We just wrapped up a great podcast with Wright Steenrod over at Chrysalis Ventures. We had a great time digging into their model and gleaning his insights.

As an added bonus, we provide a double dose of “Under the Bus”: Mike tosses some alcoholic StartupLounge haters under the bus, and I pile on and “gently nudge” some regional VCs into oncoming traffic. We also have a nice batch of your emails and a great Thanksgiving comedy bit to round out a lengthy, but great show!

Cheers.

In continuing with our torrid pace of podcasting, Mike Blake and I sat down and had a great discussion with Stephen Fleming of VentureLab. Enjoy the latest installment of our StartupLounge.com podcast. We also picked Stephen’s brain on the current early-stage/venture landscape here in Atlanta. We also did a deep dive into XCOR Aerospace (one of his portfolio companies) and the emerging commercial space flight industry.

As a bonus, we threw the service provider community “Under the Bus” (because they had it coming.) Also, you won’t want to miss the announcement of the first StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event!

I say “torrid” because it feels that way. We’re doing 2-3 shows a month now, and we’re finding that it is an enormous undertaking to put each show together. We have several meetings prior to each show, where we go over questions for the guest, show format, flow, future show lineups, etc. There are also several hours of post-production editing and mixing. The actual recording of the show is the smallest activity, in terms of actual time spent. So after just 8 shows, we’re right at 1,700 listeners now. Seeing that number climb with each show and reading your emails and comments is nice motivation to keep pushing us along.

A special thanks to Stephen for coming on the show and rolling up his sleeves to help entrepreneurs everywhere.

Cheers.

I had a great time yesterday chatting with Tino Mantella, the President of the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). We had a lively discussion around professional online social networks, and where they’re headed. If you’d like to hear it, follow this link.

On a related note, Tino will be appearing as our January guest over on the StartupLounge.com podcast, so be sure to stay tuned for that. We’ll be discussing TAG’s role in promoting entrepreneurship in Georgia.

Cheers.

Back by unpopular demand, the award-losing “Podcast from the Pothole” will be back within the next week or two. Aside from fighting a terrible cold (oh, and launching a new startup), podcasting has taken a bit of a backseat. But the new podcast will have a different format - guests! Join me in the next week or so when I sit down with our first guest, Michael Blake of Adams Capital. We’ll chat about his book, as well as various topics around entrepreneurship.

Cheers.

 

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So your firm has decided to progress beyond the simple web site and add on a “corporate blog”. You view it as a great way to get closer to your customers, and a mechanism by which you can keep an open dialog with them. But are you really sure you have the right approach? Want a great strategic tip for positioning your corporate blog?

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