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The World Is Ready for a Rewrite
2022
Feb 20, 2022
Family
Build for Being, Not for Doneness
2021
Apr 12, 2021
AI
The Compelling Vision of Internet Decentralization
2020
Oct 6, 2020
AI
Take Me Away From the Norm
Sep 29, 2020
Health
Same Day Coronavirus Testing for Employers
Sep 25, 2020
Family
When You Need A Friend To Carry You
2015
Jul 15, 2015
Legal
Signing NDAs
Jul 14, 2015
Leadership
Firing Clients
Jul 13, 2015
Culture
I Guess I Like to Create Things
Jul 10, 2015
Operations
The Overhead of Doing Business with the Federal Government
Jul 8, 2015
Leadership
The Extra Mile
Jul 7, 2015
Operations
Computational Speed Needs of the Federal Government
Jul 6, 2015
Marketing
It’s a Numbers Game
Jul 4, 2015
Leadership
Empowering Leadership
Jul 3, 2015
Leadership
Startup Integrator Fail
Jul 2, 2015
Ownership
Killing Off Brinktop
Jul 1, 2015
Leadership
My Mistakes of the Last Year
2014
Dec 7, 2014
Engineering
Brinktop Seeks Technical Co-Founder
Nov 20, 2014
Engineering
I Love Bug Reports
Nov 19, 2014
Leadership
On Focusing
Nov 18, 2014
Marketing
Pickup Lines
Nov 17, 2014
Engineering
Startup HPC Conference
Nov 12, 2014
Engineering
A Big Day for ArrayFire with Open Source Release
Nov 9, 2014
Marketing
The Importance of a Good Business Model
Nov 8, 2014
Engineering
The Importance of Customers Loving a Product
Nov 7, 2014
Marketing
Preparing for Presentations
Nov 3, 2014
Education
Thoughts on Neuroscience
Oct 30, 2014
Fundraising
Hoverboards
Oct 29, 2014
Ownership
Hunter vs Farmer
Oct 28, 2014
Engineering
Startups Where Scientific Research Is The Bottleneck
Oct 27, 2014
Ideas
Training the Startup Brain to Spot Ideas
Oct 26, 2014
Leadership
Being a Good Boss
Oct 25, 2014
Fundraising
Disability Insurance
Oct 24, 2014
Culture
When Tragedy Strikes
Oct 23, 2014
Engineering
Proficiency at English is Vital Even for Developers
Oct 22, 2014
Pricing
Articles on Pricing
Oct 21, 2014
Marketing
Articles on Marketing
Oct 20, 2014
Leadership
Articles on Leadership
Oct 18, 2014
Ideas
Articles on Idea Generation
Oct 17, 2014
Fundraising
Dangers of Raising Too Much Early Money
Oct 16, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Early Employees
Oct 15, 2014
Fundraising
Articles on Fundraising
Oct 14, 2014
Fundraising
Retained Earnings and Taxes
Oct 13, 2014
Engineering
Brinktop Needs Case Ideas
Oct 12, 2014
Leadership
Working on Raw Personal Attributes
Oct 11, 2014
Acquisition
ArrayFire’s Early Startup Role Models
Oct 10, 2014
Education
Office Furniture
Oct 9, 2014
Fundraising
Atlanta Startups are Pragmatic
Oct 8, 2014
Culture
Building a Bootstrap-Minded Team
Oct 7, 2014
Culture
Brand Equity
Oct 6, 2014
Team Building
Stock vs Salary in a Startup Offer Letter
Oct 5, 2014
Ideas
Halloween Costume Startup
Oct 4, 2014
Engineering
Articles on Engineering
Oct 3, 2014
Culture
Thoughts on Hiring Part-time Contractors
Oct 2, 2014
Operations
20 Startup Desks Available
Oct 1, 2014
Culture
Articles on Culture
Sep 30, 2014
Fundraising
Burn Rates
Sep 29, 2014
Acquisition
Articles on Acquisition
Sep 28, 2014
Culture
Winning Hearts Through Culture
Sep 27, 2014
Education
Negotiating with University Offices of Technology Licensing
Sep 26, 2014
Ideas
YCombinator’s List of Startup Ideas
Sep 24, 2014
Marketing
On Being First To Market Versus Following
Sep 23, 2014
Culture
Variable Compensation
Sep 22, 2014
Fundraising
Hazelcast Raises $11 Million
Sep 21, 2014
Education
State of the Art of Computer Vision
Sep 20, 2014
Engineering
Tech Entrepreneurs Should Learn Programming Languages
Sep 19, 2014
Leadership
Thoughts on James Altucher’s Leadership Lessons
Sep 18, 2014
Leadership
Cheat Sheet Phrases for Crucial Conversations
Sep 17, 2014
Engineering
Mobile CPUs Speedups Are Getting Harder to Come By
Sep 16, 2014
Culture
Startup Transparency
Sep 15, 2014
Engineering
Commercialization Options for Addons to a Core Open Source Project
Sep 14, 2014
Education
Shaking the Career Pull of Big Brand Institutions
Sep 13, 2014
Engineering
Avoiding Lock-In Through Open Source
Sep 12, 2014
Acquisition
HP Acquires Open Source Tool Provider Eucalyptus
Sep 11, 2014
Operations
Avoiding Problems with A Sales Machine
Sep 10, 2014
Education
A Shout Out to Georgia’s Truett Cathy
Sep 9, 2014
Engineering
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Sep 8, 2014
Engineering
Design vs User Experience
Sep 7, 2014
Ideas
Conditions for First Time Entrepreneurs to Consider
Sep 6, 2014
Marketing
Social Media Goals for New Professionals
Sep 5, 2014
Starting Up
Startup vs R&D Firm
Sep 4, 2014
Ideas
The Customer Can Be Wrong
Sep 3, 2014
Acquisition
Customer-Funding Your Startup
Aug 31, 2014
Ideas
Reimagining Existing Products or Services
Aug 30, 2014
Ownership
Embrace Both the Pattern and the Deviations
Aug 29, 2014
Fundraising
Sensibilities in Spending Startup Money
Aug 28, 2014
Marketing
Fighting Uphill with Market Awareness
Aug 27, 2014
Education
On Drones
Aug 26, 2014
Education
10,000 Hours? Binge Modes? Yes or No?
