Now that the landmark national health care legislation is heading to the desk of President Obama let’s turn our attention to a less controversial topic to the readers of FoG. Encouraging angels investors to invest in early stage, innovative, wealth-creating businesses. Georgia House Bill 1001 is the Angel Investor Tax Credit Bill. It essentially grants […]
Continue reading →As TechDrawl reported over the weekend, A Small Orange's web hosting business has been acquired by Brent Oxley, the founder of Host Gator. A Small Orange founder Tim Dorr is retaining his design business A Small Orange Web Design. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Tim went out plopped down a reservation on […]
Continue reading →As the organizer of Atlanta Startup Weekend I have been involved with a few companies that emerge from the event. And as they move forward there is always an issue. An issue of equity holders and complexity of the cap table. This issue has been a subject of conversations within both Skribit and Twitpay. Investors […]
Continue reading →My little stream of consciousness write ups that I threw together about the companies presenting at Startup Riot sure did result in a few comments and personal emails. Here's the deal. I have seen thousands of startups since I entered the tech world. Literally. And after a while you start developing a bit of a […]
Continue reading →Twitpay has been acquired by an investment group led by Ashish Bahl. Ashish, a financial services industry veteran, understands the power of the Twitpay concept. Twitpay will be honing in on the RT2Give portion of its Retweet Suite. RT2Give is Twitpay’s proprietary fund raising solution for non-profit organizations. RT2Give enables non-profits to leverage social networking […]
Continue reading →Live commentary on the third and final hour of pitches at Startup Riot. Fourteen companies to go. eWide Networks Online local reference to help students get a more balanced college experience and propel themselves into a career they’re passionate about is what they say in the brochure. What the first slide says is “events calendar.” […]
Continue reading →Live blogging of the second hour of pitches at Startup Riot. High Road Craft Craft ice cream for restaurants, hotels, and caterers. They want to be the Ben & Jerry's for hotels. Not looking for investment, have ten customers and are profitable. Nice pictures. I just ate and am getting hungry. Will be looking at […]
Continue reading →Today is Startup Riot. Startup Riot is a is pitch event where technology startups present their companies for three minutes using four slides. This year it moved to the opulent and spacious Egyptian Ballroom at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. The Fox is an Atlanta institution and the move there is representative of how the event […]
Continue reading →Here's the definition of CEO from Wikipedia. A chief executive officer (CEO) or chief executive is one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators in charge of total management. An individual selected as president and CEO of a corporation, company, organization, or agency, reports to the board of directors. By definition to be a […]
Continue reading →One of the more rational voices during the recent chatter about startup events was Michael Blake. He asked the rather simple question “are there specific events that you think have outlived their usefulness?” and threatened to throw me under the bus in retaliation if I mentioned StartupLounge. I am sure there are lots of buses […]
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