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Why Are We Doing This?

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.
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Rebooting the ATDC Franchise

Below is the text of a press release that Georgia Tech will send out on Monday, 27 July 2009.
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Not The Valley

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Those of you at the Atlanta CEO Exchange this evening may have seen the lapel button I was wearing. It generated a lot of attention. [Read more...]

It’s Electric!

For a month or so now, I've been enjoying my newest toy. It's a Wentz electric bike... which is a bicycle with a built-in motor assist. [Read more...]

Entrepreneurial Atlanta!!

You asked for it, you've got it!

Sometimes, it makes sense to sit back for a moment and reflect on how much things have changed in four years. For those of you who were part of the Atlanta entrepreneurial community, think back to May of 2005. Pretty different, wasn’t it?

You can see the final version of my "Entrepreneurial Atlanta" chart below. But you don't get the real impact until you click on the slide and watch the animated version.
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Don’t Cross the Streams!

Fascinating pair of events in Atlanta this week... the DLA Piper "Venture Pipeline" and the Angel Capital Association annual summit. I've learned a bit, and have definitely gotten a few ideas to think about.

No surprise to anyone who's active in the startup community... investment in early stage companies is down but not out. Deals are still getting done. And the most savvy investors realize that prices of early-stage equities are as cheap now as they will be for a long long time... it's a good time to buy.

(That's not the greatest news for the entrepreneurs, but don't let it stop you. Waiting for valuations to go up just means you're letting your competitors run unopposed.)

The most interesting discussion so far was led by Basil Peters. He's crunched a lot of numbers in writing his book "Early Exits" and come up with some non-intuitive conclusions. [Read more...]

Favorite iPhone Apps

Okay, Mike Schinkel has been assimilated. Good work, all!

I sent him a list of "must-have" iPhone applications, he tweeted about it, and now people are asking what's on my list.
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Buy this CD!

Alright, I'm actively courting codgerhood here, but I don't like rap. Or hip-hop. Or whatever else the young whippersnappers call "music."

But I just spent ten bucks on a rap CD (well, partially rap), and I love it!
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