Google "what is a technology startup." When you do this article I wrote back in 2009 will most likely show up as the second result right below the Wikipedia entry. The Wikipedia entry is a little more interesting to me at the moment than what I wrote five years ago. This is what it says: A startup […]
Continue reading →I have been reading and thinking a bit these days about the sources of startup ideas. How ideas that are worth turning into technology startups come to life. The best work I have found on this is by Daniel Gulati who actually conducted some primary research on the matter and wrote it up for the […]
Continue reading →One of the things that I have been pondering lately is how I can evaluate startups and startup ideas more systemically. There is good reason for this; I am looking for my next venture. And as I was contemplating how to go about this a thought popped into my head. Evaluate them in the same manner […]
Continue reading →On Tuesday night I made my way to Athens to the Four Athens open house at the invite of Jacqui Chew. Mark Dewey came along for the ride. It was a fun night. First and foremost Jim Flannery is doing a bang up job of building a startup community in Athens. It was interesting to […]
Continue reading →So the number one question that I seem to be getting these days is "what are you going to do next?" My three word answer, and I really like three or four words, is "I don't know." What I am really most likely to do is do what I do best, and a better four […]
Continue reading →A couple of months ago the good folks at Hypepotamus asked if if I would participate in their “How I Work” series in which people share their daily routines. I was flattered and of course accepted. I am republishing the full text here with their permission. You can see the original article here. Lance Weatherby (@lance) builds thriving internet companies. […]
Continue reading →Back in December I wrote an article called All About The Money. My basic point was that many great entrepreneurs are money motivated. And I have no problem admitting that I am money motivated as well. The day after I wrote this Dave Willams came out with this Facebook post: The problem with business is […]
Continue reading →If you have not heard just yet the Founder Institute is coming to Atlanta. Applications for the Winter sessions starting in January are due today. I got roped into this thing by innocently walking down the hall one day at the Atlanta Tech Village. I am going to be guiding some of the Founder Institute […]
Continue reading →Yesterday my friend Mike Marian over at Synapp wrote a post entitled "You might not be an entrepreneur if." I agree with many of Mike's points. There is one however that I believe is 100% wrong. Before I go on I have to tell you that I have never referred to myself as an entrepreneur. […]
Continue reading →So on Friday I got into a little Twitter thread about my response to Aaron Hillegass's anti-entrepreneurial blog post. Seems that some folks were having an issue with my use of the word "mediocre." It is never my aim to be mean spirited or offend. Poor word choice. I wrote my response post before Nelson […]
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