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    Captain Anonymous and His View of Atlanta’s Startup Scene

    4 June, 2009 (16:21) | Atlanta Business Scene, Venture Capital | By: Scott Burkett

    Lately I’ve been getting some blog comments and Skribit “suggestions” from an anonymous visitor.  Let’s just say the comments haven’t been terribly “engaging” – some of them have actually been quite nasty. And look, I’ll be the first to admit this – I cuss like a sailor (well, a former soldier), and believe me, I can carry my weight in a bar, but I try to have at least some modicum of class when it comes to what I post on the Internet.  Nothing says “class act” like posting an anonymous comment on someone’s site and using an email address of “dickbastard@gmail.com”.

    You had the semi-conductor revolution and built a cool ecosystem around it. Great. We get it.

    I normally would not engage in a dialog over these types of comments, but today I am going to make an exception.  I just received this comment from Captain Anonymous:

    any successful startups in Atlanta?  Seems like alot of “talk” and no meat.  When was the last exit?

    Wow, where do I begin?

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