June is going to be a busy time in Atlanta for startups. Here is a quick roundup of a few events that are worth taking a look at: CapitalLounge Being a co-founder of StartupLounge, I’m naturally biased. But hey, at least I’m being honest about it. :) Our next CapitalLounge gathering is coming up next …
I’m finally beginning to recover from last night’s CapitalLounge event, which was awesome. Great turnout, and based upon my very informal survey of people as they were leaving at the end of the night, there were lots of facilitated connections. Thanks to everyone for coming and hanging out with us. Urvaksh did a cool writeup …
The following is my account of the Wifi Cat ruse we pulled off last week at Startup Riot 2009 in Atlanta. This is from memory, so the timeline may be a bit off here or there – but it will give you the gist. Birth of a Kitten Several weeks ago, I was down at …
We’ll be holding a special edition of Startup Gauntlet just before our CapitalLounge event this Wednesday. Space is limited to 12 startups and is first come, first serve. The focus on this edition of Startup Gauntlet will not be the usual 5 minute fast pitch with some slides. This will be the “elevator pitch”. E.g. …
I dropped a tweet on this earlier today, but thought I’d drop a quick note here on the blog as well – especially since I’ve been incredibly lazy about blogging lately. Well, incredibly too busy to blog, actually, but … A while back, I was approached by a team of entrepreneurs here in Atlanta who …
The folks at TAG asked me to help get the word out on their new entrepreneurial survey. Details and link below! Cheers.
This Thursday evening (Sep 11th, 2008) I’ll be moderating a panel for Catalyst Magazine over at The Vinings Club. The topic is a staple one for entrepreneurs at all levels: “Raising Capital”. Catalyst has put together a great panel as well: If you’d like to attend, you’d better hurry and sign up. From what I …
A couple of years ago I came up with the concept of the “Gang of 5″ – a peer group approach to launching your venture. I’ll soon be posting more information on this on the StartupLounge web site. Matthew Sweezey (MechanixLoop) and his midtown Atlanta Gang of 5 are embarking on a project they call …
We made the announcement the other night at our quarterly CapitalLounge event, but here it is again for those that missed it. AngelLounge is the angel investor community component of Startuplounge. It is currently comprised of 80+ vetted angel investors in Georgia. The member list reads like a who’s who. The good news is that …
As I mentioned in my last post, our next Capital Lounge event is this Wednesday, 8/27. This is going to be far and away the best event we’ve done, on so many levels. More quality deals, more investors (4 to 1 company to investor ratio), and a couple of pretty big announcements, including one in …