CD8a: not pronounced 'see data' 🙂 At the launch of cd8a.com a couple of weeks ago, we were nowhere to be found on or near page 1 of a google for "cd8a". We're now on page 1, with the goal of being first for that query and a number of … Keep reading >>>
Month: March 2014
Pitch Practice 03-28-2014
Full house at today's session in the new, big conference room in the first floor event space at Atlanta Tech Village. Thanks to Erin for the shout out during StartupChowdown. We pitched, learned, and networked. We had quite a few folks who were brand new to Pitch Practice, so I … Keep reading >>>
Startup Lesson 21: Change. is. hard.
So you've done your customer discovery. You've built your MVP. You've got some prospects lined up who said they'd move from prospects to customers. You're ready. Let's do this! Now remember what you set out to do: change the way your prospects overcame a problem in their business. What's the … Keep reading >>>
Startup Lesson 20: A rant worthy of publication
A few minutes ago, Scott Henderson went on a bit of a Twitter rant utilized the power of twitter to post a thesis, defying people to interrupt him and tell him that Twitter is not the best place for such long winded diatribes, to bring some language to the crazy, … Keep reading >>>
Startup Lesson 19: Just get to work
Startups are fun, and startups are hard. Getting through the hard parts - ups, downs, yes, no, rejection, an invoice, first customer, lost customer - is what makes it fun. You look back and wonder how you survived sometimes! Any startup can be all-consuming. And that's just building the startup, … Keep reading >>>
Pitch Practice 03-21-2014
It was a great day to attend #StartupChowdown and then fall right into the new conference room on the brand new first floor event space at Atlanta Tech Village. Here's who pitched. Realtime Today - realtime social recruiting data for recruiters to close the qualification gap between job applicants and … Keep reading >>>
Startup Lesson 18: Getting an MBA is stupid
OK, a little link bait. Forgive me. John Melanakos' post from last Thursday inspired me to go on a bit of a rant, so here goes. I knew that I wanted to be an lawyer when I left for college. That's why I majored in English, with minors in History and … Keep reading >>>
Pitch Practice 03-14-2014
Figures. The last day we use the small-ish conference room on the 4th floor at Atlanta Tech Village is the day we get the biggest crowd of the year at Pitch Practice. This Friday, we will enjoy the large conference room on the brand spanking new first floor of the Village. … Keep reading >>>
It's ALIVE! Announcing c|d8a
Since I exited CWNP in November of 2012, took some time off to get rid of a minor bit of cancer, and set my sites on the Atlanta startup world, I've been working on this project nonstop. It started out as a consumer smartphone app for storing & reporting tax … Keep reading >>>
It’s ALIVE! Announcing c|d8a
Since I exited CWNP in November of 2012, took some time off to get rid of a minor bit of cancer, and set my sites on the Atlanta startup world, I've been working on this project nonstop. It started out as a consumer smartphone app for storing & reporting tax … Keep reading >>>