As a guy that has been told by one of my mentors that I am in the fall of my career I would this talk by Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein at TedxBrussels to be quite inspirational. It’s never too late to make a difference. Don’t succumb to age. Keep your focus. Keep your regretfulness. Look for your […]
Continue reading →The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article today about the rise in the use of personality tests by employers. It seems that their use has grown to somewhere in the 60 – 70% range from 30% to 40% just five years ago. Personality testing is now a $500 million a year industry growing at a […]
Continue reading →I have been poking around a little on privacy these days. With the release of the White House big data and privacy working group review it seemed appropriate to share this entertaining video of Aral Balkan describing how free is a lie. We are all giving up so much more than money when we use free […]
Continue reading →Messaging and anonymity are in vogue these days. Lots of fast growing apps. Big name venture firms like Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, and Sequoia Capital investing in the space. And lots of other big name venture capitalists coming out against the evils of anonymous apps. Names like Marc Andreessen, Mark Suster, and Hunter Walk have all come […]
Continue reading →Atlanta Startup Weekend is back this weekend. This 54 hours of organized chaos take place May 2 through May 4 at ATDC. Entrepreneurs show up on Friday night, pitch their ideas, form teams, and code away. This hackathon has been around in some form or the other since 2007. The focus has morphed from pitching and hacking […]
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Continue reading →Benjamin Fink of Berman Fink Van Horn has a very well thought out and footnoted article over on Georgia Non-Compete and Trade Secret News (who knew there was such a thing) titled. Georgia’s New Non-Compete Statute: Is This-legislation Good For Business In Georgia? Mr. Fink seems to be an expert on the subject. His conclusion: In […]
Continue reading →While the epicenter of the Atlanta startup scene moves to Atlantic Station today for Startup Riot I thought I would let you know about an announcement that is sure to be made. Shotput Ventures is having an open house on Tuesday, March 3rd from 6 pm to 8 pm at Hannon Hill's Buckhead office. The […]
Continue reading →Some time ago Wei Yang of Easy Auto Sales suggested on Skribit that I write about bringing CES to Atlanta. With that annual consumer electronic bacanal opening today it seems an appropriate time to address the topic. As Greg Foster mentioned last night, the odds of CES coming to Atlanta are zero. Here are a […]
Continue reading →It's been a while. Went offline. Spent lots of time with family and friends that have no idea what things like blogging and twitter are. So Happy 2009. It is going to get off to a great start for me. I am getting a new co-worker. You see we have been a little short staffed […]
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