"Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals."
— Donald Trump

Sneak Preview of StyroFone

I’ve been dropping hints about our latest project (StyroFone) for the past few months. This week I had the chance to speak at ClueCon 2010 in Chicago to show it off a bit. We got a great response, both during and after the event, so I thought I would take a few minutes to post …

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Community Call to Arms

A lot has been written about the plight of Patricia Roberts and her family here in Atlanta.  You can read about it here, here, and here, although here is a summary version, courtesy of Dave Walters at TechDrawl: … a most unfortunate story this week: the foreclosure and eviction of a Lithonia family whose son …

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Sneak Peek at StarPound v1.3

44 unanswered voicemails.  That’s how many I had on my iPhone the other day when I came up for a little air after being heads down with our team on our upcoming new  release of the StarPound platform.  My StartupLounge email is full – I have no idea how many hundreds of unanswered emails are …

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The Answer is Blowin’ in the Wind

Every few months or so, various Atlanta startup thought leaders are corralled together on a panel or round-table to discuss what can be done to improve our startup ecosystem.  Invariably, the outcome is the same: a regurgitated list of things we already know all too well. Examples: Lack of local funding sources for early-stage companies …

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