Knox Massey was kind enough to invite me down to last night’s meeting of the Atlanta Technology Angels. While I know many of the members individually, this was the first time I had actually attended one of their monthly meetings. In keeping with the confidential setting of the meeting, I don’t want to reveal anything …
Sorry this post is a day late – I’ve been deluged with emails and other stuff. We just published a nice wrapup and photo gallery of the recent Capital Connections event. Enjoy! If you weren’t able to attend, we hope you can make the next one. We certainly had a blast putting it together, and …
Well, the big day is tomorrow (or technically today, since it’s after midnight.) The first ever StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event will be in full swing tomorrow night. We sent out 30 emails to our friends, and quite honestly, we thought we’d have 30 or 40 fast-growth entrepreneurs and a handful of angels hanging out in …
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 …
Walls are great for privacy. But they impede progress unless there are doors in the walls that allow you to move freely from one room to the next. And if you can’t build doors, then tear down the walls. It’s far easier than measuring and fitting new doors for every room in the house. Yes, …
The first StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event is really shaping up! With very little promotion we’ve managed to get RSVPs from a dozen investors and over 40 entrepreneurs. That number is going to climb quite a bit here soon, as we ramp up our marketing efforts. There are at least 5 or 6 attending companies that …
In case you haven’t heard, our good friend Jason Caplain at Southern Capitol Ventures is putting out the challenge again, this time, here in Atlanta. Jason will be here in Atlanta meeting with Entrepreneurs on May 17th. What he didn’t say in his post was that he will also be here on the 16th (the …
One of the things that entrepreneurs constantly lament on is the lack of capital in soft markets such as Atlanta. However, the money is out there – it is simply a matter of bridging to it. If you are an entrepreneur, angel investor (wannabe or otherwise), or early-stage venture capitalist looking for deals in Georgia …
From the two high flying deals seen with CoalTek (DFJ) and Range Fuels (Vinod Khosla) to at least two dozen either early-stage companies or commercializable technologies coming out of our universities – the great “Georgia greenrush” is really picking up. The Deal’s Stacey Higginbotham just compiled a list of 35 clean technology startups seeking funding. …
The market in Atlanta is challenging. We want desperately to climb higher in the venture rankings; and why not? It certainly is in our best interest to do so. The other day, I came across the following post on another blog. I replaced the actual city in context with the word “SOMECITY” – and the …