So Atlanta Startup Weekend morphed into StartAtlanta. On Friday night about 110 people in a geek dominated crowd walked through the doors of ATDC. About 50 entrepreneurs stood up and pitched their concepts in 60 seconds. This was whittled down to about 25 for a second round from which 12 projects emerged. Teams were formed […]
Continue reading →Now that Hothlanta is firmly behind us and our climate is returning to its more Kashyyyk like norm it is time to get out and network. A good place to start is at ATDC's Entrepreneur's Night. Entrepreneur's Night is a new monthly event that will take place the third Thursday of every month from 6 PM […]
Continue reading →Over on Quora Geoff Graham has a very thoughtful response to the question "What is the startup and talent pool like in Atlanta?" How Geoff got connected to the Atlanta startup community is a roadmap for many wanting to do so. And I just love the analogy at the end comparing Atlanta to California and […]
Continue reading →Back in September I announced that after three good years I was stepping away from leading Atlanta Startup Weekend. Well some folks are stepping up to evolve the concept of Startup Weekend. It is Start Atlanta. To quote the Start Atlanta team, "like any good startup, we saw something perfectly good and broke it, in […]
Continue reading →Earlier in the week Aarjav Trivedi made the comment that he was amused by my Paul Graham like response to email. Not exactly sure how Paul responds to emails, I never sent him one. This little exchange might shed some light Unknown entrepreneur (Ue): 961 character intro in which they claimed to be able to explain […]
Continue reading →This past weekend I had the pleasure of serving as a judge of the JA Fellows Shark Tank. I was amazed by what the teams of student entrepreneurs put together in just four weeks. The winning company was Take Charge. They are selling a USB/solar powered wireless portable charger called E-Power. With their $500 in […]
Continue reading →An email I received yesterday: results = records[“top_5”].inject({:labels => [], :total => []}) do |h, v| puts v.to_s h[:total] << v[“total”] h[:labels] << v[pivot] h end Shit, thats ruby not paper. Paper: http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca/newthinking/francomitchell.pdf
Continue reading →1. If you are asking someone for money do not ask for an NDA. 2. If someone is giving you free advice do not ask for an NDA. 3. If you are going to pay or potentially pay someone with cash or equity ask for an NDA.
Continue reading →Paul Graham discusses the turmoil in the world of startup funding and the battle between super angels and venture capitalists at Startup School. Insightful analysis and a must view if you have any interest at all in the funding of technology startups. Money quote: “The next couple of years is going to be a great […]
Continue reading →In a few short minutes the companies that were selected for Venture Atlanta will be making their way to the stage for six minutes of fame. There are 20 companies on the agenda for the day but a few that are more interesting to me. I have been advising and coaching Venture Atlanta participants BLiNQ […]
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