The Value of an MBA

February 20th, 2007 • Business, Education, Entrepreneurship + Startups
Tags: David-Ratajczak, Emory-University, Goizueta-Business-School, MBA, startups

David has a good post about the value of an MBA.  I’ve written posts in a similar vein before.  You can’t judge someone based purely on their education unless that is the only thing they’ve got.  David and I had a conversation about this prior to the most recent YNR Social and I think we’re both in the camp that an MBA, given the right prior experience and background, can be a useful thing to accomplish.  But then both of us went through one year programs (he went to INSEAD) and we both started companies prior to getting our MBAs.  Maybe starting a company as an admission requirement into b-school would help generate better business leaders.

Use IE7 And Get Digital Envoy Technology

February 6th, 2007 • Entrepreneurship + Startups, Technology
Tags: Digital-Envoy, Digital-Resolve, Internet-Explorer, Microsoft, Technology

I finally saw official mention of this so I thought I’d do a quick post. Internet Explorer 7 includes functionality which helps prevent phishing attacks. This technology was provided from third party vendors to Microsoft and includes Digital Resolve’s service (Digital Resolve is a Digital Envoy business unit). Congrats to the Digital Envoy team for getting their technology incorporated in a widely used and directly consumer facing application! Here is the official press release from Microsoft and the Microsoft blog mention.

BigThinkr

February 1st, 2007 • Entrepreneurship + Startups
Tags: Atlanta-Technology-Dinner, BigThinkr, entrepreneurship, startups

It’s funny how a number of like minded folks have the same idea at roughly the same time.  People say this is true with startup ideas.  The premise being that execution is the part that matters, not the ideas.  The problem with execution is often having the momentum to accomplish tasks to move things forward.  But with a big enough crew, everyone just has to pitch in a little.

A number of us have now gotten together to produce a communal blog at BigThinkr.  The purpose of the blog is to create a focal point to create a cohesive entrepreneurial community in Atlanta / Georgia / Southeast.  We’ll be talking about issues that are purely local in nature but we’ll also talk about entrepreneurship in general.

We’ll also make sure we highlight events that are happening so that a wider interested audience can participate.  Things like the Atlanta Technology Dinners which I spoke about before (those are invite only though) or SoCon07 (registration has already closed though).

So if you’re interested in these topics, head on over and keep an eye out for some great discussion from some former, current, and repeat entrepreneurs!