago late one night at Smith’s Olde Bar Tessa Horeled and I had a conversation about Drive A Faster Car. It’s her love. Her passion. I encouraged her to work on making DaFC more then just a personal project. To make a run at turning it into a business. Tessa is going […]
Continue reading →Lots going on in the first half of June plus one. Here's a roundup. Busy. GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition FinalsOn Wednesday June 3rd from 8:00am – 2:00pm the finals of the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition are being held at IBM. The finalists are AccelerEyes, Band Metrics and TalentSoup. These companies were selected from over 75 […]
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