Content Marketer, Startup Advisor, Servant Leader
Twenty seven years ago, a group of Theta Chi fraternity brothers from my Alma Mater, Presbyterian College, decided to go golfing for a weekend in Waynesville, NC. There were six of them, all in their twenties. That tradition continues today. Last weekend, we celebrated the 27th event. That’s a long … Keep reading >>>
I recently joined the Harbert College of Business at Auburn University as an EIR, and today we concluded our first 8-week accelerator program for student-led startups. Similar to other accelerators you’ve heard of, today was part demo-day and part celebration. Each startup is very early stage, so “demo day” is … Keep reading >>>
Today, we celebrated five years since the first session of Pitch Practice. The first 3 sessions were called “Startup BP”, a lousy baseball analogy for startups “pitching” to others for practice. Since session number 4, we’ve met almost every week for 5 years. Along the way, we’ve helped startups … Keep reading >>>
This week, TAG hosted an event at Mercedes Benz Stadium called #FintechSouth. In addition to honoring some heavy hitting players in the Atlanta FinTech space, TAG held a pitch contest for new fintech startups. The winner of the pitch contest is Qoins, a two-man startup that began as a … Keep reading >>>
Flipping through Twitter today, I saw that Jen Bonnett, the GM of ATDC, is leaving the incubator to take over economic development for the city of Savannah. Wow! I hear the water got a little deeper in Savannah as well so they can bring in more bigger ships, … Keep reading >>>
A while back, I wrote a series of blog posts about “giving your gift”. Those articles, listed below, are my way of thinking out loud about how Pitch Practice has served as a learning tool for me. Specifically, Pitch Practice has, for the last 5 years, given me an outlet … Keep reading >>>
As the 5 year anniversary of Pitch Practice rapidly approaches, the path and brand of the meetup continue to amaze me. In the last month, we’ve had one of our largest groups ever to fill The Pitch Practice Boardroom made up entirely of people who are not members of ATV. … Keep reading >>>
Most people’s first gut instinct to this answer is “customers”, since without customers, you have no business. But people much smarter than me, namely Simon Sinek and Sir. Richard Branson, disagree. Both Sinek and Branson have come out hard for “employees come first”. Sinek says, “Happy employees ensure happy … Keep reading >>>
The power of audio or video marketing has become very well-known over the past year or two. Startups and small businesses are seeing that, in order to compete with larger organizations, they need to create and publish really good content in forms other than writing and graphics. Creating a podcast… Keep reading >>>
If you’re in the tech startup space, you’ve heard it a thousand times: “build something people want.” You’ve also seen this a million times: 90% of startups fail. It’s not always because the startup didn’t build something people wanted, but that is very often the core reason any startup … Keep reading >>>