Aug 25, 2014
Acquisition
Comparing Funding and M&A Activity by State
Aug 24, 2014
Ownership
Lifestyle or Growth Mode?
Aug 23, 2014
Ownership
Assembling an Early Startup Team
Aug 22, 2014
Leadership
Condescending Statements to Avoid
Aug 21, 2014
Leadership
One of the Hardest Things to Get Right for Entrepreneurs
Aug 20, 2014
Culture
Employee Onboarding
Aug 19, 2014
Marketing
When the BigCo Competes
Aug 18, 2014
Ownership
10 Reasons To Become An Entrepreneur from the NYT
Aug 17, 2014
Culture
Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose and Tours of Duty
Aug 16, 2014
Ideas
Dealing with the Big Question Marks
Aug 15, 2014
Negotiation
Uneven Negotiating
Aug 14, 2014
Culture
Worst Case Scenario Analysis
Aug 13, 2014
Pricing
Opportunity Costs Required for a Successful Open Source Mode
Aug 12, 2014
Ideas
Business and Personal Metrics by Gallagher
Aug 11, 2014
Acquisition
BATNA for Startups
Aug 10, 2014
Leadership
Corporate Processes for Startups
Aug 9, 2014
Operations
Thoughts on Recessions
Aug 8, 2014
Sales
Visit Customers on the Road
Aug 7, 2014
Fundraising
Making Moves To Grow Is Risky
Aug 6, 2014
Marketing
Business Cards
Aug 5, 2014
Culture
Ego
Aug 4, 2014
Legal
Beware of Early Paperwork Laziness
Aug 3, 2014
Education
Sometimes Ignorance Is Bliss In Startups
Aug 2, 2014
Acquisition
Thoughts on the Trunkclub Acquisition
Aug 1, 2014
Engineering
Transition Plan to Move ArrayFire to Open Source
Jul 31, 2014
Engineering
The Decision To Open Source ArrayFire
Jul 30, 2014
Marketing
Network Effects of Open Source Software
Jul 29, 2014
Acquisition
Joy in the Journey
Jul 28, 2014
Engineering
An Engineering Hiring Dilemma We Face
Jul 27, 2014
Operations
$10,000 per employee per month
Jul 26, 2014
Engineering
Looking for a Battery Engineer
Jul 25, 2014
Ideas
Is Hardware Hard?
Jul 24, 2014
Events
Happy Pioneer Day
Jul 23, 2014
Marketing
Sell To The Person People Wish They Were
Jul 22, 2014
Culture
Our Draft Core Values
Jul 21, 2014
Culture
Valuing Company Retreats
Jul 20, 2014
Culture
Extra Honesty Opens Doors and Hearts
Jul 19, 2014
Culture
Play Hard
Jul 18, 2014
Ideas
A Potential Pivot for Brinktop
Jul 17, 2014
Engineering
Tools of the Software Startup Trade
Jul 16, 2014
Fundraising
My First Five Years of Salary
Jul 15, 2014
Ownership
A Walk in the Park?
Jul 14, 2014
Culture
You Can’t Be Too Nice; You Own A Company
Jul 13, 2014
Ideas
When Customer Discovery Breaks Down
Jul 12, 2014
Ideas
Costs of Customer Discovery
Jul 11, 2014
Ideas
Introducing Brinktop
Jul 10, 2014
Ideas
Killing Off Dyced
Jul 9, 2014
Team Building
Rejecting Hiring Candidates
Jul 8, 2014
Ideas
Introducing Dyced
Jul 7, 2014
Ownership
Retirement
Jul 6, 2014
Education
Hard Work & Intelligence
Jul 5, 2014
Starting Up
Paul Judge’s Guide to Atlanta’s Startup Scene
Jul 4, 2014
Events
Patriotic Songs of Independence Day
Jul 3, 2014
Leadership
A Swift Kick In The Pants
Jul 2, 2014
Fundraising
When Things Are Bad, Voting Rights Matter
Jul 1, 2014
Culture
How To Determine Startup Metrics To Track
Jun 30, 2014
Culture
How To Set Company Culture
Jun 29, 2014
Leadership
Do You Test Personality Types On Your Team?
Jun 28, 2014
Culture
Admitting When Things Aren’t Working
Jun 27, 2014
Marketing
How To Contact Your Prospect List
Jun 26, 2014
Fundraising
A Fun Story of Landing Our First Startup Dollars
Jun 25, 2014
Marketing
Do you use the Hello Bar?
Jun 24, 2014
Fundraising
Sample Investment Spreadsheet from David’s Post Tonight
Jun 23, 2014
Leadership
Doing Painful Things First
Jun 22, 2014
Fundraising
Dumb Reasons for Premature Scaling
Jun 21, 2014
Marketing
Pizzazz
Jun 20, 2014
Marketing
Raw Lead Digging
Jun 19, 2014
Marketing
Landing a Customer Discovery Interview – A Script
Jun 18, 2014
Ideas
Is Software the Solution?
Jun 17, 2014
Ideas
De-Risking Startups for Founders & Parallel Entrepreneurship
Jun 16, 2014
Leadership
Fragility of Startups Over $1 Million in Revenue
Jun 15, 2014
Acquisition
Inane Market Sizing
Jun 14, 2014
Fundraising
Intent of Rounds of Funding
Jun 13, 2014
Leadership
Calendly Trumps ScheduleOnce
Jun 12, 2014
Sales
It’s Becoming Easier To Sell As A Startup
Jun 11, 2014
Marketing
Thoughts on Logo Design
Jun 10, 2014
Marketing
List Building
Jun 9, 2014
Marketing
Marketing Voice and Copy
Jun 8, 2014
Marketing
Absorbing Ideas from Everyone You Meet
Jun 7, 2014
Leadership
What Regular Written Updates Do You Do?
