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    A Lens into VentureLab

    9 April, 2008 (23:41) | Atlanta Business Scene | By: Scott Burkett

    If you’ve ever been curious about what Stephen Fleming and his crew are tinkering around with down inside the bowels of Georgia Tech’s VentureLab, you won’t want to miss this. Through countless hours of toiling over database schema and Maker’s Mark, Stephen has rolled out a really cool new site that lays out all the various research and commercialization ventures that are bubbling up down at VentureLab. Click on the link called “current technology projects and companies” for the lowdown.

    Good stuff …. and a great resource for investors, entrepreneurs, and researchers looking for more visibility into the innovations on the horizon here in Georgia.

    Cheers.

    Welcome to the Blogosphere, Mr. Fleming!

    10 June, 2007 (10:21) | Atlanta Business Scene | By: Scott Burkett

    It is good to see more of Atlanta’s venture professionals getting involved within the online community. The latest entrant is Stephen Fleming, chief poobah over at Georgia Tech’s Venturelab. Check out his new blog here.

    And speaking of Stephen Fleming, congratulations on securing new investors for XCOR! If you missed our recent StartupLounge.com podcast with Stephen, check it out, as we talked quite a bit about XCOR.

    Cheers.

    Inside VentureLab and XCOR

    31 March, 2007 (00:31) | Atlanta Business Scene, Entrepreneurship | By: Scott Burkett

    stephenfleming.jpgIn 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.