Posts Tagged ‘entrepreneurship’
Why Atlanta Startup Weekend Rocked
November 14th, 2008 • 5 comments Entrepreneurship + Startups
Tags: Atlanta, entrepreneurship, GivingTi.me, Startup Weekend, startups
So a lot of people have written great posts about Atlanta Startup Weekend. Most weren’t on the team I was on but I’ve spied one from one of the GivingTi.me team members. I was debating if I should add to the noise and give my perspective. In the end, I was convinced that I should.
Observations^3
August 10th, 2008 • 24 comments Conferences + Events, Entrepreneurship + Startups, Rants, Venture Capital
Tags: entrepreneurship, fundraising, giving back, startups, Venture Capital
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (or aren’t a part of the Atlanta startup community), you’ve already read Jeff Haynie’s post on what instigated their move. I heard Jeff’s side of the story previously so this wasn’t a surprise to me. Lance just posted a somewhat line by line response to Jeff as well. As you can imagine, I agree and disagree with a random set of stuff within both posts. So here is my two cents based on my view and experience with these issues.
Startup Weekend Atlanta
November 4th, 2007 • 2 comments Entrepreneurship + Startups, Technology
Tags: Atlanta, entrepreneurship, Startup Weekend, startups, Technology
I’ve had a lot of random events going on lately. Last week I was in New York for a conference and this upcoming weekend is Startup Weekend Atlanta. I’m looking forward to the event especially since I don’t know a number of people currently slated to attend. I always find these types of events more interesting when I get to meet folks I didn’t know before. If you’re and are a reader of my blog, feel free to introduce yourself. I always enjoy meeting folks who take the time to read my random thoughts. And if you aren’t already signed up to go, it’ll be hard to get a spot at this point. The attendee list and waitlist are pretty full but give it a try. You never know until you try. I’ll see the rest of you on Friday!
BigThinkrs on LinkedIn
May 12th, 2007 • Entrepreneurship + Startups, Venture Capital
Tags: entrepreneurship, LinkedIn, startups, Venture Capital
In an effort to improve communications between entrepreneurs in the southeast, we’ve setup a group within LinkedIn (named creatively enough - BigThinkr) for interested parties to join. The biggest benefit of having and joining this group is that you can send requests directly to others in the group without having to go through the (sometimes tedious) process of having a request relayed through folks. Of course, you have the option to enable or disable this on your account once you join. If you’re interested in joining the BigThinkr LinkedIn group just click here. Mind you, I’m going to pick through and hand approve each request. So first, it may take a while for you to be approved (depending on how many requests I get). Also, if you’re a service provider or someone who would normally be excluded from either the YnR events or the Capital Connections event, don’t even bother trying to get into the group. The idea here is to improve entrepreneur to entrepreneur networking (although investment folks who are actively looking for startups to fund are also welcome to join) in the Atlanta/Georgia/Southeast region.
So if you fit the bill, join our LinkedIn BigThinkr group and get involved in helping your fellow local entrepreneur.
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!
