Paul Graham discusses the turmoil in the world of startup funding and the battle between super angels and venture capitalists at Startup School. Insightful analysis and a must view if you have any interest at all in the funding of technology startups. Money quote: “The next couple of years is going to be a great […]
Continue reading →In a few short minutes the companies that were selected for Venture Atlanta will be making their way to the stage for six minutes of fame. There are 20 companies on the agenda for the day but a few that are more interesting to me. I have been advising and coaching Venture Atlanta participants BLiNQ […]
Continue reading →So I was talking to an Atlanta based venture capitalist type. Told me that they were putting together the paperwork to raise their next fund. Going to be twice the size. Good news. The even better news? It is going to include provisions for seed investments in the $250k – $500k range. Another Atlanta VC […]
Continue reading →So Michael Arrington walks in uninvited to a dinner party of a bunch of powerful angel investors and they all shut up and tell him to go away. He starts screaming collusion in a quite successful attempt to draw page views. Good for him. Well a bunch of angel investors got together over dinner at […]
Continue reading →Entrepreneurs' Eye Chart Please (125 Point Type) Give Me Money (80 Point Type) Because I Really (40 PointType) Really (30 Point Type) Need It. (24 Point Type) My Venture Can Make Both of Us Lots of Money (18 Point Type) If Only You Could Read My Wonderfully Compelling Presentation […]
Continue reading →Sometime toward the end of the first quarter the deal dam broke. Lots of activity. Lots of term sheets. It seemed like these deals had something in common. There seemed to be a trend. So I did a little math. While I am by no means the MoneyTree I counted up 15 deals that had […]
Continue reading →Venture Atlanta is Georgia's largest technology investor conference. It connects emerging Georgia technology companies with top-tier angels, bankers, and venture capitalists. This year the conference is taking place at the Georgia Aquarium on October 12th and 13th. Venture Atlanta is currently seeking technology businesses in all stages of growth that are currently raising or […]
Continue reading →ReadWriteStart had a nice article the other on the downside to bootstrapping. But better than the article was a comment by Micah Wedemeyer, the founder of DoLeaf and a part of the dev team over at BLiNQ Media. The money quote: So…the downside to bootstrapping is that it makes it hard to get […]
Continue reading →CapVenture is a training program that is put on by ATDC and TAG that is in its third year. The purpose of the program is to prepare companies seeking their first round of institutional funding to go out and get it. The programming takes place for six Tuesday evenings beginning on August 17. The final […]
Continue reading →TiE Atlanta, along with the the Florida and Carolina TiE chapters, are hosting the TiE Entrepreneurial Summit (TES) 2010, July 16 – 17 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel. The focus of TES 2010 is to educate and inspire entrepreneurs on the opportunities to build and sustain innovative companies. Toward this end TES will bring […]
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