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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. We all need some disturbance to keep us operating at our potential.

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How to Scale Support of Portfolio Companies

David Teten

O perations – We work closely with a pool of preferred service providers who address the operational challenges of early-stage companies: accounting, financial modeling, sales acceleration, legal and regulatory needs, insurance, real estate, engineering, and community building. RJMetrics ); technology (e.g., – OKRs for CEOs. .

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Don’t Settle When You Decide Where to Settle

Austin Startup

Many of you have probably read by now that I am returning from Austin to my roots in Atlanta. Even in the early Peachtree Software days, the decision to build our company in Atlanta was not made without some careful consideration. Oddly enough, our one primary competitor was in Austin, even more out of the way at the time.

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Howard Charney on Cisco, Growth, and Cloud Computing

Austin Startup

In these uncertain economic times, how has Cisco been able to expand its business operations? Well, first off, Cisco has a focus on operational excellence and productivity. But we’re also fortunate that Cisco’s products and services are fundamental to business operations and consumer. online activities worldwide.

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Austin, Meet Dallas

Austin Startup

By way of example, Tolleson Wealth Management , is a multi-family office operation that manages the affairs of more that 150 high net wealth families. For example, there is Hotels.com , sold to Expedia in a deal presaging the acquisition path similarly taken by Austin’s Homeaway. And, there are many more like them. But, they do exist.

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My XOXO Talk

Bryce Dot VC

As a venture funded startup, you’re supposed to operate a certain way. For $100,000 we actually don’t take any equity in your company unless you raise more venture capital, at which point we’ll convert into that round of funding or if you sell the company, we’ll have a small piece of that acquisition. So we have.

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Shark Tank Season 4 episode 2 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The entrepreneur was doing $50k in quarterly revenue by helping men in Atlanta and elsewhere to dress better and thereby become more confident. Alpha M is a personal image consulting business trying to turn a consulting service into a product.