Force of Good: a blog by Lance Weatherby tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-241559 2008-11-28T15:14:00-05:00 TypePad Quote of the Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59014394 2008-11-28T15:14:00-05:00 2008-11-25T06:49:46-05:00 "Get to your wine, and your family and friends, before the raccoons do."Kent FortnerProprietor/Truck-Owner/Road-WarriorIn a letter, a real letter written on paper, to the Road 31 "truckers."Enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday. Lance Weatherby

"Get to your wine, and your family and friends, before the raccoons do."

Kent Fortner
Proprietor/Truck-Owner/Road-Warrior

In a letter, a real letter written on paper, to the Road 31 "truckers."

Enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday.

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/quote-of-the-week-3.html Happy Thanksgiving tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59155250 2008-11-27T08:49:12-05:00 2008-11-30T09:26:53-05:00 On Thanksgiving day FoG has it's first guest post. This is Kate Weatherby. I am writing my first blog post. Right now I am in Rosemary Beach with my family and my Nana is visting. Today we are going to do lots of fun things. On T.V we will all watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Then we will go to the beach and do the Weatherby Bowl. The Weatherby Bowl is our family football game. I always have a great time doing it. At about twelve we will go home and start to prepare the turkey. I am going to help Dad cook the bird. While the turkey is cooking I will make a thankful tree. A thankful tree is two or more branches in a little pot. You put rocks or shells to hold up the branches in the pot. Then you get slits of paper with punched holes... Lance Weatherby

Happy Thanksgiving 

On Thanksgiving day FoG has it's first guest post.

This is Kate Weatherby. I am writing my first blog post. Right now I am in Rosemary Beach with my family and my Nana is visting. Today we are going to do lots of fun things.

On T.V we will all watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade. Then we will go to the beach and do the Weatherby Bowl. The Weatherby Bowl is our family football game. I always have a great time doing it.

At about twelve we will go home and start to prepare the turkey. I am going to help Dad cook the bird. While the turkey is cooking I will make a thankful tree. A thankful tree is two or more branches in a little pot. You put rocks or shells to hold up the branches in the pot. Then you get slits of paper with punched holes and write what you're thankful for on them. After that you slide the paper on the branches.Viola! A thankful tree.

My family is doing many fun things today.

http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving.html Startup Equity Pie tag:typepad.com,2003:post-59017974 2008-11-25T08:40:50-05:00 2008-11-25T08:40:51-05:00 I month ago I wrote a fairly popular article about startup equity distribution among co-founders. It generated a nice little conversation. The short answer was there is no short answer. Dividing startup equity is a complex process. Doing it right takes a lot of time and effort.Yesterday I stumbled upon a post by Frank Demmler where he talks about the Founders’ Pie Calculator that he "invented." While I don't think that the calculator provides an absolute answer (and neither does Frank). I do think it is a useful tool that could be used as you think through how you should divide up the stock equity in your startup. Lance Weatherby

I month ago I wrote a fairly popular article about startup equity distribution among co-founders.   It generated a nice little conversation.  The short answer was there is no short answer.  Dividing startup equity is a complex process.  Doing it right  takes a lot of time and effort.

Yesterday I stumbled upon a post by Frank Demmler where he talks about the Founders’ Pie Calculator that he "invented." While I don't think that the calculator provides an absolute answer (and neither does Frank).  I do think it is a useful tool that could be used as you think through how you should divide up the stock equity in your startup.

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/startup-equity-pie.html How to Launch a Tech Company in One Weekend tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58974312 2008-11-24T10:10:16-05:00 2008-11-24T21:10:22-05:00 Curt Merrill of CNN.com was on hand for a good part of Atlanta Startup Weekend. He wrote up a nice article that is currently in the front door of the CNN.com technology section featuring Skribit and Twitpay. Companies that I cofounded at Startup Weekends and remain actively involved in. Pretty exciting stuff for these companies and all the participants that make Atlanta's upstart startup community exciting. Lance Weatherby

Curt Merrill of CNN.com was on hand for a good part of Atlanta Startup Weekend. 

He wrote up a nice article that is currently in the front door of the CNN.com technology section featuring Skribit and Twitpay.  Companies that I cofounded at Startup Weekends and remain actively involved in. 

Pretty exciting stuff for these companies and all the participants that make Atlanta's upstart startup community exciting.

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/how-to-launch-a-tech-company-in-one-weekend.html Business to Business Podcast tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58972202 2008-11-24T09:32:32-05:00 2008-11-24T09:32:32-05:00 I recently sat down and spoke with Rob Hassett of InternetLegal and Business to Business Magazine. If you have 15 minutes to spare and what a good overview of ATDC it is worth the listen.Listen to BtoB Magazine Podcast Lance Weatherby

I recently sat down and spoke with Rob Hassett of InternetLegal and  Business to Business Magazine.  If you have 15 minutes to spare and what a good overview of ATDC it is worth the listen.

Listen to BtoB Magazine Podcast

http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/business-to-business-podcast.html Quote of the Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58612886 2008-11-21T15:14:00-05:00 2008-11-22T15:04:30-05:00 "The entrepreneurs that are out there today, and until the recession ends, are the missionaries and not the mercenaries. This means the guys looking for funding are purposed to raise money and build out their idea. It is not about the money it is about changing the world."Charlie Paparelli Lance Weatherby

"The entrepreneurs that are out there today, and until the recession ends, are the missionaries and not the mercenaries. This means the guys looking for funding are purposed to raise money and build out their idea. It is not about the money it is about changing the world."

Charlie Paparelli

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/quot.html Vote For SoloHealth Early & Often tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58702220 2008-11-19T09:16:43-05:00 2008-11-19T09:16:43-05:00 As reported over on PeachSeedz, SoloHealth made it to the semi-final round of the Forbes Business Launch competition. I am exceited to tell you Solohealth has made it to the finals. Over 1,600 companies entered and SoloHealth is in now in the final five. Part of the reason they got there was the help of the FoG faithful voting for them in the contest. A few weeks ago Forbes flew SoloHealth CEO Bart Foster up to NYC. After presenting to a panel of judges Bart tooled around the city on the Forbes yacht. You can see Bart's presentation to the finalists panel here (video auto-roll warning).Once agian Bart needs your help. Online voting counts for 50% of the formula Forbes will be using to pick the winner. He needs you to vote for SoloHealth so he can take home the $100,000 grand prize.Here is what you can do:1. Go to... Lance Weatherby

As reported over on PeachSeedz, SoloHealth made it to the semi-final round of the Forbes Business Launch competition.  I am exceited to tell you Solohealth has made it to the finals.  Over 1,600 companies entered and SoloHealth is in now in the final five.  Part of the reason they got there was the help of the FoG faithful voting for them in the contest. 

A few weeks ago Forbes flew SoloHealth CEO Bart Foster up to NYC.  After presenting to a panel of judges Bart tooled around the city on the Forbes yacht.  You can see Bart's presentation to the finalists panel here (video auto-roll warning).

Once agian Bart needs your help.  Online voting counts for 50% of the formula Forbes will be using to pick the winner.  He needs you to vote for SoloHealth so he can take home the $100,000 grand prize.

Here is what you can do:

1.  Go to the Forbes Business Launch voting site.
2.  Vote for SoloHealth and enter your first name and email address
3.  Go to your inbox and click on the "validate your vote" link.  Note: You may need to check your spam/junk folder.

Voting ends Saturday, November 29th and the winner will be announced in early December.  

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/just-when-you-thought-elections-were-over.html Quote of the Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58513962 2008-11-14T15:14:00-05:00 2008-11-14T12:39:27-05:00 "Everybody's worth less. The ecosystem takes a hit as a whole.''Ev WilliamsIn a Bloomberg interview. Lance Weatherby

"Everybody's worth less.  The ecosystem takes a hit as a whole.''

Ev Williams

In a Bloomberg interview.

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/quote-of-the-week-2.html Even More ASW2 Links tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58450558 2008-11-13T07:36:10-05:00 2008-11-15T06:52:15-05:00 CloudDroplets #5 Podcast John Willis Start Your Engines Bobby L Hickman Catalyst Magazine Why Atlanta Startup Weekend Rocked Sanjay Parekh Lance Weatherby
http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/even-more-asw2-links.html To The Video tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58374550 2008-11-12T06:55:58-05:00 2008-11-12T16:47:49-05:00 Monday and Tuesday I have provided links to posts written about Atlanta Startup Weekend 2. Well this year we also received a little media attention. The Atlanta Business Chronicle, CNN.com and TechDrawl all visited. Never heard of TechDrawl? That's because it is a startup itself. TechDrawl is a new video blog produced by Celia Dyer. Celia and the TecDrawl team were on hand to capture Atlanta Startup Weekend. Below is a highlight video. Celia and her team did a great job. You can expect more videos of the pitches to surface here and across the Internet. And stay tuned for the launch of TechDrawl in the next few weeks. TechDrawl is going to cover breaking technology news and venture capital investment opportunities in the South between DC and Texas. It should be up and running by Thanksgiving.Good stuff is happening down here y'all. And it's good that TechDrawl is going... Lance Weatherby <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Monday and Tuesday I have provided links to posts written about Atlanta Startup Weekend 2.&nbsp; </p><p>Well this year we also received a little media attention.&nbsp; The <a href="http://networking.bizjournals.com/atlanta/AtlanTech/blog">Atlanta Business Chronicle</a>, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/TECH/">CNN.com</a> and TechDrawl all visited.&nbsp; Never heard of TechDrawl?&nbsp; That's because it is a startup itself.&nbsp; <a href="http://techdrawl.com/">TechDrawl</a> is a new video blog produced by <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/celiadyer">Celia Dyer</a>.&nbsp; Celia and the TecDrawl team were on hand to capture Atlanta Startup Weekend. Below is a highlight video. </p> <p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SmQ4I7QTAfo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SmQ4I7QTAfo&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="344" width="425"></object> </p><p> Celia and her team did a great job. You can expect more videos of the pitches to surface here and across the Internet.&nbsp; </p><p>And stay tuned for the launch of TechDrawl in the next few weeks.&nbsp; TechDrawl is going to cover breaking technology news and venture capital investment opportunities in the South between DC and Texas.&nbsp; It should be up and running by Thanksgiving.</p><p>Good stuff is happening down here y'all.&nbsp; And it's good that TechDrawl is going to make sure the rest of the world knows about it.</p><p>Note:&nbsp; Celia is looking into get in contact with the 40 or so people that did a 60 second pitch at ASW2.&nbsp; You can <a href="http://twitter.com/celiadyer">track her down</a> on twitter.</p><p></p></div> http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/over-this-past-atdc-played-the-role-of-local-organizer-and-host-sponsor-for-atlanta-startup-weekend-2this-year-over-100-entr.html More Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 Links tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58339964 2008-11-11T06:56:19-05:00 2008-11-12T07:07:24-05:00 Reepli.com: An In-depth Look Vijedi Atlanta Startup Weekend Impressions Colin Ake Jumbis: Now What Is That Idea Again? Jason Brett Skirbit Turns 1 Year Old! Skribit Blog Connections /dev/amro Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 - An Overnight Success Atlanta Technology Examiner Lance Weatherby
http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/more-atlanta-startup-weekend-links.html Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 Links tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58296870 2008-11-10T12:00:36-05:00 2008-11-11T06:22:13-05:00 I'll write my impressions a bit later, right now I am going to list what the community is discussing. TwitPay: An Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 Company gweezlebur.com The Birth of CloseBuy.me at Atlanta Startup Weekend Colin Ake What's Going On With Skribit? Paul Stamatiou Startup Weekend Births Startups AtlanTech Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 - Better, But I Still Quit Midnight Oil Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 #asw2 /dev/amro Atlanta Startup Weekend Coolestan Startup Weeekend - Stealth Mode Activiated simsbox.net blog Rekindling The Flame: The Love of Startups Getting to Launch Startup Weekend Lessons Learned Blake Perdue Atlanta Startup Weekend Bernaise Source Lessons Learned at Atlanta Startup Weekend 2 Sarp Centel Startup Weekend, My Idea, and Takeaways Shaun's Posterous Lance Weatherby http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/atlanta-startup-weekend-2-links.html Kate Wins! tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58211200 2008-11-08T15:36:27-05:00 2008-11-12T18:46:42-05:00 Kate and her under 10 year old girls tennis team playing out of Morningside/Piedmont Park played for the Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association City Championship today. They won, as did their 12 year old boy teammates. She's very proud. She took her game 9 to 4 which pretty much sealed the win. Lance Weatherby

Kate Wins!

Kate and her under 10 year old girls tennis team playing out of Morningside/Piedmont Park played for the Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association City Championship today. They won, as did their 12 year old boy teammates.

She's very proud. She took her game 9 to 4 which pretty much sealed the win.

http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/kate-wins-1.html Quote of the Week tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58169006 2008-11-07T15:14:00-05:00 2008-11-07T12:32:00-05:00 "This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can."President-Elect Barack ObamaAt a rally in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the presidency Tuesday night. You can watch the speech here. On his blog. Or apply for a job.Regardless of your political leanings you have to respect the transparency. Lance Weatherby

"This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that, out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can."

President-Elect Barack Obama

At a rally in Chicago, Illinois, after winning the presidency Tuesday night.

You can watch the speech here.  On his blog. 

Or apply for a job.

Regardless of your political leanings you have to respect the transparency.

 http://blog.weatherby.net/2008/11/quote-of-the-week-1.html