For the past few months, people have been pestering the hell out of me about Twitter. “What do you mean you aren’t using Twitter?! Oh man, you’re really missing out!” Well, I finally had some time today to join Twitter and take a look at it. I was underwhelmed, to say the least. Aside from …
We were very thrilled to have Tim Westergren, the founder of Pandora on the StartupLounge.com podcast this week. In addition to discussing how Pandora was really on the verge of extinction during the dot com flameout, we had a pretty good chat about the current RIAA ruling, the new royalty rates for Internet broadcasting, and …
Atlanta is a tough market for early-stage companies, and I (along with many others) spend a great deal of time trying to figure out ways to make it better. No doubt. But one of the things that we don’t do enough of is tout our successes – I am guilty of that as well. On …
The purpose of this post is two-fold. One, to provide an update on the upcoming StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event, and two, to provide some quick tips for entrepreneurs to get the most out of the event. Currently, we have over 60 companies and over 20 investors signed up to attend. We’ll probably hit around 80 …
I’m throwing this topic “Under the Bus” on our next StartupLounge.com podcast, but I can’t sit on this for another week. Will someone please tell me why the following three events are all happening on the same day, and at the same time? AVF – Atlanta Venture Forum TAG/ATDC Entrepreneur’s Society IEI (Mike Vollmer’s group …
“They sicken of the calm, who know the storm” – Dorothy Parker. We have movement. The early-stage venture capital market here in Atlanta is shifting. There is a storm brewing, and I’m not the only one who sees it.
One of the joys in my life is the pleasure I derive from mentoring and advising various early-stage entrepreneurs here in Atlanta. Of course, the vast majority of it is pro-bono, much to the chagrin of my wife. :) Nevertheless, I am usually not at a loss for good “startup” stories. I’ll try to share …
Most businesses fail. Most businesses with solid revenues don’t. Most businesses with traction at least have a fighting chance. You can’t gather around the fireplace and kick your feet up unless you have firewood out back – and you can only get that firewood by chopping. One of the big catch-phrases of 2006 was “chopping …
For a great intimate conversation with Mitch Free, CEO of MFG.com, check out the latest installment of the StartupLounge.com podcast. I honestly think that content-wise this has been one of our stronger shows. Mitch shares some very candid views on a variety of topics ranging from what its like to work with Jeff Bezos to …
The Q4/2006 PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree report just hit the wire. You can see the latest quarterly data for Georgia in the “GA VC Trends” dashboard at the top of the home page on this blog. The good news, is that early stage and expansion stage deals were up from the previous quarter, both in terms of …