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Starting it up
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04.14.09Which is more rare, a good idea or good execution?What do startups, flops, and billion dollar companies all have in common? There is only one thing. They are all ideas, just with different levels of execution. I think this is highly understated notion. An idea is just an idea, and with out the proper execution it is worthless. Execution can be broken down to lots of different factors. However one over looked factor is the people themselves. If you look at most successful people (not the ones who just got lucky, but the ones who can probably do it again) they all have some common things between them, all ...
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03.20.09When did “Work” become a 4 letter wordI sat through a presentation last night of a company called clockspot. This is a great success story out of Atlanta with a great product. The company was built amazingly by himself. The great part he will tell you is now he only works, 30 min a week. Yes, that's 2 hours a month. For me this just isn't what I want to do. I would go Crazy! Your thinking with all that free time I could, wash the car, go to Hawaii, hike K2, or swim across the Atlantic. You can do what ever you want with that time, and ...
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02.10.09Venture Captial Money in Atlanta and ShotPut Ventures new dealI am not here to say anything against the Atlanta Angel, or VC markets. I am here to say there is a change in who businesses are turning to for early stage capital. The model that you need $1mill or $500k to start a company now is just not realist any more. You can start a company with much less. I am applauding ShotPut Ventures for steping up and realizing companies can be started for much less, and saying here is $25k now go! The idea of a new technology company should be to do something very specific, that you can ...
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11.25.08ATL Show and Tell, kick offLast night was the first of many ATL Show and Tell's. This event is put on by Chirs Patton and was held at the East Atlanta IceHouse. It was a demo pit of sorts with 5 companies giving a 5 minute presentation about their product and then a 5 minute question and answer session. Followed up by lots of hanging out and beer. Which is always good. How would i rate this event? On a scale of 1- 10, I would have to say a 9.5. I think this event was great for a couple of reasons. First the event was put ...
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10.29.08Going to the GauntletOnce again I am heading to the Gauntlet to test out our pitch for MechanixLoop today. I am sure that it will be an interesting day and sure to see some great pitches, as well as some total flops. I say "Total Flops" as a badge of honor, because we all have had a total flop and it is best to get it out in an environment like this one. My flop was last time when I over used pastel colors, and text for a presentation only the Easter Bunny would have enjoyed. For those of you who are not planning ...
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10.22.08Met with ShareFam todayWhile the Atlanta scene of companies and entrepreneurs is growing, so I figured I should start to introduce some of them, because I think what they are doing is great. So I was meeting with Dean Roy today, the founder of Sharefam.com we were talking about our business, and what our plans were. So Dean like myself went to Georgia (that means University of Georgia for all of those non Georgians, not to be confused with Georgia Tech) and graduated the same year. So we really graduated together except from different schools. He graduated from Terry school of business and myself ...
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10.18.08BarCamp AtlantaSuch a great idea, and great event. I can't say enough about Michael and the event. For those of you who are not familiar with BarCamp, it is an un-confrence. The idea is you get a bunch of people together one night and they put on a confrence, about what every they want. The attendies all have to give a presentation, and there are about 8 presentations going on all the time. So you can hear topics from space travel, to new development languages. It was my first time, and not my last. Myself and some other GO5 members gave a ...
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10.15.08Grass Roots takes hold in Gang Of 5So Gang of 5 (GO5) which I have mentioned before is a grass roots movement to form a better startup community. I am here to propose more people start their own Gangs. I will help you set it up, and get it going. However we have found there needs to be one central person who gets it going and keeps it alive. The best way to set one up is find 5 other entrepreneurs, give them the pitch and say "So how does that Sound?". Now find a place to meet, every week, at the same time, and your in business. ...
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09.26.08A FireStorm of Startup Events in AtlantaIf you are following the startup community right now, you can't help but notice the "firestorm" of startup events. Which are all apply named Startup________. I attended Startup Gauntlet on Wednesday night. It was a great event. I made a couple huge mistakes, but that is the point. Make the mistakes in front of people who will tell you to your face what you did wrong so you don't do it when it counts. This is a community event for the community. This is the latest event in Atlanta for Startups, and is a great idea. Someone asked me the other ...
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09.24.08Re-Cap from STARTAtlantaEverything went good for the Kick off event. About 39 people showed up to help build a better start up community. More to come when we can launch the full social network for STARTAtlanta but here are some pictures for now. Thanks to Mike Schinkel taking them.
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