Capital Connections Survey

Last night was the third Capital Connections event put on by the guys from Startup Lounge.  Another great event.  The only problem was that there were so many people there it was a bit crowded.   But that is a good problem to have.  Personally my only compliant is the constant ribbing I took for having […]

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February 7, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Angels, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Venture Capital

Mentors Wanted

Lots of folks have asked what Tony leaving ATDC means for me.  Not much really.  I suppose I get to do more interesting activities.  One of those is taking Tony’s place on the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition Task Force.  In this role Tino Mantellla has asked me to recruit a number of mentors to help […]

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February 6, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Entrepreneurship, Internet

GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition

I am sitting with 80 people at the TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs Society listening to Sandeep Agate of REACH Call talk about his business and how winning the 2006 GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition helped propel his company forward.  Gregg Warren CEO of ATDC member company IVOX, the 2007 winner, is up next.  This is a kickoff for […]

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January 10, 2008  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Web/Tech

YnR Entrepreneur Social

YnR is an informal forum and semi-regular meeting of Atlanta area entrepreneurs. The group is led by David Ratajczak, who from time to time sends out an email to the 250 or so people that he has amassed on a mailing list to come out for some good conversation and fun.  David welcomes anyone with […]

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November 28, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship

Startup Weekend Lessons

After Atlanta Startup Weekend I needed some time to recharge.  A nice break from the Internet in general and blogging in particular over a Thanksgiving holiday that I turned into a week’s vacation offered me a little time to reflect on the lessons from the undertaking.  As a facilitator more than a task participant I have […]

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November 27, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Skribit

Skribit is the product of Atlanta Startup Weekend.  We “launched” at midnight and have already been TechCrunched and on Truemors.  While I wished we were a little further along from a product development point of view, any press is good press. I led the effort to bring Startup Weekend to Atlanta and have been working […]

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November 12, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Heartfelt Words on Funding Strategy

I first got to know Tony Stubblebine at SoCon07.  Tony founded CrowdVine, a roll your own social network service. Like many founders, Tony has spent a lot of time thinking about the funding strategy for his company.  Unlike many founders, Tony has bared his soul by writing a captivating article that is well worth the […]

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October 17, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital

Founder Fight

I suppose I posted about the success of Toronto Startup Weekend a little too soon on the Atlanta Startup Weekend blog.  Seems like a disagreement has broken out among the founders. Andrew Hyde, the founder of the Startup Weekend concept, was the first to bring this up.  Seems like Andrew got a bit of a […]

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September 19, 2007  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship