What are you doing Sunday night?If you're in Atlanta, and not spending the Memorial Day weekend on the beach, I'd like to invite you to the first-ever Tech High School graduation. … [Read more...]
StartupRiot
May 20, 2008 by
So I spent the day today at StartupRiot.First off, hats off to Sanjay Parekh for pulling this all together. It was better organized and better run than a lot of "mature" events run by professional conference organizers. And I don't know what he used to threaten the speakers with, but people actually stayed within their three minute slots!(I want … [Read more...]
Call for Companies to "Run It By the Pros"
May 12, 2008 by
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Atlanta is hosting a “Run It By The Pros” member only workshop. This event is typically attended by 50-55 students, entrepreneurs, services providers and investors. There is a panel of experts from the area of funding early stage companies. The panel will give constructive feedback to the presenters. The main … [Read more...]
Entrepreneurs’ Showcase on May 15th
May 9, 2008 by
I know that I promised to keep the Georgia Tech stuff on the other blog, but since I have a number of readers here who may not have subscribed over there yet:The annual ATDC/VentureLab showcase is next week, and it's going to be our best ever! Check it out, and RSVP soon! … [Read more...]
Random Quote Widget for Blogspot
May 8, 2008 by
Now it's time for descent into geekery as a distraction from other things...I have a lot of quotations collected, and I'm always harvesting more. I've collected them in various databases over time, from hand-rolled FileMaker to things like EagleFiler and Yojimbo.The problem was that, if I wanted to share them with anyone, I had to somehow export … [Read more...]
Mitosis
May 5, 2008 by
Since this blog is approaching its first anniversary and—if my mailbox is any indication!—is actually attracting an audience, I've decided to mess with a good thing.Basically, I'm going to split it in two. Personal rants, opinions, and space-related stuff will stay here. Posts that are specifically related to Georgia Tech and/or technology … [Read more...]
Raising Capital: Part 12
April 28, 2008 by
Type your summary hereThis is a continuation of a previous set of posts and is twelfth in a series. If I type fast enough, this will be the last installment! … [Read more...]
Raising Capital: Part 11
April 2, 2008 by
This is a continuation of a previous set of posts and is eleventh in a series. … [Read more...]
Georgia Senate Bill 80
March 30, 2008 by
Okay, I'm going to talk about local politics for a bit. Those of you reading this outside of the state of Georgia can skip this post.Georgia is a fabulous place to call home, but trying to grow high-tech businesses in the Deep South has a few challenges that you just don't encounter elsewhere in the country. One is the lack of local venture … [Read more...]
Raising Capital: Part 10
March 28, 2008 by
This is a continuation of a previous set of posts and is tenth in a series. … [Read more...]
