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2014
Oct 30, 2014
Fundraising
Hoverboards
Oct 25, 2014
Fundraising
Disability Insurance
Oct 17, 2014
Fundraising
Dangers of Raising Too Much Early Money
Oct 15, 2014
Fundraising
Articles on Fundraising
Oct 14, 2014
Fundraising
Retained Earnings and Taxes
Oct 11, 2014
Acquisition
ArrayFire’s Early Startup Role Models
Oct 9, 2014
Fundraising
Atlanta Startups are Pragmatic
Oct 8, 2014
Culture
Building a Bootstrap-Minded Team
Sep 30, 2014
Fundraising
Burn Rates
Sep 22, 2014
Fundraising
Hazelcast Raises $11 Million
Sep 12, 2014
Acquisition
HP Acquires Open Source Tool Provider Eucalyptus
Sep 3, 2014
Acquisition
Customer-Funding Your Startup
Aug 29, 2014
Fundraising
Sensibilities in Spending Startup Money
Aug 25, 2014
Acquisition
Comparing Funding and M&A Activity by State
Aug 7, 2014
Fundraising
Making Moves To Grow Is Risky
Jul 16, 2014
Fundraising
My First Five Years of Salary
Jul 2, 2014
Fundraising
When Things Are Bad, Voting Rights Matter
Jun 26, 2014
Fundraising
A Fun Story of Landing Our First Startup Dollars
Jun 24, 2014
Fundraising
Sample Investment Spreadsheet from David’s Post Tonight
Jun 22, 2014
Fundraising
Dumb Reasons for Premature Scaling
Jun 15, 2014
Acquisition
Inane Market Sizing
Jun 14, 2014
Fundraising
Intent of Rounds of Funding
Jun 6, 2014
Fundraising
Invest In Things You Can Control
Apr 13, 2014
Fundraising
What Do You Do With Your Reserve Cash Flows?
Apr 4, 2014
Fundraising
George Washington’s Greatest Gift, Given Twice
Mar 29, 2014
Fundraising
Turning Down Y Combinator
Feb 19, 2014
Events
Elements of a Great Pitch
Feb 17, 2014
Fundraising
Trust Me, My Numbers Are Conservative
Jan 17, 2014
Engineering
Super Successful Companies in Technical Computing Tools
Jan 13, 2014
Fundraising
Despite Being A Cash-Strapped Startup, Never Skimp On This
Jan 9, 2014
Fundraising
Stock Market Detachment for Bootstrapped Startups
Jan 2, 2014
Fundraising
Investing Money
2013
Dec 17, 2013
Fundraising
The Benefits of the Hunt for VC Investment
Dec 11, 2013
Fundraising
An Atlanta Conversation on Employee Option Pools
Nov 6, 2013
Acquisition
IPOs are about Growth
Nov 4, 2013
Acquisition
The Unicorn Club
Oct 22, 2013
Events
A Sampling of Market Data from Venture Atlanta
Sep 29, 2013
Fundraising
The Perfect 5-Year Startup Revenue Plan (or Perfectly Amusing)
Aug 17, 2013
Events
Allen Nance’s Breath of Fresh Air
Aug 16, 2013
Fundraising
Attention to Costs in a Startup
Aug 12, 2013
Fundraising
Terms of Convertible Note Financing
Aug 11, 2013
Fundraising
Startup Lessons from Pioneers on Resourcefulness
Aug 7, 2013
Fundraising
Documents for a Friends & Family Convertible Note Round
Aug 6, 2013
Fundraising
Raising Money Blitz
Jul 19, 2013
Fundraising
Top Startup Cities by Cost & Taxes Infographic
Jul 8, 2013
Education
Jackpot of Startup Infographics
Jul 5, 2013
Fundraising
“No Valley” and “Startups for Grownups”
Jun 30, 2013
Fundraising
Notes from Today’s Paul Graham Essay
Jun 20, 2013
Fundraising
NIH SBIR Review Process
May 18, 2013
Acquisition
Co-founder Alignment on Finances
May 10, 2013
Fundraising
A Story of Pitching Sequoia
Apr 30, 2013
Fundraising
Responding to Inbound Investor Inquiries from Associates
Apr 25, 2013
Fundraising
Two Different Later Stage Raises
Apr 5, 2013
Fundraising
Friday Lunch Conversation about “Invest Georgia”
Mar 31, 2013
Acquisition
A Naïve Mistake and Its Fix
Mar 27, 2013
Events
Lessons Learned from Shark Tank
Mar 16, 2013
Education
Book Review – Founders at Work (Part 2)
Mar 15, 2013
Education
Book Review – Founders at Work (Part 1)
Mar 4, 2013
Fundraising
Avoid Chasing Investors Too Early
Feb 25, 2013
Acquisition
Equity Businesses
Feb 10, 2013
Acquisition
Quick Startup Valuation Formula
Feb 9, 2013
Fundraising
The Written Business Plan Died Sometime in the Last 5 Years
Feb 3, 2013
Fundraising
TAG Business Launch Competition
Jan 9, 2013
Fundraising
Bootstrapping Startups through Contract Work