For those of you who didn't see the link on Twitter... the fine folks at TechDrawl (who are located on the third floor of Centergy) have posted a brief video of an interview with me. Enjoy. … [Read more...]
ATDC Open Forum Follow-up
August 21, 2009 by
We had two incredible open forum sessions yesterday to discuss the future of ATDC. The Hodges Room was pretty much filled both times, so I suspect nearly 200 people took the time to come down and share their ideas with us. … [Read more...]
Knudsen numbers
August 13, 2009 by
One of the reasons Bud Peterson rocks as the new president of Georgia Tech: When walking him down to the lobby after our all-employee meeting yesterday, we ran into Ken Stewart (Commissioner of Economic Development), and had a brief but useful conversation. I mentioned how great it was to have so many related functions in the Centergy building, … [Read more...]
What’s Our Name?
August 9, 2009 by
Preparing for Dr. Peterson's visit next week, I've been asked "so what's our official abbreviation"? When the Enterprise Innovation Institute was formed four years ago, Martha Schoonmaker made a valiant attempt to ban any sort of abbreviation. But it's ten syllables, and humans are lazy, and some sort of short form was … [Read more...]
Photographers Needed!
July 30, 2009 by
EI2 is looking for a few good photographers — people who can help document what the organization is doing to help companies and communities all around Georgia. In the past, we've paid professionals to do this... in line with the new austerity, I decided to shake the tree a little and see what's available among our own staff and friends. … [Read more...]
Why Are We Doing This?
July 27, 2009 by
So by now you've seen the press release about reorganizing ATDC, VentureLab, and the SBIR Assistance Program under the single banner of ATDC. And that we're throwing open the doors of ATDC to all technology entrepreneurs in Georgia. This is different. … [Read more...]
Rebooting the ATDC Franchise
July 27, 2009 by
Below is the text of a press release that Georgia Tech will send out on Monday, 27 July 2009. … [Read more...]
EI2 Visibility
July 22, 2009 by
I met with Dene Sheheane, Georgia Tech's director of state government relations, today on some issues regarding EI2 and the state of Georgia... and he volunteered some interesting information about Bud Peterson. … [Read more...]
Parking Deck Information
July 22, 2009 by
After the collapse of part of the E82 parking deck, a number of Atlanta employees have expressed quite logical concerns about the E81 deck that we are all now using. … [Read more...]
Budget Pressures
July 22, 2009 by
If you've read the paper today, you know that state revenues continue to fall below expectations. By now, you've all seen Dr. Peterson's campus bulletin about furloughs. Also today, we have received additional guidance from the governor's Office of Planning and Budget that they will be withholding a percentage of our FY10 budget on a monthly … [Read more...]
