Working both sides of the Half Off Depot deal was a lot of fun. Part of that included participating in the due diligence work on behalf of Noro-Moseley Partners. During the course of this process I provided a list of potential due diligence items to the firm. The information request itself ran just over four […]
Continue reading →I forget how it come to me but this presentation by William Quigley of Clearstone Venture Parters is a worthy flip through.
Continue reading →So I was doing some work on the atdc Startup Showcase that resulted in a quick brainstorming session on Atlanta area organizations that fund technology startups. It looked something like this. The venture capital firms are Arcapita, BLH Ventures, Buckhead Investment Group, Fulcrum, H.I.G., Kinetic, Noro Moseley, Total Technology Ventures, TechOperators, and Value Plus Ventures. […]
Continue reading →She wrote what is quite possibly the best comment that I have ever read on TechCrunch. It is in response to Vitrue's CEO Reggie Bradford's article on "Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silicon Valley." Not 100% of it holds true for every startup but it's a great piece of writing. Anyone […]
Continue reading →Earlier this week I wrote an article about the need for some entity to step up and solve the lack of venture capital issue in Atlanta which led Mike Blake of StartupLounge to ask for a little clarification in the comments. I gave him a little there. Here's more. Shortly after posting I recevieved an […]
Continue reading →Last week while I was vacationing Stephen Fleming alerted the world to a new article by Steve Blank entitled "One Hand Clapping – Entrepreneurship in Ann Arbor, Michigan." It's an article that Steve wrote about a few days he spent in the home town of the champions of the West. I suspect that if some […]
Continue reading →So I was having a chat with a VC the other day and he said something quite simple and obvious. To parapharse: "Sales is everything in the early stage. I really wish that we saw more aggressive CEOs that had what it takes to close deals." Yep. All too often entrepreneurs take a build it […]
Continue reading →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 →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 […]
Continue reading →Khush, a company founded by music technology enthusiasts from Georgia Tech's Music Intelligence Lab recently closed a seed round from 500 Startups. 500 Startups is Dave McClure's Mountain View based seed stage venture capital fund. Very interesting. Perhaps the disparity between the level of competition for deals in the South versus Silicon Valley will result […]
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