Next Tuesday morning I am participating on a panel entitled “Transforming Caterpillars into Butterflies: A Study of Emergent Organizations”. Jake Messersmith, an Associate Professor of Management at The George Washington University who wrote his doctoral dissertation on the same subject will be giving the keynote. In his presentation Dr. Messersmith will present research results from […]
Continue reading →This morning I attended the TAG ATDC Entrepreneurs Society meeting. At the request of Paul Freet I live tweeted the event. That activity created more replies for more information then I could count on both Twitter and Facebook. The presentation highlights the results of two research studies regarding the Georgia entrepreneurial community. The first study […]
Continue reading →Yesterday The New York Times published an interesting piece entitled "Angels Flee From Tech Start-ups" that profiled angels and entrepreneurs across the country. While the title nicely sums up the article, it's not exactly the story I am hearing in Tech Square. To provide a more specific understanding of what's happening with angels in Atlanta, […]
Continue reading →Last night was the Preliminary Round of The InVenture Prize. First a little background. InVenture was created by Georgia Tech to provide incentives, resources, and structure for undergraduate student innovation and entrepreneurship via a fun, high-profile event. Ray Vito, Vice Provost for Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, and my friend Merrick Furst's aim with InVenture is […]
Continue reading →2009 is in full swing with a slate of events and competition that any startup entrepreneur in the Southeast should consider. CapitalLounge The next rev of the StartupLounge's entrepreneur/investor mixer takes place on February 25. CapitalLounge's primary goals are to provide an environment where early stage entrepreneurs can make connections with other like-minded entrepreneurs and […]
Continue reading →You may have heard of the TAG/GRA Business Launch Competition. That little thing where the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) and the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) join forces (along with the help of ATDC) to support the creation and growth of new startups in Georgia via a competition. Where the contest winner receives a $100,000 cash […]
Continue reading →I month ago I wrote a fairly popular article about startup equity distribution among co-founders. It generated a nice little conversation. The short answer was there is no short answer. Dividing startup equity is a complex process. Doing it right takes a lot of time and effort. Yesterday I stumbled upon a post by Frank […]
Continue reading →As reported over on PeachSeedz, SoloHealth made it to the semi-final round of the Forbes Business Launch competition. I am exceited to tell you Solohealth has made it to the finals. Over 1,600 companies entered and SoloHealth is in now in the final five. Part of the reason they got there was the help of […]
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Continue reading →Monday and Tuesday I have provided links to posts written about Atlanta Startup Weekend 2. Well this year we also received a little media attention. The Atlanta Business Chronicle, CNN.com and TechDrawl all visited. Never heard of TechDrawl? That’s because it is a startup itself. TechDrawl is a new video blog produced by Celia Dyer. […]
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