So about five years ago I heard about Startup Weekend and reached out to Andrew Hyde to bring the show to Atlanta. Andrew was willing and able and with the help of a lot of folks Atlanta Startup Weekend was born in the fall of 2007. I ran it for three years before passing the […]
Continue reading →So on Wednesday I wandered down to the big fish tank for Venture Atlanta. A fine event. One of the best of startup things a guy, or gal for that matter, can do. I was there as the non-paid entertainment, pitching Half Off Depot as we gear up for our Series B in 2013. And […]
Continue reading →1. Brew coffee, take the high octane first eight ounces. 2. Check for website monitoring alerts. 3. Check server resource use. 4. Check eCommerce platform for successful order completion. 5. Check market web pages for proper rendering and responsiveness. 6. Take a shower. Rinse and repeat. Whatever it takes.
Continue reading →Seems to be quite the subject these days. Paul Graham says, or at least an investor does, that startup valuations are heading south. Fred Wilson pretty much agrees for later stage companies (and agrees that FB is overvalued). My take. It does not matter. Unless your startup has over 50% of the U.S. using it, has raised […]
Continue reading →Over on Quora Paul DeJoe, the CEO at Ecquire (a lead management software company with the tag "data entry blows") and an Entrepreneur in Residence at Fairbridge Venture Partners, posed the perfect response to the question "What does it feel like to be the CEO of a start-up?" Something like 1,200 upvotes. It is republished here with permission. […]
Continue reading →Way back in August of last year I recieved an email from Annette. It is still in my inbox. The subject line was "Some flattery and a question!" It reads in part: I recently stumbled across your website and wanted to complement you on a really good blog, i skimmed longer than I probably should […]
Continue reading →Excellent article on how to stop working at a big company and start being an entrepreneur by Daniel Tenner. The cliff notes version. Register a business. Connect to the local startup community. Read Hacker News. Build something someone uses (one someone is enough). Build something that you will personally continue to use. Start a blog. Write […]
Continue reading →Courtesy of Alexis Madrigal.
Continue reading →So the past few days I have been hanging out a bit in the nifty new Flashpoint accelerator space. It's kinda a cool open space with high benches and work seats. Very open flow to it. And it is quite shocking to see a logo you helped create in a larger than life execution. We […]
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