Jun 6, 2014
Fundraising
Invest In Things You Can Control
Jun 5, 2014
Leadership
The 8 Dimensions of Leadership Test
Jun 4, 2014
Engineering
Coding Is Emotional
Jun 3, 2014
Product Management
Customers Do Not Always Know What They Want
Jun 2, 2014
Leadership
Hide of an Amardillo
Jun 1, 2014
Starting Up
Considerations Between Working In a Startup vs a BigCo
May 31, 2014
Events
Buckling Down
May 30, 2014
Ownership
Cofounder Relationship Struggles Are The Most Volatile
May 30, 2014
Leadership
Thoughts on Crucial Conversations
May 28, 2014
Marketing
Takeaways from Mary Meeker’s 2014 Update
May 27, 2014
Leadership
Being Genuine
May 26, 2014
Acquisition
Measuring Entrepreneurial Success
May 25, 2014
Leadership
Hiring Detectives for Business Purposes
May 24, 2014
Leadership
Cancelling a Commitment
May 23, 2014
Marketing
More Thoughts On Domain Names
May 22, 2014
Engineering
Finding & Poaching Our First Employee
May 21, 2014
Education
Respecting our Student Commitments
May 21, 2014
Legal
Founder Vesting
May 19, 2014
Marketing
Timing Marketing Communications
May 18, 2014
Ownership
Things You Give Up For Success
May 17, 2014
Product Management
Starting with Product Management
May 16, 2014
Product Management
The Downside of Selling Tombstones
May 15, 2014
Starting Up
Letting Go and Focusing on One Startup
May 14, 2014
Leadership
Principles, Processes, & Preferences
May 13, 2014
Leadership
Just Throw Money At It
May 12, 2014
Marketing
How Important is Owning the .com Domain?
May 11, 2014
Engineering
Productivity Tools
May 10, 2014
Negotiation
Needling in Negotiations: The Longer List Wins
May 9, 2014
Negotiation
Negotiation Lessons from an Athens Flea Market
May 8, 2014
Events
9 Whys That Explain Behavior
May 7, 2014
Events
EO Global Leadership Conference Day 1
May 6, 2014
Marketing
Creating a 90 Second Explainer Video
May 5, 2014
Leadership
ArrayFire Rebranding Mission Accomplished
May 4, 2014
Culture
Degrees of Interleaving Work and Life
May 3, 2014
Pricing
Never Compete Only on Price in a Startup
May 2, 2014
Operations
We Have A New Home!
May 2, 2014
Education
Foregoing $100k
Apr 30, 2014
Ideas
Computer Vision for Vein Finding as a Biometric
Apr 29, 2014
Leadership
The Elements of a Great Management Team Meeting
Apr 28, 2014
Education
14 Attributes of Good Education
Apr 27, 2014
Leadership
Startup CEOs
Apr 26, 2014
Personal Improvement
Entrepreneurial Learning On-The-Fly
Apr 25, 2014
Events
3 Attributes for High Probability Entrepreneurial Success
Apr 24, 2014
Legal
Immigration for Talented Engineers is Ridiculous
Apr 23, 2014
Leadership
The Two Functions of Leadership
Apr 22, 2014
Events
Two Upcoming Atlanta Startup Events
Apr 21, 2014
Events
Tonight’s Atlanta Startup Village #17 Recap
Apr 20, 2014
Events
Startup Mentorship Opportunities in Atlanta
Apr 19, 2014
Ideas
What Do You Do With Your Startup Idea?
Apr 18, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Having Your Software Pirated
Apr 16, 2014
Education
Estimate the Number of Tires Sold Yearly Worldwide
Apr 15, 2014
Events
Tonight’s Founder Institute Graduation in Atlanta
Apr 14, 2014
Ideas
A Personal Entrepreneurial Thesis
Apr 13, 2014
Fundraising
What Do You Do With Your Reserve Cash Flows?
Apr 12, 2014
Marketing
When to Send Email Blasts and Press Releases
Apr 11, 2014
Education
How My PhD Research Was Not Commercially Viable
Apr 10, 2014
Education
Why I Don’t Have a Direct Neuroimaging Startup
Apr 9, 2014
Education
Medical Image Processing and Meandering as an Entrepreneur
Apr 8, 2014
Education
Tagged Photos are Perfect for Surveillance
Apr 7, 2014
Engineering
Computer Vision
Apr 6, 2014
Engineering
Machine Learning
Apr 5, 2014
Leadership
Newbie Startup Founders Go From Bad to Amazing in a Few Years
Apr 4, 2014
Fundraising
George Washington’s Greatest Gift, Given Twice
Apr 3, 2014
Education
Schools and Education
Apr 2, 2014
Operations
Common Area Factor in Commercial Real Estate
Apr 1, 2014
Leadership
I Wrote About That Before
Mar 31, 2014
Events
Tonight’s Atlanta Startup Village Recap
Mar 30, 2014
Culture
10 Things That Are Not Really Impressive
Mar 29, 2014
Fundraising
Turning Down Y Combinator
Mar 28, 2014
Marketing
Examples of Companies Successful at Monetizing Open Source
Mar 27, 2014
Engineering
The ArrayFire Users Group
Mar 26, 2014
Marketing
A Winning Strategy for BigCo/Startup Partnerships
Mar 25, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Open Source Projects
Mar 24, 2014
Events
Making the Most of a Tradeshow, #GTC14
Mar 23, 2014
Engineering
Sales Guys Can Build Websites
Mar 22, 2014
Culture
Grit and Hard Work. Crushing It.
Mar 21, 2014
Culture
Common Elements of Tech Startup Offices
Mar 20, 2014
Leadership
Lucky and Successful Attributes
Mar 19, 2014
Leadership
Team Loyalty
Mar 18, 2014
Leadership
Reader Feedback on Two Recent Posts
Mar 17, 2014
Leadership
Hand-written Letters
Mar 16, 2014
Leadership
Reading Body Language
Mar 15, 2014
Leadership
Managing Things to be Manageable
Mar 14, 2014
Marketing
Refreshment in Re-branding
Mar 13, 2014
Education
Business School Is Not Street Cred for Startups
Mar 12, 2014
Education
Is Your Career Outcome Attributable to Intelligence & Training?
