Silicon Valley Bank is my bank of choice when it comes to startup banking. The SVB Accelerator program is pretty sweet choice for startups. No need to go to branches and wait forever to deal with some issue. Great online customer service. No monthly fees. And most importantly great value add in terms of advice, […]
Continue reading →Yesterday a simple note from the CTO of Georgia Tech made its way to my inbox with a single sentence and a URL. "Have you seen this?" was all it said. It referenced the personal domain of Gabriel Weinberg who I am quite confident I had not heard of heretofore so I clicked away to […]
Continue reading →As a pretty big football fan one of the highlights for me of SEVC was Thomas Dimitroff's luncheon keynote speech. The focus of his talk was on the importance of team, which I thought to be most a propos, as a good cohesive team is important to success on both the gridiron and in the startup […]
Continue reading →This morning I was invited to Morris, Manning & Martin's Atlanta Technology Breakfast. This little event was slipstreaming off of SEVC. The agenda was 20 companies giving three minute pitches to a room full of local and out of town VCs, one who happened to be sitting next to me. While the presenting companies were […]
Continue reading →After a great presentation by David Hauser we are launching into the third and final flight of startup presentations. LayerA Matt Smith pivot off of Rank 'Em. Layer helps teams make better decisions faster. National Science Foundation had this problem that somehow Matt came to solve. Rankings. mediafeediaFacebook tool for business. Manage more then 25 fan […]
Continue reading →Well after a yummy lunch at the Yumbii truck and a lot of good networking and Sanjay story telling we are back for the 2nd hour of pitches. DealyDeal of the day software. Dealy lets you create and schedule deals across all the websites and social networks that a retailer wants from a single web app. […]
Continue reading →Today if the fourth version of Startup Riot. Startup Riot is the Southeast's version of Disrupt or Luanch. It's a pitch event where tech startups get three minutes to tell their story. This year the event has moved to the Tabernacle. The Tabernacle is a rockin kind of place, my favorite venue in all of […]
Continue reading →On Tuesday night at the Ferst Center for the Arts the awards ceremony for the Georgia Tech Reseach & Innovation Conference (GTRIC) was held. The winner of the 2011 Innovation Competition was Craig Tashman of LiquidText. GTRIC brings together 400 Georiga Tech graduate students presenting their research to the Tech community. The event gives graduate students the opportunity to […]
Continue reading →On Monday the White House announced the Startup America Partnership. Startup America is a White House initiative to celebrate, inspire, and accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout America. Below is a nice video of Austan Goolsbee the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers explaining the program. About the only criticism I have about the program is the expression […]
Continue reading →It's back. For the sixth year The Georgia Research Alliance and the Technology Association of Georgia are teaming up to present the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition. The competition takes place over the period of four months, and qualified applicants receive publicity, mentors and the opportunity to present their business plans on several occasions to groups […]
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