The “Culture First Culture” Conversation

July 27, 2013

Two days ago, I posted a twitter conversation about “culture first culture,” or the idea that the culture of a startup should be its top priority. In this post, I share my thoughts on the topic. Definition of Culture The best definition of culture comes from Paul Freet, “Culture is the sum of the people.” […]

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Two Atlanta Twitter Conversations on Storify

July 25, 2013

The Atlanta startup ecosystem has long benefited from a strong Twitter community and ongoing conversations. Today, I share two conversations using Storify to curate the tweets. I think the points made on both sides of each conversation are great and represent a well-rounded views of important startup considerations. Enjoy! The first conversation was instigated by […]

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More Thoughts on Reasons to Join a Startup over a BigCo

July 24, 2013

My post yesterday on reasons to join a startup over a BigCo generated some interesting comments which deserve more discussion. I want to discuss two of those comments today. Let me start by saying that there is nothing wrong with working for a BigCo. BigCo jobs come with general public acceptance and default prowess. They […]

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Reasons to Join a Startup over a BigCo

July 23, 2013

Anyone involved in hiring for a successful startup faces the challenge of competing offers from BigCo’s. With our hiring this year, I have made particular note of these discussions and how they unfold. For example, while in the middle of one of these recent conversations, I realized that the particular individual had spent several years […]

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WebRTC and the Rapid Pace of Browser Innovation

July 22, 2013

I recently wrote about web browsers and how people are increasingly doing things through the browser. Among those trends is WebRTC which enables seamless Skype-like video calls directly from the browser. A great demo of WebRTC is included in the video below. WebRTC enables the browser to use an attached video camera and microphone. It […]

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Notes from B2BCamp

July 20, 2013

B2BCamp is one of the most valuable events Atlanta has to offer startups or any B2B business. This post shares my notes on today’s event. Keynote Talk: The 10 Sales and Marketing Mistakes that Stopped Me from Building a $100M Business, by Allen Nance of WhatCounts Genetics – You need to pay attention to the […]

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Top Startup Cities by Cost & Taxes Infographic

July 19, 2013

I came across the infographic below and found the data interesting. It has wage, tax, housing, and office rent information. There are clear financial advantages to being in Austin over being in San Francisco. It is also interesting to see how major startup hubs differ from one another. The infographic was generated by a San […]

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Book Review: Antifragile – Things that Gain from Disorder

July 7, 2013

I recently listened to an Entrepreneurial Thought Leader podcast by Nassim Taleb, author of “Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder.” The topic was interesting, so I picked up the book and skimmed it for a few hours. The thesis of the book is that we all encounter chaos. Many times we erect passive defenses against the […]

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“No Valley” and “Startups for Grownups”

July 5, 2013

Stephen Fleming is a great Atlanta startup thought leader. Today, he put up an incredible blog post, “Startups for Grownups.” The post takes his moniker from the last four years, “No Valley,” and wraps around it a deep level of understanding about what makes Atlanta startups successful and how startups are killing it in Atlanta […]

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Songs of Independence Day

July 4, 2013

I love Independence Day. It’s full of summer, patriotism, parades, fireworks, friendship, family, and memories of those who have paved the way for us to enjoy the freedoms of this land. I know that many of the readers of this blog are not from the US, but I wanted to take one post to share. The […]

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