When both Guy Kawasaki and Fred Wilson post on the same item in the same week its gotta be good. What were these guys talking about? A write up by Glenn Kelman of Redfin in which he exposes the numbers Redfin used in their financial model, what the actuals turned out to be, and ten […]
Continue reading →I’m not really sure where I first heard about Startup Weekend. It could have been TechCrunch, or perhaps Brad Feld. Regardless, when I heard about it I decided that Atlanta needed to host one to foster its startup community. I reached out to Andrew Hyde, the guy that came up with the Startup Weekend concept, […]
Continue reading →While the ATDC web site plainly states that we do not generally accept consulting-oriented business models and prefers companies that offer products that are not easy to replicate and defensible, we sure do get a good number of inquires from these types of companies. Now don’t get me wrong, there are lots of good small […]
Continue reading →Secure Computing is acquiring CipherTrust. Congratulations to Jay Chaudhry, Mike Van Bruinisse, Brad McArthur, Guru Rajan, and Paul Judge who were on the executive team during my time there. Everyone that I have spoken with is happy with the outcome. So am I. A lot of people worked long and hard to make CipherTrust a […]
Continue reading →Somehow or the other I came across a terrific post by Scott Burkett about the state of venture investing in Georgia. Scott laments over the lack of Web 2.0 companies in Georgia and you can read about the reasons why in his post. I added him to my feed and started thinking about some of […]
Continue reading →la la is way cool. It is a CD trading service. It cost $1.49 to get a CD from another member. Just got my first CD, Keane “Hopes & Fears”. Need to put the new Snow Patrol on the want list. I don’t have any invites (give me some invite love Bill Nguyen and let […]
Continue reading →This morning Fred Nixon, Vince Zappa, and I presented the company concept we have been working on to a group of judges for the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition. The judges included Don Addington who runs Seagull Software, Claire Arnold, CEO of Leapfrog (gotta love the URL), Sunil Dhaliwal, one smart dude from Battery whom I […]
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