It's Venture Atlanta week. BIP Capital's annual report is just in time. This year, the report measure's major southeast cities (Atlanta, Research Triangle Park, Charlotte, Nashville) as they compare to the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, and New York City. I've always referred to Atlanta as a "teenager" in the … Keep reading >>>
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How to get rid of unwanted English Ivy in your yard
If you follow this blog at all, you'll recall that last Autumn we rented goats to try to read our yard of about a third of an acre of English ivy. The previous owner of our home told us, "I just put out a few sprigs 40 years ago." The … Keep reading >>>
How do you combine multiple video streams from your event?
The title of this post is a hint at the rest of the story below. Imagine attending or organizing an event (kids athletic event, performance, conference, party, reception, speech, etc.) that is not "professionally" captured on video. However, there are several individuals capturing the event on various video devices from … Keep reading >>>
Atlanta Tech Blogs Can Be Yours!
Atlanta Tech Blogs is for sale. "Busy is the new stupid", so I have taken the beginning of this new year to take a solid inventory of everything I do on a daily and weekly basis. Here's a short list not including family time, by which I mean this list … Keep reading >>>
The Short, Epic Entrepreneurial Life of TakeMyTrashCan.com
What started as a simple service to our community ended with a very real service to a member of our community. Following is a diary of sorts for a short term entrepreneurial venture that me and my family engaged in this fall. The goal at first was to make a … Keep reading >>>
Dreamio Brings 4K 3D Video to Your Phone
The iPhone ushered in an era of nonstop photos from our phones. One of the most iconic images that demonstrates the change in how we look at the world is a photo of Tiger Woods completing his round at The Masters in 1997 set beside a similar photo taken in … Keep reading >>>
We Rented Goats: The Conclusion of Our Adventure
If this is the first you're reading of our goat renting adventure, please start here with the post that describes how we chose this adventure. And just as a side note, whenever you have a choice of the old standard way to do something or the adventurous way, choose adventure. … Keep reading >>>
Sales Training or Sales: Can you do both?
If your organization relies heavily on your sales team's skills, knowledge, and abilities, it is a worthy investment of your time and resources to consistently train up those sales professionals. Sales training keeps sales professionals sharp and at the top of their game, whether they're learning new tools or techniques. … Keep reading >>>
What to know before you rent goats to clear ivy
We recently moved across Roswell to a new home that will be our last home. We're never moving again, but that's another story. Now, we love our new home, but the backyard is mostly covered in English Ivy. Ivy is beautiful and low maintenance for the most part, but it … Keep reading >>>
Replacing Excel and email with SaaS in commercial real estate
When it's common practice in an industry - any industry - to use Microsoft Excel to capture data and email to share that data, there is an opportunity to create a software as a service (SaaS) upgrade in that industry. That's what the founders of Rivur found in the commercial … Keep reading >>>