Archive for July, 2008
Why I Hate Spreadsheet Jockeys
July 31st, 2008 • 24 comments Entrepreneurship + Startups, Rants, Venture Capital
Tags: Atlanta, flamebait, spreadsheet jockey, Venture Capital
So word is I’m going to be quoted in a story in the Atlanta Business Chronicle tomorrow (I haven’t seen it yet) and I thought I’d talk about why I said some of the things I said. First, if you didn’t know the Atlanta Business Chronicle has again put a reporter on the technology/startup beat after saying that they were going to stop covering this area. It might have to do with the fact that so many of you dropped your subscription. I dropped mine years ago in protest of treatment that I got from a previous reporter. Regardless of the changes, I don’t intend to restart my subscription. Unless of course, I can get one for free. But that’s not the point of this blog post.
My (Kinda) New Desktop Computer
July 28th, 2008 • 9 comments Reviews + Recommendations, Technology
Tags: computers, project
I’ve been talking about the hotness around my desktop computer for a while but I haven’t gotten around to blogging about it like I said I would. So here goes.
A few months back, I decided to get myself a new desktop computer. But instead of just getting online and configuring one, I thought I’d build one from individual parts and get the kids to help me put it together. I figured it would be fun for them and me to have a technology project to tackle.
Open Coffee - July 30th
July 24th, 2008 • 5 comments Conferences + Events, Entrepreneurship + Startups
Tags: open coffee
Time to announce the next Open Coffee event. We’ll be hanging out from 2pm until 5pm on Wednesday July 30th at the Panera Bread at Perimeter (4531 Olde Perimeter Way, Atlanta, GA 30346). Come and hang out, chat about your new venture, or just come and meet some new folks.
Remember, the goal here is to have entrepreneurs, investors, and related folks out to these events. If you’re a service provider, this isn’t the right venue for you. Clearly, I can’t stop you from coming but you’ll be shunned by those who do attend. So do yourself a favor and spend your time doing something more worthwhile.
Feel free to leave a comment and let me know you’re coming or drop me an @ on Twitter. That way I’ll know to look out for you.
Startup Riot - Perhaps We Should Put VCs in the Hot Seat
July 16th, 2008 • 2 comments Conferences + Events, Entrepreneurship + Startups, Venture Capital
Tags: conference, presentations, Startup Riot
This is just awesome. The Israeli conference, TWS08, got not only startups onstage to pitch their companies but they got three VCs to pitch slide decks that they had never seen before. The results are quite funny and perhaps this is something we should add to Startup Riot to add some levity to the day.
Nimrod Lehavi & Michael Eizenberg - video powered by Metacafe
Startup Riot 2008 Videos
July 11th, 2008 • General
Tags: Startup Riot
So I got access to the videos that were recorded by Flashpoint Group during Startup Riot. Some of the videos have been posted online at Omnisio. You can look through them here. I’ll continue to post new videos as I get clearance from the presenting companies. Although a few have already said they don’t want their videos posted so I won’t have all 54 online.
If you don’t feel like clicking (it can be tiring), you can just watch my introductory comments or Drew Curtis’ keynote (way more entertaining) (I separated out Drew’s talk from mine - you can find Drew’s talk here) below. Enjoy!
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