Mar 11, 2014
Marketing
Startup Taglines & Our Re-Branding
Mar 10, 2014
Events
B2C Startups in Atlanta
Mar 9, 2014
Leadership
Founders Need Good Peer Groups
Mar 8, 2014
Leadership
Dreams, Goals, and Expectations
Mar 7, 2014
Pricing
What Do You Say To A Prospect You Lost Due To Price?
Mar 6, 2014
Marketing
You’ve Got To Lose Some Sales
Mar 5, 2014
Leadership
Presenting To A Small Group
Mar 4, 2014
Education
Two Fascinating Articles Today
Mar 3, 2014
Leadership
Getting Mad
Mar 2, 2014
Engineering
Thoughts on Pivoting and MVPs
Mar 1, 2014
Marketing
Engaging the Globe
Feb 28, 2014
Marketing
Startup Hustle
Feb 27, 2014
Leadership
Homeless
Feb 26, 2014
Marketing
Slow Persistence
Feb 25, 2014
Operations
How To Be Productive Infographic
Feb 24, 2014
Leadership
Compensating Salespeople
Feb 23, 2014
Engineering
Secrets of Marketing in Technical Computing
Feb 22, 2014
Ownership
Dual Compensation for Startup Founders
Feb 21, 2014
Starting Up
The Explosive Growth of Startups
Feb 20, 2014
Ownership
How To Allocate Ownership Fairly
Feb 19, 2014
Events
Elements of a Great Pitch
Feb 18, 2014
Operations
Useful Startup Slidedecks from Georgia Tech’s VentureLab
Feb 17, 2014
Fundraising
Trust Me, My Numbers Are Conservative
Feb 16, 2014
Marketing
If I Only Capture a Few Percent of the Market, I’ll Be Rich!
Feb 15, 2014
Culture
Staying Calm
Feb 14, 2014
Starting Up
Defining the Word Startup
Feb 13, 2014
Culture
Cost of Living Calculator
Feb 12, 2014
Culture
Accountability
Feb 11, 2014
Personal Improvement
Book Review: Kon-Tiki
Feb 10, 2014
Leadership
Forgiveness
Feb 9, 2014
Leadership
Negotiation’s Numbers
Feb 8, 2014
Leadership
Making Stuff Happen
Feb 7, 2014
Marketing
Email Formats for Marketers
Feb 6, 2014
Engineering
Is Your Product 10X Better?
Feb 5, 2014
Leadership
Authentic Leadership
Feb 4, 2014
Leadership
The Carefulness of Well-Seasoned Leadership
Feb 3, 2014
Leadership
Handling Uncertainty
Feb 2, 2014
Leadership
Tips to Making a Great Presentation
Feb 1, 2014
Education
Educational Baggage and Life University
Jan 31, 2014
Education
Continual Learning
Jan 30, 2014
Sales
Founder-Level Customer Care
Jan 29, 2014
Starting Up
Business Model Canvas
Jan 28, 2014
Leadership
Hard Things to Delegate
Jan 27, 2014
Culture
Holacracy and Delegation
Jan 26, 2014
Sales
Door-to-Door Sales Experience Impresses Me
Jan 25, 2014
Engineering
The Hidden Challenges of Outsourcing Software Development
Jan 24, 2014
Leadership
The Startup Integrator
Jan 23, 2014
Leadership
Simple Ground Rules for Startups
Jan 22, 2014
Culture
Corporate Retreats
Jan 21, 2014
Ownership
Success Begets Success
Jan 20, 2014
Marketing
Selling Snake Oil and Genome Sequencing
Jan 19, 2014
Engineering
Working with Software Suppliers
Jan 18, 2014
Leadership
The Pig Test
Jan 17, 2014
Engineering
Super Successful Companies in Technical Computing Tools
Jan 16, 2014
Engineering
Monetizing Open Source Products
Jan 15, 2014
Sales
Working with VARs
Jan 14, 2014
Leadership
Busyness Is Off-Putting
Jan 13, 2014
Fundraising
Despite Being A Cash-Strapped Startup, Never Skimp On This
Jan 12, 2014
Operations
How to Make Progress in Piano Playing and Startups
Jan 11, 2014
Leadership
Laws of Startups
Jan 10, 2014
Ideas
Dreamy Startup Ideas
Jan 9, 2014
Fundraising
Stock Market Detachment for Bootstrapped Startups
Jan 8, 2014
Education
The Georgia Tech Startup Competition
Jan 7, 2014
Operations
Four Must-Know Atlanta Service Providers
Jan 6, 2014
Product Management
Limiting User Choice Is A Feature
Jan 5, 2014
Engineering
Hardcore Software Engineering Anecdotes
Jan 4, 2014
Culture
Searching for Office Space
Jan 3, 2014
Leadership
Attracting Former Colleagues as a Measure of Leadership
Jan 2, 2014
Fundraising
Investing Money
2013
Dec 31, 2013
Operations
New Year’s Resolutions
Dec 30, 2013
Culture
On Hitting Startup Rhythm
Dec 26, 2013
Ideas
Fitness Trackers
Dec 25, 2013
Leadership
On Nervousness
Dec 24, 2013
Culture
Beware of the Grass-Is-Always-Greener Mindset
Dec 23, 2013
Sales
The Promises of Pre-Revenue Startups
Dec 22, 2013
Leadership
Everyday Systems
Dec 21, 2013
Engineering
Debugging Software
Dec 20, 2013
Engineering
Cognition-as-a-Service
Dec 19, 2013
Education
Thoughts on Commercializing University IP
Dec 18, 2013
Pricing
Cloud Business Models
Dec 17, 2013
Fundraising
The Benefits of the Hunt for VC Investment
Dec 16, 2013
Team Building
Thoughts on Firing Fast
Dec 15, 2013
Sales
Sales Management Metrics
Dec 14, 2013
Education
Reading Instapaper with SoundGecko
Dec 13, 2013
Engineering
Doings Things Right vs Doing Things Fast in Software Development
Dec 12, 2013
Sales
Fake It Till You Make It
Dec 11, 2013
Fundraising
An Atlanta Conversation on Employee Option Pools
Dec 10, 2013
Education
Goals Are For Losers
Dec 9, 2013
Culture
Employee Magnetism vs Retention
Dec 8, 2013
Education
Living in the Future with Mini Computers
Dec 7, 2013
Engineering
The Internet of Things
Dec 6, 2013
Ideas
Startup Idea Secret Keeping
Dec 5, 2013
Education
Instagram & Snapchat Are Lucky Jackpots
Dec 4, 2013
Culture
