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Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs Meetup Rocked

Friday, May 16th, 2008

Mike Schinkel, a local Atlanta Web enthusiast (also the guy who taught me Drupal), ran an “Atlanta Web Entrepreneurs Meetup” last night.  My guess is that there were about 75 people there last night and for a rainy night in Georgia that ain’t bad.  He had setup 7 round tables each table with a 3/20 […]

ATLANTA ENTREPRENUERS LOOK TO EXPERTS

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Contact: Mike Schinkel […]

8 ways to destroy a startup

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

I found this interesting article today in my Google Alerts “8 ways to destroy a startup.”
He is a little “cloudy” when it comes to his server advice however all-in-all his other 7 items seem like pretty good advice for a startup.

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The VC Matching Game

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Match the subject line with an actual VC experience of mine.
A. Oxygen is money.
B. Have you ever heard of a company called Microsoft?
C. Please, leave a message at the beep.
D. Yes, we are interested however what to you think about throwing your family in a truck and moving to Austin?
E. Yeah, yeah I get it, […]

My Goodness $100 Dollar T-Shirts That Make Fun of VC’s - “What is this world coming to”

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

I’ll take five. Do they have kid sizes? Can I get a discount for a family pack. How about one for my wife’s stupid dog, Stevie Ray Willis? Here is a list of some of their shirt titles:

Your mom is not a valid test market
I have an idea too, leave
Just […]

The Funded vs. The VC’s

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Mark Hinkle (Zenoss) told me about thefunded.com a few weeks ago. He thought that I might get a kick out of these guys since I’m a VC hater and all. TheFunded lets entrepreneurs rate and add commentary about their VC dealings. Apparently, the founder was burned by a VC and decided to […]