The only constant is change... I will be leaving both of my posts as Vice President of the Enterprise Innovation Institute (EI2) and as General Manager of the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) by the end of the year. The Executive Leadership Team believes that it is time to recruit new leadership that is better suited to the next … [Read more...]
Startup Summer
September 17, 2015 by
A few weeks ago, I watched Georgia Tech undergraduates present their work at Startup Summer Demo Day. Something that started as an experiment less than two years ago has turned into a monster! … [Read more...]
Renovate. Rebrand. Refine.
July 9, 2015 by
Six years ago this month, we made the biggest membership change in ATDC's history by opening the doors to all technology entrepreneurs in Georgia. (You can read about it here.) We've tweaked the model since then (most notably by adding the "Select" program in 2013). And we've graduated dozens of companies and helped hundreds of … [Read more...]
ATLanta: Access. Talent. Lifestyle.
March 3, 2015 by
The Guardian, a British newspaper, is hosting a trade mission to Atlanta this week. They were kind enough to invite me to write 800 words on why British tech companies should set up shop in Atlanta, and you can read the edited version here. It's received some approving comments but, honestly, I like my original version better. So I'm going to give … [Read more...]
Triple Crown
February 2, 2015 by
It's been quite a ninety days for EI2. APLU In November, the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) named Georgia Institute of Technology the winner of its 2014 "Innovation" award for our statewide economic development efforts in a number of sectors. Read more. AURP In December, the Association of University Research … [Read more...]
Atlanta Tech Edge Interview
January 26, 2015 by
Angel Maldonado interviewed me last week for Atlanta Tech Edge, the local technology community show broadcast on 11Alive. We had fun talking about ATDC, Georgia Tech's Technology Square, and rocketships (XCOR Aerospace). Enjoy! … [Read more...]
Innovation and Economic Prosperity
August 1, 2014 by
Last month, Georgia Tech was designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University (IEP) by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and its Commission on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Economic Prosperity (CICEP). Wow. That's a mouthful. What does it mean? At the most practical level, it means that a team of … [Read more...]
Antifragile
July 3, 2014 by
Something different this month: a book review. I read a lot of books... a couple of hundred per year. Some are serious, some are fluff, some are instantly forgettable. But occasionally, to quote Francis Bacon, "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested... to be read wholly, and with diligence and … [Read more...]
Innovation U 2.0
April 1, 2014 by
In 2002, the Southern Growth Policies Board published Innovation U., which I've used frequently in discussing EI2's mission. Even though the SGPB has evaporated, one of the authors decided the time was right to update their work with "Innovation U 2.0." … [Read more...]
ATDC Showcase 2014
March 28, 2014 by
Yesterday was ATDC's annual Startup Showcase... over 40 companies exhibiting, plus seven more in a "fast-pitch" event co-sponsored with VentureAtlanta. The companies ranged from an app to make animated selfies with your cellphone (Selfie360), to a recovery capsule to bring small payloads back from orbit (Terminal Velocity Aerospace). It was a … [Read more...]
