Pandora (NYSE: P), the music streaming service founded in Oakland, CA in 2000, has quietly announced that it will expand and direct future growth of some of its engineering operations to Atlanta. It's a common theme these days for popular technology companies to declare the ATL as a second home. … Keep reading >>>
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Talking Pitch Practice and Startups on Atlanta TechEdge with Cara Kneer
This past Sunday, I was invited to be a guest on Atlanta TechEdge on Atlanta's local NBC affiliate 11Alive. I've been on Atlanta TechEdge before, but as part of a panel. This time, the interview was specifically about Pitch Practice and the new book, "Practice Your Pitch." I am always … Keep reading >>>
A Radical Approach to Addressing Atlanta’s Traffic Woes
All the bids for Amazon's HQ2 were due Thursday, October 19, 2017. Atlanta is said to be one of two front runners - alongside Austin, TX - to land the internet behemoth's second headquarters, including 50,000 new jobs and a ton of investment in the Atlanta community. Atlanta has everything … Keep reading >>>
Getting Plugged Back in to the Atlanta Startup Community
I had a catch-up meeting today with a young professional who has been heads down in his very successful SaaS company, and thus out of "the startup scene" in and around Atlanta. His question is one that I've heard a number of times: how do I get plugged back in? … Keep reading >>>
The Combine Launches New Board of Advisors
This post originally published on The Combine Blog. The Combine is a startup that builds startups to take enterprise IP to the market. Part of our ability to excel at that task is our ecosystem of experience, contacts, and expertise. If you had to pick an individual who has served … Keep reading >>>
Audacious Institute @ Chick-Fil-A
We didn't have Pitch Practice this past Friday because I was invited to be a judge for a middle-school startup event put on by the Audacious Institute at Chick-Fil-A's HQ down south of town. We're back on for Pitch Practice this coming Friday the 17th, and may have something special … Keep reading >>>
DGM Camp on the Dana Barrett Radio Show
A great shout out to the folks at Biz1190 for inviting me to be a guest on the Dana Barrett show. As we ramp up the marketing for DGM Camp, getting the message together for the right audience using the right words is a lot of fun, and takes practice … Keep reading >>>
My first visit to Switchyards
I got a user-provided tour of @switchyards this morning. Thanks @wisesumo. Full review later today on kevinsandlin.com A photo posted by Kevin Sandlin (@kevinsandlin) on Feb 25, 2016 at 9:38am PST I remember when Tavani first started rumbling up the thing that has now become the Switchyards Downtown Club. That … Keep reading >>>
Lining things up for a future event
Anytime you plan an event, it's so easy to get sucked into the "build it and they will come" mentality, but that doesn't work. As soon as you put the stake in the ground for the date of your pending event, that's when the real fun starts. I'm in the … Keep reading >>>
Training marketing technologists in the land of marketing technology
Atlanta is known, and becoming more well-known every day, for several types of technology companies: infosec, health IT, fintech, and marketing technology. In addition, Atlanta has given birth to more than half a dozen software code schools in the last 3 years. There are dozens of tech firms building great … Keep reading >>>