Secret Cabal

I can’t tell you how ironic it was when someone create secretcabal on Twitter.  Ironic because there was one.  Some time ago the good folks at Noro-Moseley Partners had invited me to a dinner meeting at White Space Gallery.  The purpose of the dinner was an open discussion of what’s happening in the Atlanta startup […]

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February 9, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Startups, Venture Capital

Nobody Told Me

Always something happening and nothing going on There’s always something cooking and nothing in the pot They’re starving back in China so finish what you got John Lennon I must be in a contrarian mood.  But sometimes when people are zigging you have to zag.  John would respect that thought. SoCon, Startup Drinks, Ignition Alley […]

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February 4, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Dev Needed for Multi-Touch Startup

I am working with a small seed funded start-up out of Georgia Tech’s College of Computing that is investigating an approach to take advantage of modern, large scale, multi-touch displays.  They are looking to hire a small number of programmers to help develop an innovative multi-touch document visualization and interaction system. Right now, they are […]

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January 22, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Startups

Developing A Marketing Plan

Last night I had the pleasure to present to a group of folks that are in the Georgia Tech College of Management Business Plan Competition run by Alan Flury.  I have been involved in past years.  It is a great program that has been the start for operational companies such as Accelereyes and Sentrinsic.  The […]

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January 21, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Customer Focus, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Presentations, Startups

ATL [Startup Digest]

The Startup Digest is a weekly curated events email list that is focused on the needs of the startup community.  The concept was created by Chris McCann and Brendan McManus out in the valley last quarter with the following purpose.  We want to promote the entrepreneurial lifestyle and the culture of DOING, to help change […]

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January 11, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Location Does Not Matter

Seems like lots of people like to talk about how important location is when starting a company.  Well, here’s a thought. Back when I wrote an article on Keys to Entrepreneurial Success one of the findings that I slipped in was 50 percent of entrepreneurs ranked location as not at all important in determining the […]

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January 10, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Are Business Competitions Good?

On Thursday morning I am going to sit down and talk about the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition at the ATDC/TAG Entrepreneurs Society Meeting.  With the kickoff of that and the Georgia Tech College of Management Business Plan Competition "Moving an Idea into a Fundable Venture" event on January 20 it seems like we are starting […]

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January 5, 2010  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in Entrepreneurship, Startups

Skribit Moves Beyond Beta

Skribit, that fun little company from Atlanta Startup Weekend exited beta today with the release of the 1.0 version of its blogger topic suggestion application.  Skribit secured coverage from TechCrunch, which by the way was not the first time the company was covered there.  Paul Stamatiou, the guy that conceived the Skribit concept, Calvin Yu […]

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December 17, 2009  |  Comments  |  Tweet  |  Posted in atdc, Startups