Being a tech entrepreneur is great. It's challenging, fun, fast-paced, stressful...at this point in my life (obviously subject to change, never say never, etc.) I can't see myself doing anything else. However, sometimes it sucks. Surrounded by tons of cheer leading and brimming positive energy and all that crap that … Keep reading >>>
Month: October 2013
Atlanta Startup Village #13 Recap
Great BIG crowd and excellent presentations last night at #ASV13. Nuvizz sponsored the Fu ManBrew keg. Here's a recap. Uruut - Mark Feinberg delivered a superb explanation of how Uruut has brought together corporate branding & marketing with 501(c)(3) online giving. They have traction and dozens of calls with major … Keep reading >>>
Two great examples of crowd sourcing
Yes, you could do it all by yourself, but it would take years. Imagine how long it would take - even using Google - to create the first English language dictionary today. Now imagine how long it actually took. Again, yes, you could do it all yourself, but that would … Keep reading >>>
The Village People
Thought that title might get some attention, and it's somewhat accurate. I'm talking about the people at the Atlanta Tech Village, who continues to try and remove "ATV" from the vernacular of its constituency and insert "The Village" or "Tech Village" and "Villagers" instead. So, since we're "people at 'The Village'", … Keep reading >>>
Pop the bubble
First of all, if you're a tech entrepreneur, and your not reading Mark Suster, you're doing it wrong. Subscribe to his blog, follow him on Twitter, and generally seek ye knowledge from him. Now to my point: pop the bubble. If you're a tech entrepreneur, and you think everyone else is a … Keep reading >>>
My thoughts after 6 months at Atlanta Tech Village
Following up on this post from my first week at Atlanta Tech Village, I've had lots of new and different experiences at "The Village", and in the continuing effort to spout the exciting progress of the Atlanta Startup Momentum, am sharing those new thoughts after spending 2-3 days/week co-working, meeting, and … Keep reading >>>
What's your plan?
I played soccer from age 7 until age 32, when I finally put my pride aside in favor of healing a thrice surgically repaired knee. Funny thing, when I stopped playing soccer, I got really bad out of shape. Who knew? I had never "worked out", because I just went … Keep reading >>>
What’s your plan?
I played soccer from age 7 until age 32, when I finally put my pride aside in favor of healing a thrice surgically repaired knee. Funny thing, when I stopped playing soccer, I got really bad out of shape. Who knew? I had never "worked out", because I just went … Keep reading >>>
Shutdown? NO! Startups!
Since we're now celebrating / lamenting the 3rd day of our national government's inability to agree to and operate by a budget, I thought I'd share just five of my ideas (I have LOTS more!) for how we could rid the national government of some of its waste, and making certain government … Keep reading >>>