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5 questions for an Atlanta Tech Village CEO: Jon Birdsong, Rivalry

Jeff Hilimire

If you had time to watch the video where Jon Birdsong (CEO of Rivalry ) and I talked to Michael Tavani, Rob Kischuk and TJ Muehleman, you’ll know that one of the points the group made to Jon and I was that there is a lot of publicity about the Atlanta Tech Village but very little about the startups in the building. Longer answer.

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Introducing my next chapter: Dragon Army

Jeff Hilimire

And I’ve been dying to get my hands back into a true startup. Today the Atlanta Business Chronicle ran an article about the new company, Dragon Army , that David Cummings , Ryan Tuttle and I are starting. David Cummings , who last year sold his marketing automation startup for $95 million, will launch a “mobile app studio.”

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The Lean Startup Workshop - now an O'Reilly Master Class

Startup Lessons Learned

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Thursday, May 14, 2009 The Lean Startup Workshop - now an OReilly Master Class My rate of posting has been much lower lately, and this is mostly due to preparations for the upcoming Lean Startup Workshop on May 29. I joined a financial services tech startup in 1999. You can click here to learn more.

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The Proven Framework For Building A Thriving Community

Duct Tape Marketing

Whereas b2c, I mean m and MS has had a, has a community, right? I mean I think a lot of B2C companies kind of get that. And when we were first testing out this community as a service idea, we went to someone in our network and pitched it and he manages an incubator with very new startups and he was like, absolutely not.

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5 Reasons I’m excited about Switchyards

Jeff Hilimire

Switchyards , Michael Tavani’s latest project, just announced its first batch of startups to join the effort. The Switchyards mantra: Where consumer and design-focused companies grow in Atlanta. Atlanta needs a focused effort to give consumer-oriented startups a chance. Downtown Atlanta needs some startup love.

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How to Drive Cheap, Quality Traffic on Facebook

The Startup Magazine

SimpleShowing , a B2C real estate startup headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is a great example of using Facebook to increase website traffic. The post How to Drive Cheap, Quality Traffic on Facebook appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Facebook is their primary channel for this goal.

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