I'll write my impressions a bit later, right now I am going to list what the community is discussing. TwitPay: An Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 Company gweezlebur.com The Birth of CloseBuy.me at Atlanta Startup Weekend Colin Ake What's Going On With Skribit? Paul Stamatiou Startup Weekend Births Startups AtlanTech Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 – Better, […]
Continue reading →Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 is taking a lot of my time this week. Not much time for blogging. But last year after a bit of reflection I wrote up the lessons of Atlanta Startup Weekend. Some of the lessons apply to any startup. Some are particularly important if you are participating this year. If […]
Continue reading →On Tuesday November 11 at 8:00 am ATDC is hosting the third rev of "Meet the VC." This time around the highly popular program will feature Lon Chow of Apex Venture Partners out of Chicago. Some of Lon's investments include Bellamax, KnowledgeStorm, LifeSnapz, Placeware. Shoebuy, and Tradex. With that mix and recent economic developments it […]
Continue reading →On my Skribit app (located in the right sidebar) someone suggested that I write about how an early stage technology startup should determine who gets how much equity and when. With the upcoming Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 expected to spawn 5 – 10 projects spread across 100 "founders" it seems like a good time to […]
Continue reading →The downturn sure is making for interesting times. Here at FoG it started with the gloom of the Sequoia meeting notes and presentation of doom. Followed by the more upbeat link to Paul Graham's essay on "Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy." Interesting times. And I have a pretty interesting job. A […]
Continue reading →Over the weekend at BarCamp Atlanta nobody wanted to fill the opening slot in the main room. I ended up stepping up and doing an ad-hoc presentation on what is changing with 2.0 version of Atlanta Startup Weekend. There are some major changes in the works, all of which I think will add to the […]
Continue reading →Next week is going to be a big one in the Atlanta startup technology world. And I mean big. From Wednesday morning to Saturday afternoon it is one glorious gathering after another. GTISC Security Summit Wednesday morning kicks things off with the GTISC Security Summit. This year the focus is on emerging cyber security threats. […]
Continue reading →Back in July Jason Calacanis said he was retiring from blogging and starting a private mailing list. Well the retirement turns out to be a bit Bret Favre style. Over the weekend he sent out an email entitled “(The) Startup Depression” which drew a great deal of attention and led to him posting the content […]
Continue reading →Just read over on Feld Thoughts about the AWS Startup Challenge. If you are building a web app utilizing Amazon Web Services you should check this out. The grand prize includes $50,000 in cash, $50,000 in AWS service credits, and a potential investment offer from Amazon. The application is short and straightforward. Deadline for entry […]
Continue reading →Don Brown of Divvs was voted best presentation at the first Startup Gauntlet. Great time was had by a brave pack or early stage entrepreneurs looking to perfect their investor presentations. We are doing this again next month. Update: After reading this post this morning I decided that it deserved much more prose. The above […]
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