A while back I read an article by Fred Wilson when he mentioned Carbonite. They rolled out their backup service. I signed up for the 14 day trial. That was 11 days ago. They are asking me to sign up now. Only issue I have is that it has taken 11 days to backup 29% […]

Great post recently over at the Church of the Customer blog about how only 1% of the members create value in a democratic content community. It comes to this conclusion using some good stats from Wikipedia. While I don’t have the statistics to back it up it is my belief that the same holds true […]

We had our first Start Up Council meeting today. Interesting group of companies included Tunebuckle, Developing Atlanta, and Zenergy. All looking for both money and advice. As followup I am going to send them a link to Fred Wilson’s Cliche of the Week. It’s a good one The quote of the session was from Mark […]

Abby was reading an interview with Ed Colligan about the Treo 700 in the WSJ this morning. I have had a chance to sit down with Ed before and he is a good guy. Regardless, I told her that the 700was a Treo with a Windows operating system. She said “oh”. Cringely summed up a […]

I while back Kevin Salwen, whom a met as a member of the Atlanta Comtemporary Art Center board, launched Worthwhile magazine. The mag’s motto is “Work with purpose, passion, and profit.” The concept struck a cord with me and from my discussions with Kevin I am not alone. Every issue is a worthy read.

Just found out we did not make it to the final round of the GRA/TAG competition. Somewhat deflating. Upward and onward. Putting more air in the balloon.

I was out at the Braves game on Friday night to watch the home team take on the Mets. Smoltz was on the mound for the Bravos. We were having a debate on how many career wins he had. Tried to find the answer via our trusty Treo browsers. No luck. Felix Chung made a […]

The business plan I submitted made the cut for the GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition. Now the real fun starts! As a semi-finalist my team and I get to make our case to a group of judges on the morning of May 3. They are going to select the final four. I am very excited to […]

When I left CipherTrust I started The Enfuse Group. I was approached by Dean Travelino and Genna Keller about a bringing together a group of professional services companies to help out emerging companies in the Atlanta area. As this is right up Enfuse’s alley and am always interested in ways to grow the practice I […]

It’s been a while since a have posted. Other more offline activities have lead me astray. One of the more exciting of these is that the Georgia Research Alliance and Technology Association of Georgia are putting on a Business Launch Competition. I submitted an application for a company concept that I have been working on […]