VC Adventure

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

A few weeks ago, the American Alliance for Equal Rights won a legal victory in Atlanta when the 11th U.S. But because of the lack of knowledge about how the financing system for small businesses and startups works (or doesn’t) in America, many people may miss the significance of the decision by the three-judge 11th circuit panel.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 15, 2018

The world’s startup landscape keeps evolving. According to the 2018 Global Startup Ecosystem Report , in 2017, global venture capital investments reached the record of $140 billion, while the total value creation of the world’s startup economy hit astonishing $2.3 The Rise of the Canadian Startup Scene. Let’s find out.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 3, 2014

Venture Atlanta is by far my favorite startup event of the year. My favorite part is the early stage companies and the courage it takes for them to get up and present to 700 people! Venture Atlanta presenting companies: Early Stage. The event is on October 21st and 22nd at the Georgia Aquarium.

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David Cohen

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

“How is an early-stage founder expected to interpret the Give First philosophy?”. That’s the polite way of rewording a question Keith Coleman, Founder of Fraudmarc (Techstars Atlanta 2017), posed to Brad Feld and me in an email a little while back. Keith got our attention with his subject line, “give first, finish last.”.

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socialmatchbox.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

If you post up an ad to an online job board asking for someone to join your very high risk early stage startup company the odds of getting someone who decent are slim to none. For starters, you have to get inside the head of a programmer who might want to work for your startup.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio form a massive startup Megalopolis that is attracting top talent, impact-focused investors, and the most innovative companies in the world. Startups and investors should treat Texas like one big city. These are all potential customers and strategic partners for startups.

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allthingsd.com

JULY 16, 2012

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. Coca-Cola - Atlanta, GA. ATDstartups (Startups). POST A JOB. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 6, 2013

I’ve had the opportunity to invest in 15 startups over the last five years, and I’m currently “out of the game” as every bit of my energy and resources is going into my current startup, Dragon Army. I look for 5 key things in the startups I invest in : 1. My recipe is fairly simple.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 27, 2015

These are feelings that generally define most early-stage startups. Early on, startups are forced to figure out how to stay alive on a daily basis. ” The facts: Nine out of ten startups won’t live long enough to figure out their product market fit. Moments of panic. Those two cannot mix.

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David Teten

JANUARY 13, 2015

I think the same goes for startup entrepreneurialism. Don recommends: Don’t just do startups “for us”. When the night is over and you’ve made new friends, go home and watch Housewives of Atlanta – it’s your secret. Avoid being labeled as startup from a “special group” program. Shed the inferiority complex.

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Duct Tape Marketing

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

I mean, is it a startup or is it somebody trying to scale or is it just everything And. And there are business owners that work incredibly hard every day, but they're in the early stages of growth and really need that guidance to unblock those big initial hurdles. What's a typical member owner, typical member owner?

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 10, 2017

(For more, you can take this 3-minute video tour: [link] ) Dallas 30,000 Feet Rather than talking about UT Dallas, I wanted to share some initial observations about the Dallas startup scene, for the ATX’rs back home. In the early days of the current internet age, the center of Dallas venture capital was the Galleria area.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Planning, Startups, Stories. Before you agree to take equity in lieu of cash, you need to understand that any individual early stage start-up company equity is most likely going to be worthless. Posted by: Atlanta Search Engine Optimization | April 16, 2008 at 07:38 AM. Small Business Blogs. Entrepreneur Magazine Blog.

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Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Atlanta Tech Angels. Speaking with many angel leaders , I believe we have identified several possible explanations for group-to-group variations: 1) Clearly, startup ventures in some business verticals command high pre-money valuations that others. flat to down. Valley Angels. Grand Forks, ND. Vancouver Angels. Vancouver, BC.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Because by an order of magnitude Silicon Valley has the most startups, VCs, large exits, etc., A lot of it is very good, but a lot is also totally inappropriate for a founder in, say, Austin, Boulder, or Atlanta (or markets like them); where the dynamics between entrepreneurs and investors are fundamentally different.

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Startup Lessons Learned

APRIL 17, 2010

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Saturday, April 17, 2010 Sneak preview, KISSmetrics (and more) Hear the CEO of KISSmetrics give a sneak preview of what hell be presenting at the Startup Lessons Learned conference on April 23 (were less than a week away!): Conference updates continue to pour in: Want to see more preview videos?

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Hunter Walker

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I continued to do more branding and design work for clients and over time found myself working for mostly cool tech startups. As the years progressed I found myself less interested in design and more interested in the business side of the startups I was working for. 4) Angel List (an awesome place to discover startups.).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

He was immediately struck by Justin’s talent and was relentless in convincing Justin’s mom to come to Atlanta to meet him & other local talent. Scooter went the extra mile, didn’t take no for an answer and even fronted all of Justin’s costs to get him to come to Atlanta.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

That company was founded on filling a need Robert saw while living in San Francisco and working on a radio startup. "I I've also been spending a lot of time on the phone with my family and my mom in Atlanta. You may know him as the founder of Soylent, the nutrition company he started in his kitchen and scaled nationwide.

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