Thanks to Scott for allowing me to “guest blog”.

I’d like to note and comment on the passing of Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin, the first President of the Russian Federation, and a key architect in the destruction of Communism and the ending of the Cold War.

Mr. Yeltsin was as responsible or more than Mikhail Gorbachev for the dismantling of the Soviet Union. In 1991, it was Yeltsin who, as the President of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic, gathered the leadership of the Ukrainian S.S.R. and the Byelorussian S.S.R. and formally dissolved the Soviet Union from within. Gorbachev only resigned about three weeks later when he no longer had a country to preside over.

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In case you haven’t heard, our good friend Jason Caplain at Southern Capitol Ventures is putting out the challenge again, this time, here in Atlanta. Jason will be here in Atlanta meeting with Entrepreneurs on May 17th.

What he didn’t say in his post was that he will also be here on the 16th (the day before), and will be our guest on the StartupLounge.com podcast. He will also be attending our Capital Connections event that night. So if you want another opportunity to meet with Jason (and his partner David), merry early Christmas.

I’ve blogged about this before, and I think what he is doing is wonderful.

Cheers.