Remove Hidden Wedges and Employee Retention
Dec 3, 2013
Engineering
More Thoughts on Vetting Potential New Hires
Dec 2, 2013
Education
As Speed Gains Taper, CPUs Look To Do More
Dec 1, 2013
Engineering
Challenges for Amazon Prime Air
Nov 30, 2013
Acquisition
Written NDA in Acquisition Discussions
Nov 29, 2013
Education
Startup Lessons from the Chisholm Trail
Nov 28, 2013
Events
Thanksgiving Thoughts
Nov 27, 2013
Education
Procrastination
Nov 26, 2013
Ideas
The FDA and Balancing Innovation vs Regulation
Nov 25, 2013
Ideas
Wearable Computing and Augmented Reality
Nov 24, 2013
Education
My Bitcoin Mining Experiment
Nov 23, 2013
Education
An Exemplary Evening of Takeaways from Atlanta Bloggers
Nov 22, 2013
Marketing
Causing More Harm than Good in Email Marketing
Nov 21, 2013
Events
Our Tradeshow Experience
Nov 20, 2013
Events
User Engagement in the NVIDIA Exhibit
Nov 19, 2013
Events
A Great Story of Scrappy Tradeshow Resourcefulness
Nov 18, 2013
Engineering
Two Kinds of Exhibits to Watch at Tradeshows
Nov 17, 2013
Engineering
Ask This: How Is Your Software Tested?
Nov 16, 2013
Events
Dear HPC Market, Stop the Ugly Slidedecks
Nov 15, 2013
Acquisition
Say No to Resume Request without a Term Sheet
Nov 14, 2013
Education
Flipping Internet Privacy on its Head
Nov 13, 2013
Education
Partner Conferences and APU 2013
Nov 12, 2013
Engineering
Tesla Motors Factory Tour
Nov 11, 2013
Ideas
Playing with New Technologies
Nov 10, 2013
Engineering
Dealing with Platform Risk
Nov 9, 2013
Education
My 2009 Opportunity Costs
Nov 8, 2013
Ownership
Perspective on Opportunity Cost
Nov 7, 2013
Ideas
Dependence on Luck Varies with the Type of Startup
Nov 6, 2013
Acquisition
IPOs are about Growth
Nov 5, 2013
Events
The Value of Tradeshows
Nov 4, 2013
Acquisition
The Unicorn Club
Nov 3, 2013
Culture
On Outbound Poaching
Nov 2, 2013
Culture
On Inbound Poaching
Nov 1, 2013
Legal
Just Say No to Indemnification Clauses
Oct 31, 2013
Ideas
Thoughts on Not Starting an Investment Fund
Oct 30, 2013
Leadership
Saying No for Early Entrepreneurs
Oct 29, 2013
Education
The Johari Window
Oct 28, 2013
Starting Up
The GDP and You
Oct 27, 2013
Education
Responsibility for Educating Kids
Oct 26, 2013
Education
Safety is Not a Virtue
Oct 25, 2013
Education
Using the Full Specturm for Ratings or Grades
Oct 24, 2013
Ideas
Get a Powerful Entrepreneurial Mindset
Oct 23, 2013
Education
Building Technology Barriers to Entry are Tricky
Oct 22, 2013
Events
A Sampling of Market Data from Venture Atlanta
Oct 21, 2013
Events
Georgia Tech Startup Competition Kickoff
Oct 20, 2013
Engineering
3D Printing
Oct 19, 2013
Events
StartupLounge was Transformational for Atlanta
Oct 18, 2013
Education
Digging to the Root Issue
Oct 17, 2013
Ideas
Startup Idea Case Study: Server Cooling
Oct 16, 2013
Engineering
Finding Talent as a Small Employer
Oct 14, 2013
Engineering
“I’m Not Technical” is Uncool
Oct 13, 2013
Engineering
Two Gems from Scoutmob’s @Tavani
Oct 12, 2013
Education
Question Asking
Oct 11, 2013
Education
Starting Right and Following Through
Oct 10, 2013
Ownership
Relatable Startup Role Models
Oct 9, 2013
Culture
The Principle of Gratitude for Startups
Oct 8, 2013
Culture
Good Timber Comes from Hardship
Oct 7, 2013
Culture
Honoring a Deal
Oct 6, 2013
Culture
Business Ethics for Startups
Oct 5, 2013
Education
Startup Founders Should Answer the Phone
Oct 4, 2013
Culture
Fourth Step to Implement EOS: Scorecard
Oct 3, 2013
Leadership
Timers for Meetings
Oct 2, 2013
Culture
Quarterly Offsite Planning Meetings
Sep 30, 2013
Events
Tonight’s Atlanta Startup Village #12 Recap
Sep 29, 2013
Fundraising
The Perfect 5-Year Startup Revenue Plan (or Perfectly Amusing)
Sep 28, 2013
Engineering
Tight Dev Loops
Sep 27, 2013
Marketing
Ideal Customer Profile
Sep 26, 2013
Leadership
Defending Turf
Sep 25, 2013
Engineering
My Failed Move to Linux
Sep 24, 2013
Marketing
Simplification of Design
Sep 23, 2013
Marketing
Inviting Spam with Open Arms
Sep 22, 2013
Ideas
Concoction Startups
Sep 21, 2013
Culture
Spirit of a Pirate, Execution of a Navy SEAL
Sep 20, 2013
Ideas
Fun Friday: Virtual Smell
Sep 19, 2013
Marketing
Competitive Positioning
Sep 18, 2013
Culture
Optimistically Pessimistic
Sep 17, 2013
Acquisition
Lessons from Lifelong Entrepreneurs
Sep 15, 2013
Marketing
The Mixed Bag of Feedback on Rebranding
Sep 14, 2013
Marketing
Feedback Welcome on Rebranding AccelerEyes
Sep 13, 2013
Marketing
Product Names and Logos
Sep 12, 2013
Ideas
Parallel Entrepreneurship
Sep 11, 2013
Engineering
Non-Engineers Managing Engineers
Sep 10, 2013
Engineering
Customer Support for Software Startups
Sep 9, 2013
Engineering
Quality Assurance in Software Development
Sep 8, 2013
Starting Up
Inspirational Startup Videos
Sep 7, 2013
Ownership
Entrepreneurship as a Viable Option
Sep 6, 2013
Acquisition
List of Atlanta Startup Exits
Sep 4, 2013
Acquisition
The Value of Deal Information for Motivating Entrepreneurs
Sep 3, 2013
Legal
Software Patents – Policy vs Strategy
Sep 2, 2013
Culture
The Blessing of Work – A Shout Out for Labor Day
Sep 1, 2013
Culture
