Back in September the fine institute for which I have the honor to carry on my work published a piece entitled "Atlanta Kills Off Start-Up Companies." The words chosen for the headline were, shall we say, unfortunate. It could have just have easily been called "Connectivity Key to Atlanta Startup Ecosystem" or by the paper's […]
Continue reading →Not too long ago Rob Kischuk issued a challenge. Essentially he threw down the gauntlet to Atlanta Startup Weekend participants. If you are going to play, play with the intent to launch. Paul Stamatiou took up the rally cry. And Paul had a pretty consistent question during the opening pitches. "Can you build it in […]
Continue reading →ChubbyBrain, whose name is perhaps only surpassed by BackPackBuddy, is issuing a series of reports on the state of incubators around the nation. They recently covered Georgia. Not surprisingly, ATDC dominates the market with over a 50% share when you combine the Atlanta and Savannah results. ATDC is really not just an incubator any more. […]
Continue reading →There are 10 active projects currently at Atlanta Startup Weekend 3. Presentations start in less then an hour. Eager to see who can launch. We may see four alphas or better. EventTankEventTank aggregates event data from various social networking and event listing web sites to create a searchable database that allows third parties to recieve […]
Continue reading →In a nice opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, by Schramm et al. They essentially say that the age of the business not the size is the more precise characteristic of companies creating jobs. The more precise factor is not the size of businesses, but rather their age. According to the Census Bureau, nearly […]
Continue reading →It has been a long time since the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has shown any interest in the Atlanta startup community. Not since the bubble burst. That changed in the past five days. That changed when David Markiewicz wrote a story in the business section on Venture Atlanta (a great show BTW). It changed in a big […]
Continue reading →Startup Weekend is back. Atlanta Startup Weekend 3 is taking place November 13 – 15. ATDC is once again playing host sponsor. In addition to ATDC, A Small Orange and MailChimp have stepped up to sponsor the event. It’s great to see local tech companies getting involved with such a community building event. I hope […]
Continue reading →Jason Calacanis is stirring up trouble again. He has started a war against angel investment groups that charge startups to pitch. Calls it “low-class, inappropriate and predatory.” Pretty strong words. It’s amazing that Jason just discovered this practice. But I agree with him. Not the low-class, predatory part. The part that startups should not have […]
Continue reading →I love Foursquare. I really do. I am a SuperUser. I play all the time. And have been doing so since it was introduced to Atlanta last year shortly after South By. Foursquare is fun. It's on online location based game that is currently available in a select few cities in the United States. When […]
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