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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!
The latest numbers are in from the PwC Money Tree report, a quarterly study of venture capital investment activity in the United States. Despite the positive headlines in the press releases (“Venture Capital Investing off to a Solid Start in 2006 with $5.6 billion”), Georgia still isn’t faring very well.
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Like most entrepreneurs, I seem to be never at a loss for ideas. Some of them, of course, are better than others. So how do you know which ones to pursue, and which ones to leave alone? Forget the MBA courses on entrepreneurship. I’ve developed my own “idea filter”, as it were, for such emergencies.
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One of Atlanta’s exciting new companies has just inked a deal with the folks down at Georgia Tech. The deal will result in design and development collaboration as Carbon continues to drive toward their goal of putting the world’s most technologically advanced law enforcement vehicle on the streets.
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Mark Schadt, a Sr. Engineer with MKS Software will be presenting at the Atlanta SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network) meeting tonight (Wednesday, April 19th) at 6:00pm. The topic will be “Development Metrics and Dashboards – Managing Your Projects in Real Time.”
Sadly, today’s post is going to be comprised of “YARS”, or Yet Another Recruiting Story. The one really good thing about being “in transition”, is that I am never at a loss for recruiting stories! Today we are going to explore how NOT to go about hiring a CIO, CTO, or other types of technology executives.
Read more »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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Why a Bad Economy Rocks for FOSS/SaaS Startups |
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The Lifecycle of Online Community Members |
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Boris Yeltsin - 1931-2007 |
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Atlanta's "Hidden" VC Market |
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The Venture Capital Numbers Game |