Thoughts on Remote Employees
Aug 31, 2013
Marketing
Marketing Companies in Atlanta
Aug 30, 2013
Ideas
Startups Serving Startups
Aug 29, 2013
Engineering
Messy Code Bases Are Like Messy Kitchens
Aug 28, 2013
Leadership
Finding Time to Think
Aug 27, 2013
Ideas
Working On (Not In) Your Startup
Aug 26, 2013
Marketing
The Startup Cheat Sheet
Aug 25, 2013
Pricing
Software Licensing Problems in Technical and HPC Markets
Aug 24, 2013
Education
Dumping Physical Books for the Kindle Paperwhite
Aug 23, 2013
Culture
Third Step to Implement EOS: Meeting Rhythm
Aug 22, 2013
Culture
Second Step to Implement EOS: Rocks
Aug 21, 2013
Culture
First Step to Implement EOS: The Accountability Chart
Aug 20, 2013
Culture
Entrepreneurial Operating System
Aug 19, 2013
Culture
Synchronous Systems
Aug 18, 2013
Education
The Steve Jobs Movie
Aug 17, 2013
Events
Allen Nance’s Breath of Fresh Air
Aug 16, 2013
Fundraising
Attention to Costs in a Startup
Aug 15, 2013
Education
Disruptive Innovation in Technical Computing
Aug 14, 2013
Education
Disruptive Innovation
Aug 13, 2013
Education
Startup Blindspots from Quora
Aug 12, 2013
Fundraising
Terms of Convertible Note Financing
Aug 11, 2013
Fundraising
Startup Lessons from Pioneers on Resourcefulness
Aug 10, 2013
Ideas
From Investment Banking to Startup
Aug 9, 2013
Education
Homeschooling and Startups are Similar
Aug 8, 2013
Culture
A Culture Fit Twist for Startups
Aug 7, 2013
Fundraising
Documents for a Friends & Family Convertible Note Round
Aug 6, 2013
Fundraising
Raising Money Blitz
Aug 5, 2013
Education
Pivoting from Rural NC to Tech Startup
Aug 4, 2013
Culture
Venn Diagram of Success
Aug 3, 2013
Leadership
Stay a Dog, Don’t Become a Cat
Aug 2, 2013
Engineering
Fun Friday: Video Game Innovation with Microsoft’s IllumiRoom
Aug 1, 2013
Engineering
How Video Games Influence Computing
Jul 31, 2013
Leadership
Startup Lessons from Martha Washington
Jul 30, 2013
Education
Survivorship Bias
Jul 29, 2013
Events
Atlanta Startup Village #10 Recap
Jul 28, 2013
Culture
Culture First Stages
Jul 27, 2013
Culture
The “Culture First Culture” Conversation
Jul 25, 2013
Culture
Two Atlanta Twitter Conversations on Storify
Jul 24, 2013
Team Building
More Thoughts on Reasons to Join a Startup over a BigCo
Jul 23, 2013
Team Building
Reasons to Join a Startup over a BigCo
Jul 22, 2013
Events
WebRTC and the Rapid Pace of Browser Innovation
Jul 21, 2013
Leadership
Startup Momentum and an Even Keel
Jul 20, 2013
Events
Notes from B2BCamp
Jul 19, 2013
Fundraising
Top Startup Cities by Cost & Taxes Infographic
Jul 18, 2013
Culture
Focus and Execution
Jul 17, 2013
Education
Fostering Creativity
Jul 16, 2013
Leadership
Resolving Concerns as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 15, 2013
Leadership
Following-Up
Jul 14, 2013
Leadership
Invite to Commit
Jul 13, 2013
Leadership
Finding Out as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 12, 2013
Leadership
Educate as a Step of the Commitment Pattern
Jul 11, 2013
Leadership
Helping Prospects Recognize Value Proposition
Jul 10, 2013
Leadership
Building Relationships of Trust
Jul 9, 2013
Leadership
The Commitment Pattern
Jul 8, 2013
Education
Jackpot of Startup Infographics
Jul 7, 2013
Education
Book Review: Antifragile – Things that Gain from Disorder
Jul 6, 2013
Leadership
Leadership is Temporary, Followership is Forever
Jul 5, 2013
Fundraising
“No Valley” and “Startups for Grownups”
Jul 4, 2013
Events
Songs of Independence Day
Jul 3, 2013
Acquisition
Thoughts on the Xobni Acquisition
Jul 2, 2013
Ideas
Virtual Reality is Ripening
Jun 30, 2013
Fundraising
Notes from Today’s Paul Graham Essay
Jun 29, 2013
Education
Sales Lessons from Buying a Car
Jun 28, 2013
Ownership
Financial Math for Starting Up
Jun 27, 2013
Engineering
How Far Will Browsers Go
Jun 26, 2013
Events
Tonight’s Atlanta Startup Village #9 Recap
Jun 25, 2013
Culture
Looking for Book Recommendations on Culture
Jun 24, 2013
Engineering
Training New Employees
Jun 23, 2013
Education
Types of Graduate Degree Programs
Jun 22, 2013
Culture
Google’s Thoughts on Hiring
Jun 21, 2013
Ideas
The Invisalign Story
Jun 20, 2013
Fundraising
NIH SBIR Review Process
Jun 19, 2013
Marketing
An Email Boo Boo and Undo Send
Jun 18, 2013
Engineering
German Strawberries and Product Bloat
Jun 17, 2013
Culture
Finding Your Passionate Dream Job
Jun 16, 2013
Ownership
Thoughts on Entrepreneur Dads
Jun 15, 2013
Events
Laggards at Lunch
Jun 14, 2013
Culture
Starting Up by Rebooting Something Old
Jun 13, 2013
Education
Reading in a Busy Schedule
Jun 12, 2013
Education
Book Review: Never Eat Alone
Jun 11, 2013
Marketing
Webinar Hosting
Jun 10, 2013
Education
Weathering Storms Together
Jun 9, 2013
Sales
The Word “Customer”
Jun 8, 2013
Culture
Expressing Disappointment
Jun 7, 2013
Education
Doers Run Circles Around Box Checkers
Jun 6, 2013
Team Building
Reapproaching Former Hiring Prospects
Jun 5, 2013
Marketing
Right-Sizing Market Focus
Jun 4, 2013
Marketing
Lead Gen and Sales Tools
Jun 3, 2013
Team Building
Do You Work With Recruiters to Hire?
