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U.S. Venture Capital Has Its Biggest Quarter Since Dot-Com Days

allthingsd.com

In the largest sector, Internet, median deal size increased at every stage of funding for the first time ever, CB Insights said. Venture capitalists were particularly aggressive on early-stage investments in the second quarter. There were more seed deals than Series A fundings for the first time ever. Coca-Cola - Atlanta, GA.

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Introducing my next chapter: Dragon Army

Jeff Hilimire

Today the Atlanta Business Chronicle ran an article about the new company, Dragon Army , that David Cummings , Ryan Tuttle and I are starting. Dragon Army will be based out of Atlanta Tech Village (freaking pumped about that) and we’ll be focusing on mobile games and apps for consumers. and The Coca-Cola Co.,

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Jonathon Triest of Ludlow Ventures: “VC Done Right” (and in Detroit)

Hunter Walker

Despite the seemingly not so humble tagline (“VC Done Right”), I found him to be a ‘grow the pie’ guy who excitedly looks for opportunities to help entrepreneurs and collaborate at the seed stage. I found myself doing a lot of design work. I opened Triest Group a small design boutique and moved to NYC.

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

I've also been spending a lot of time on the phone with my family and my mom in Atlanta. There's all these conflicting data, because the experimental design and methods are complicated. You could easily design and experiment to vilify or sanctify pretty much any food or ingredient. Soybean oil is the best oil and it's dangerous.

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The Future of Web Startups

www.paulgraham.com

In essense, let the market design the product. The mobility of seed-stage startups means that seed funding is a national business. Atlanta is just as hosed as Munich. We could hire employees, but we want to be forced to figure out how to scale investing. Weve done the same thing ourselves. Ask anyone whos done it.

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