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Man I love Atlanta

Jeff Hilimire

I’ll be posting a recap shortly (similar to the 48in48 Atlanta recap ,) but if you’re super eager to see how it went, you can check out the hashtag. But this post is about Atlanta. I love many cities, with London and Chicago being at the top, but Atlanta is the place for me. I can’t wait to get it!

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Disturbing

Austin Startup

I must take a moment to acknowledge the many kind greetings upon my return to Atlanta and the many well wishes as I departed Austin. John Imlay of MSA occasionally took me on road shows with analysts to talk about his new acquisition Peachtree Software. I got the message. Think about that.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 17: Tiffani Bell and Clay Hebert

Steve Blank

Tiffani was also a 2014 Code for America Fellow working with the City of Atlanta. It ultimately failed because she was focused on engineering the product, but didn’t validate the rest of her business model (product/market fit, distribution channel, customer acquisition, etc.).

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

A more sophisticated way to do this: calculate your internal ratios , e.g., your Customer Acquisition Cost and Lifetime Value. E.g., a Community Manager at a VC could check once a week where portfolio execs are visiting, perhaps using Tripit , and then ping them saying, “I see you’re in Atlanta; would you like to meet Nancy?”

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Cisco raises another $4b in cash and looking for acquisitions

BeyondVC

" Regarding Cisco I have heard the same acquisition rumors.  The post Cisco raises another $4b in cash and looking for acquisitions appeared first on BeyondVC. I would love to hear your thoughts on this as well.

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All my success has come from this one thing

Jeff Hilimire

Spunlogic grew to be one of the more successful digital agencies in Atlanta, and ultimately was acquired, because of the trust that Raj , Danny, and Raghu and I had. Then we brought in two new leaders, Rachelle and Adam, and it was my trusting relationship with them that led me to believe the acquisition of their companies would go well.

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Epicor Software Buys ShopVisible

SiliconHills

Austin-based Epicor Software has bought ShopVisible, which makes cloud-based retail order management software, based in Atlanta. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. We are excited about this acquisition, as ShopVisible has spent several […] The post Epicor Software Buys ShopVisible appeared first on SiliconHills.