Jun 2, 2013
Team Building
Outbound vs Inbound vs Referral Hiring
May 31, 2013
Education
One Week with Feedly
May 30, 2013
Culture
Celebrating Startups at the Technical Edge
May 29, 2013
Education
Highlights from Mary Meeker’s Slidedeck
May 28, 2013
Leadership
A Dirty Trick to Learn a Hiring Prospect’s Salary
May 27, 2013
Culture
Ideals Are Stars Not Sticks
May 26, 2013
Education
Challenges Doing a PhD and a Startup
May 25, 2013
Marketing
The Exciting Competition of Mobile Chipsets
May 24, 2013
Marketing
Give and Take of Website Data Collection
May 23, 2013
Ideas
Startup Ideas that I Dropped During Grad School
May 22, 2013
Ideas
Startup Ideas that I Dropped During Undergrad
May 21, 2013
Education
City Taxes
May 20, 2013
Leadership
Recognizing Perverse Incentives in Standard Business Situations
May 19, 2013
Culture
Company Dashboards
May 18, 2013
Acquisition
Co-founder Alignment on Finances
May 17, 2013
Legal
Someday Your Competitor’s Lawyers May Read Your Emails
May 16, 2013
Education
Product Launch Experience Before Starting Up
May 14, 2013
Education
Advice to Incoming Graduate Students
May 13, 2013
Culture
Reasons I am Grateful for Atlanta
May 12, 2013
Starting Up
What Sustains Your Startup in Tough Times?
May 11, 2013
Marketing
Bait-and-Switch Video Production Sales Story
May 10, 2013
Fundraising
A Story of Pitching Sequoia
May 9, 2013
Events
Opportunity in Uncommon Expertise Combinations
May 8, 2013
Education
Learn from Podcasts
May 7, 2013
Education
Tabs in My Browser; Apps on My Homescreen
May 6, 2013
Education
The Impressiveness of Non-Tech Startup Founders
May 5, 2013
Personal Improvement
Correlated Aspects of Building Startups and Building Families
May 4, 2013
Engineering
Signs of Bad Engineering Practices
May 3, 2013
Leadership
Handling Little Things and Managing Time
May 2, 2013
Team Building
Steps to Hiring Developers in the Technical Computing Market
May 1, 2013
Team Building
Indicators of Technical Competence in the Hiring Process
Apr 30, 2013
Fundraising
Responding to Inbound Investor Inquiries from Associates
Apr 29, 2013
Education
Beekeeping and Startups
Apr 28, 2013
Product Management
Customer Site Visits to Rev the Engine
Apr 27, 2013
Ownership
Initial Equity Sharing Agreements
Apr 26, 2013
Education
Market Caps of Public Companies in Technical Computing
Apr 25, 2013
Fundraising
Two Different Later Stage Raises
Apr 24, 2013
Education
Entrepreneur Personality Types
Apr 23, 2013
Education
The Difference Between Introverts and Extroverts
Apr 22, 2013
Education
ATDC 2013 Startup Showcase and Graduation
Apr 21, 2013
Events
Conference Crashing
Apr 20, 2013
Culture
Limiting Factors
Apr 19, 2013
Culture
Full of Spring
Apr 18, 2013
Culture
Engineering Productivity
Apr 17, 2013
Ideas
Jonny Birdsong’s Predictions for Atlanta
Apr 16, 2013
Marketing
Two Examples of Tangible Value from Social Media
Apr 15, 2013
Engineering
User Experience
Apr 14, 2013
Culture
Vocabulary
Apr 13, 2013
Culture
Thoughts on Keeping People
Apr 12, 2013
Education
Advice to Those Wanting to do Startups
Apr 11, 2013
Education
Microsoft Powerpoint vs Google Presentations
Apr 10, 2013
Culture
10 Days at the Atlanta Tech Village
Apr 9, 2013
Education
Parallel Software Development Trends for Dummies [Reblog]
Apr 8, 2013
Marketing
Knowledge Leadership and Working with the Press
Apr 7, 2013
Sales
A Revenue Spike and Its Fallout
Apr 6, 2013
Ideas
Betting on a Technology Trend
Apr 5, 2013
Fundraising
Friday Lunch Conversation about “Invest Georgia”
Apr 4, 2013
Culture
Unpaid Internships
Apr 3, 2013
Culture
Touching Moments in a Time of Transition
Apr 2, 2013
Leadership
Peer Review for Bootstrapped Startups
Apr 1, 2013
Education
Stats from 3 Months of Daily Startup Posts
Mar 31, 2013
Acquisition
A Naïve Mistake and Its Fix
Mar 30, 2013
Leadership
Decline of Management
Mar 29, 2013
Legal
Software Patents for Startups
Mar 28, 2013
Marketing
Product Launches and Bootstrapped Companies
Mar 27, 2013
Events
Lessons Learned from Shark Tank
Mar 26, 2013
Events
Atlanta Startup Village #6
Mar 25, 2013
Legal
Georgia Taxes
Mar 24, 2013
Starting Up
Starting a Video Game Tournament League
Mar 23, 2013
Education
MBAs and Startups
Mar 23, 2013
Marketing
Blogging while Traveling
Mar 21, 2013
Product Management
ScheduleOnce to Eliminate Appointment Booking Hassle
Mar 20, 2013
Events
3 Ways to Capture Leads at a Tradeshow Exhibit
Mar 19, 2013
Events
Nightly Syncs at Tradeshows
Mar 18, 2013
Events
Connect with Pain, Not with Overviews
Mar 17, 2013
