Feld Thoughts

APRIL 10, 2020

When Amy and I had life dinner on March 1st, we were both tired after a three-week trip to Boston, Miami, and Atlanta. The stock market had already had a 15% or so drop but there were less than 10 deaths (all in Seattle) from Covid in the US. ” Prescient, but not really what we meant.

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 2, 2020

. “A” can stand for “agency”, or “activism”, or “alliance”…but it also is a call back to Atlanta, which is often referred to as, “The A” So, what is The A Pledge , you ask? In 2012-2013, I went through Leadership Atlanta. And then this happened.

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 1, 2017

They’re one of the fastest growing agencies in Atlanta and made up of some of the most talented people I’ve ever met. Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce Advisory Board Member. I love being a part of the Chamber and contributing to Atlanta’s growth. There is so much potential, and Atlanta needs this!

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 21, 2013

Johnson Cook , the dude that sits right behind me at Atlanta Tech Village , and who flew the pirate flag on top of the building last week cementing himself forever in my consciousness as a true bad@ass, wrote a post recently called, The Top 3 Jobs of a Startup CEO. if you liked this blindpost, here are more you can check out.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 9, 2013

Last night my good friend and marketing extraordinaire, Stephanie Critchfield , interviewed Danny Davis and I in a “fireside chat” on leadership at Digital Atlanta. The 8 things I learned from Danny Davis about leadership. Entrepreneurship Leadership Start-ups' (thanks for the great photo, Jay !).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This book showcases various public relations and digital marketing tactics to leverage your success. Content marketing and social media are awesome in garnering recognition. Jamillah Rahmaad is a seasoned public relations professional based in Atlanta, GA. It will teach you how to: Establish trust with your audience.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 19, 2021

Ever since I went through Leadership Atlanta in 2013 , I knew I needed to find a way to make an impact against systemic racism. The idea came to me a few years later that the best way for me to do this would be within my industry – marketing and advertising. It took me four more years to figure out how to get started.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 19, 2021

Ever since I went through Leadership Atlanta in 2013 , I knew I needed to find a way to make an impact against systemic racism. The idea came to me a few years later that the best way for me to do this would be within my industry – marketing and advertising. It took me four more years to figure out how to get started.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

To explain what I mean by finding and living into your personal purpose, I talked about my experience in Leadership Atlanta, how my eyes were opened to my privilege , and why I’m now on a journey to have an out-sized, positive impact on the world. Before you leave. There is exclusive content that only comes out in the email!

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

For better or worse, the city and the Bay Area are now synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovative high-tech thought leadership. KPMG Chicago’s Mike Gervasio further cited the capital market and “an innovative culture” as partially responsible in Chicago’s impressive climb up the global ladder. Atlanta, GA. Minneapolis, MN.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

The first was with Raymond King , CEO of Zoo Atlanta; the second was with Devon Wijesinghe , CEO of Insightpool; and the third with Mark Feinberg , CEO of Uruut. I’ve known Simms Jenkins (CEO of BrightWave Marketing ) for a long time and I’ve always been impressed with how he’s built his business.

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Jeff Hilimire

DECEMBER 19, 2019

For six years I was on The Children’s Museum of Atlanta ‘s board. We (myself, the leadership team of the museum, and a handful of other marketing experts/leaders in Atlanta) spent three hours working through an exciting opportunity. It is such a fantastic organization, run by a fantastic leader.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 4, 2014

Moira Vetter (CEO of Modo Modo ) recently received the highest honor anyone in marketing in Atlanta can receive. She was named the AMA’s Marketer of the Year. We are not productizing and peddling marketing services. Atlanta Entrepreneurship' This is the eigth installment of my “5 Questions for a CEO” series.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 18, 2014

The list so far: Raymond King , Zoo Atlanta. Simms Jenkins , BrightWave Marketing. Jacqui Chew , iFusion Marketing. and he’s the best business development/marketing leader I’ve ever worked with. AgencySparks vets specialist marketing agencies and introduces them to brands looking for experts.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Without hesitation he said that I should consider applying for Leadership Atlanta. Fast forward nine months, and I’m now about 1/3 of the way through the Leadership Atlanta experience. First of all, and this was not something I expected, I’m now deeply in love with Atlanta. And boy, has it changed me.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

It’s always been important to me to be involved in helping others, but my life took a course correction when I went through Leadership Atlanta in 2012-13. Boards I’m on: Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce – I’m as passionate as anyone about my city. I started this in 2013.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

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. Deals were getting done there. As it was, we were flying out there nearly every week anyway.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Last year, I co-founded a nonprofit in Atlanta with Adam Walker called 48in48. The mission: to empower communities to help 48 local nonprofits in 48 hours by assisting their marketing and technology efforts through hackathon-style events. We held our first event in Atlanta in October and it was amazing. Glad you asked :).

