Stephen Fleming's blog about academia, venture capital, and spaceships
It's been almost four years since I've written here about investing a portion of Georgia's pension funds into "alternative assets" (which includes venture capital). In those four years, nothing has changed, but everything may be about to change. We have a new governor who has signaled his willingness to consider making a small allocation from one … [Read more...]
On their website, Cavalia describes itself as "a fresh mix of equestrian and performing arts, multimedia and special effects." I describe it as "Cirque du Soleil with horses." Either way, it's a massive production, and it's coming back to Atlanta with its new show, Odysseo. They're pitching their tent right behind the Centergy building at … [Read more...]
I don't envy the print publications. First Web browsers, now iPads... new technology is destabilizing the very underpinnings of their business models. But some are adapting better than others. Here's a good way not to design a home page, from my friends at the Atlanta Business Chronicle. (Who, by the way, do a bang-up job of reporting the … [Read more...]
For my column this month, I wanted to talk about the Georgia Forward conference that was held at Callaway Gardens in mid-August. From their website, "Georgia Forward is an independent, non-partisan organization working to improve the state of Georgia by engaging business, political, academic and civil leaders to collaboratively shape a statewide … [Read more...]
A few panoramas taken with my iPhone. Click any of the images to embiggen. And, for those of you who don't know Wayne Clough, he pronounces his name "Cluff"... There is actually green space at the center of Georgia Tech's campus! This is taken from the rooftop garden of the Clough building. More green space. The roads don't go here, … [Read more...]
Walking through the new undergraduate classroom building at Georgia Tech. The Grand Staircase Skiles Walkway Connected to the Library … [Read more...]
Once again, I'm honored to have been asked to speak in the Space and Science tracks at Dragon*Con. Dragon takes over downtown Atlanta during Labor Day weekend. It's enormous. All the public reports of attendance are wrong... they admit to "40,000+" but that's low-balled to avoid fire code problems. But for those of you who don't know, there … [Read more...]
Putting the final touches on Midtown Atlanta's new Apple store (Spring Street and Armstead Place). … [Read more...]
Bruce Guile on replicating Silicon Valley: I am certain it would be possible to create a two-hour global video montage composed entirely of short clips of political leaders, government executives, university presidents, real estate developers and even some high-tech executives standing at a podium announcing that their project would create the … [Read more...]
Continuing my series of quick snapshots of cool cars in Tech Square. … [Read more...]
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