Education
Heterogeneous Computing Trends for Dummies [Reblog]
Mar 16, 2013
Education
Book Review – Founders at Work (Part 2)
Mar 15, 2013
Education
Book Review – Founders at Work (Part 1)
Mar 14, 2013
Culture
Tips for New Hires
Mar 13, 2013
Marketing
Startups that Ride a Platform Advantage
Mar 12, 2013
Marketing
Video Marketing Lessons from Kevin Daum
Mar 11, 2013
Culture
Delegation
Mar 10, 2013
Culture
Recharging
Mar 9, 2013
Culture
Crunch Times
Mar 8, 2013
Culture
Vacation Policy: Be Reasonable
Mar 7, 2013
Education
CPU Processing Trends for Dummies [Reblog]
Mar 6, 2013
Sales
Startups that Make Big Revenue without Salespeople
Mar 5, 2013
Marketing
How to Go-to-Market before Releasing a Product
Mar 4, 2013
Fundraising
Avoid Chasing Investors Too Early
Mar 3, 2013
Operations
Service Providers
Mar 2, 2013
Operations
Phone Call System with Ringcentral
Mar 1, 2013
Operations
Payment Processing with Braintree
Feb 28, 2013
Marketing
The Enormity of Early Adopters
Feb 27, 2013
Culture
Company Culture Impacts Lives
Feb 26, 2013
Engineering
Google First, Then Ask
Feb 25, 2013
Acquisition
Equity Businesses
Feb 24, 2013
Education
How to Handle Startup Advice
Feb 23, 2013
Culture
Culture of Onsite vs Remote Employees
Feb 22, 2013
Events
The Inspiring Story of BrightWhistle
Feb 21, 2013
Leadership
Fish with Multiple Lines
Feb 20, 2013
Events
Startup Riot 2013 Recap
Feb 19, 2013
Events
Founders Fables Recap
Feb 18, 2013
Education
Programming Languages to Study
Feb 17, 2013
Ownership
Startup Details from the Invention of Morse Code
Feb 16, 2013
Engineering
License Management for Installed Software
Feb 15, 2013
Education
Home Grown Entrepreneurs
Feb 14, 2013
Events
Atlanta Tech & Startup Week
Feb 13, 2013
Ideas
Startup Idea – Egg Drop Soup in a Can
Feb 12, 2013
Events
Atlanta Startup Village #5
Feb 11, 2013
Education
Teaching Entrepreneurship – Look to TI:GER
Feb 10, 2013
Acquisition
Quick Startup Valuation Formula
Feb 9, 2013
Fundraising
The Written Business Plan Died Sometime in the Last 5 Years
Feb 8, 2013
Team Building
Recruiting Georgia Tech Interns and Co-ops
Feb 7, 2013
Culture
Habits as a Competitive Advantage for Startups
Feb 6, 2013
Leadership
The Benefits of Trouble
Feb 5, 2013
Sales
Lean, Effective Sales Building for Startups
Feb 4, 2013
Sales
Counter-intuitive Outcome of our First Sales Hire
Feb 3, 2013
Fundraising
TAG Business Launch Competition
Feb 2, 2013
Engineering
How We Built our Website
Feb 1, 2013
Education
Lifelong Learning as a Substitute for School
Jan 31, 2013
Education
When to Drop Out of School?
Jan 30, 2013
Marketing
Marketing Artists vs Marketing Scientists [Domino Idea]
Jan 29, 2013
Engineering
Nightly Releases for Installed Software
Jan 28, 2013
Engineering
Software Release Cadence for Startups
Jan 27, 2013
Product Management
ETAs for Features
Jan 26, 2013
Leadership
Story-Telling as a Vital Skill
Jan 25, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Better
Jan 24, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Selling
Jan 23, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Excellent
Jan 22, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Self-Starting
Jan 21, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Clear
Jan 20, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Consistent
Jan 19, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Focused
Jan 18, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Be Upbeat
Jan 17, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Fire Fast
Jan 16, 2013
Culture
Startup Culture – Hire Slow
Jan 15, 2013
Culture
Corporate Culture of AccelerEyes
Jan 14, 2013
Acquisition
Earn Out vs Upfront Cash in an Acquisition
Jan 13, 2013
Operations
Building a Machine
Jan 12, 2013
Legal
Watch Out for Legal Fees Early On
Jan 11, 2013
Education
Considerations for Student-founded Companies
Jan 10, 2013
Marketing
Trade Show Story from the Early Days
Jan 9, 2013
Fundraising
Bootstrapping Startups through Contract Work
Jan 8, 2013
Engineering
Bootstrapped Startup Approach to Buying Computers
Jan 7, 2013
Culture
Considerations for Startup Office Space
Jan 6, 2013
Ideas
Target Idea Brainstorming at a Familiar Audience
Jan 5, 2013
Marketing
Twitter for Lead Generation and Market Awareness
Jan 4, 2013
Marketing
Google Alerts for Monitoring Markets
Jan 3, 2013
Marketing
Google Reader for Discovering Articles
Jan 2, 2013
Marketing
Instapaper for Processing Articles
Jan 1, 2013
Leadership
Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels