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    Month: March, 2006

    Jeb Bush, the Venture Capitalist

    31 March, 2006 (16:18) | Venture Capital | By: Scott Burkett

    jeb.jpgThe Georgia state government could take a lesson from our esteemed neighbors to the south, where Florida Governor Jeb Bush is doing his part to spur on local economic development.

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    Networking Leads: 3/31/2006

    31 March, 2006 (06:00) | Networking Leads | By: Scott Burkett

    Welcome to this week’s batch of metro Atlanta business networking leads! Here you’ll find all manners of things networking related – job leads, appointments, news, interesting Georgia-based solutions, and more. Remember, you can contribute to this list each week by contacting me!

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    Mornin’ Cup: Where has Courtesy Gone?

    29 March, 2006 (06:00) | Business Networking | By: Scott Burkett

    coffee.gifCommon wisdom dictates professional courtesy; or does it? It used to. At least I thought it did.

    I got a call recently from a recruiter here in Atlanta. I won’t mention her name, or the firm she was with. Even though I’ve had my doubts about this firm for some time now, it really isn’t important who they are. As this is already starting to sound like YARS (Yet-Another Recruiting Story), you may be wondering why I’m filing this in the “Business Networking” category here at The Pothole. Read on – I promise this has to do with networking!

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    Information Security Showcase 2006

    28 March, 2006 (06:00) | Atlanta Business Scene, Technology | By: Scott Burkett

    rbti.gifMy good friend Susan Knox over at Corporate Connections has teamed up with RBTi, a leading information security solutions integrator, to bring you a fantastic event called Information Security Showcase 2006.

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    Special Podcast: Ricky Steele on Networking

    27 March, 2006 (06:00) | Business Networking, Guest Bloggers, Podcasts | By: Scott Burkett

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    rickysteele.jpgGreetings Pothole readers and listeners! I have a fantastic treat for you today. No, I am not going to sing to you! Nor am I going to do my one man reenactment of Brokeback Mountain. Instead, we have a very special podcast today – how about $25,000 worth of free career coaching, courtesy of Ricky Steele, one of Atlanta’s premier business networkers?

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    Networking Leads: 3/24/2006

    24 March, 2006 (06:00) | Networking Leads | By: Scott Burkett

    Welcome to this week’s batch of metro Atlanta business networking leads! Here you’ll find all manners of things networking related – job leads, appointments, news, interesting Georgia-based solutions, and more. Remember, you can contribute to this list each week by contacting me!

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    Podcasts for the CIO in You

    23 March, 2006 (06:00) | Bit Bucket (/dev/null) | By: Scott Burkett

    podc0705.jpgAs much as I am fond of the Pothole and our own podcasts, we are not the only IT audio love out on the net! Here is a brief list of some other IT-related podcasts that some of you might find interesting. Besides, chicks dig guys that listen to CIO-related podcasts on their portable MP3 players (you get bonus points if you have the capability to listen to it in your vehicle as well).

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