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David Teten

JANUARY 2, 2013

I’m traveling to Atlanta and Boston this month, so starting to plan my logistics. Recently (Monday, October 22), I had a quick trip to Atlanta for a Social Fortress board meeting. My suggestion to Uber: as you evaluate whom to partner with in the New York market, do your due diligence.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. Cash is king and it's a developer's market out there right now. Posted by: Atlanta Search Engine Optimization | April 16, 2008 at 07:38 AM. CRM Magazine: 2011 CRM Market Leaders.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 1, 2023

I’ve known Raphael since we went through Leadership Atlanta together in 2013 (and in 2021, I was able to shadow Raphael in D.C., is a generous, kind, and supportive friend, and also one of the most accomplished marketers I know. Below are the 13 books (of the 53 I read in 2022) that really stood out to me.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 22, 2020

Here’s the deal guys, marketing and advertising agencies, by and large, in most cases, and with very few exceptions…suck. And “them” = the main client contacts, their bosses, their bosses bosses, their board of directors (everybody has an opinion on marketing and advertising), and ultimately and most importantly of course, their customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

You need to be great at something: technology back-end, front-end design, usability, sales, marketing, quantitative analysis, leadership –> whatever. 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.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 6, 2014

8 – I asked 17 of Atlanta’s most successful entrepreneurs what it means to be an entrepreneur… and then I asked 17 of Atlanta’s most successful FEMALE entrepreneurs what it means to be an entrpreneur… #9 – How I became an Apple fanboy and why I might not be one soon. #10 Hell yeah it is. ~.

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Jeff Hilimire

JUNE 7, 2014

I was recently meeting with an entrepreneur that went through the Advice For Good program (he donated his time at the Atlanta Community Food Bank and blogged about it , then we set up a time to meet) and we went on a nice walk and talked about his young company. Find a mentor. What’d I miss? Entrepreneurship'

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

Dave’s influence on my life when I was such a young man, and then my experience a few years ago with Leadership Atlanta , propelled me to want to do more to help other people. Sign up for Match Atlanta and use your marketing skills to help a nonprofit be more successful. Well, just because, I guess.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 16, 2013

There are some other “tracking” devices on the market but they aren’t as interactive. As you may know from your Leadership Atlanta training, we are taught to never go in alone and to always maintain contact with your partner/company. And, it’s usually in desperate/emergent situations where this happens.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 12, 2014

The list so far: Raymond King , Zoo Atlanta. Simms Jenkins , BrightWave Marketing. Jacqui Chew , iFusion Marketing. Describe your leadership style and why you think it will help you be successful in this new position. This is the eleventh installment of my “5 Questions for a CEO” series. Devon Wijesinghe , Insightpool.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I was fortunate enough to hear Tony Wagner speak at the (co)lab summit this week (a great event by my Leadership Atlanta friends!) The market is incredibly saturated and fickle. and he used a phrase that I hadn’t heard before. He said that in some ways today “an F is the new A” (in terms of grades).

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Hearpreneur

JUNE 14, 2017

The market is over bloated with solutions of all sorts claiming that they’ll improve your business routine, but very few of them succeed at that. Since accounting is one of the most challenging and crucial areas of any business, I decided to go the extra mile and bring the change that I wanted to see on the market.

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David Teten

APRIL 28, 2016

SalesTing = sales-obsessed marketing. Enterprise marketers invest significant resources into creating assets for use by their sales teams but are unable to see what works or not. SalesTing enables marketers to see what’s working and show impact on sales. TimeSpiral extends corporate culture.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 19, 2010

See, somewhere around December of last year I moved out of my personal office – a corner office on the 17th floor in midtown Atlanta, complete with couch and fridge – and back into a cube. And even when I was in the middle of it, I wasn’t sure it would be the right move. But it was. My “old&# office on 12seconds.tv.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. If you want to launch a new business, this is a great market to launch from because you can easily reach all of the major Texas cities with one office. Being part of a big and growing market is a big asset when crowdfunding?—?and Edward’s University.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

After thinking about how much I enjoyed helping her business grow and learning all I could about business structure, marketing, SEO and social media to name a few, I decided to take these new skills and help other small business owners. Thanks to Sean Matula, Small Business Consulting Strategic Marketing ! #2- Photo Credit: Adam Karp.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 22, 2012

In this job market, you are going to hear “No, thank you” far more often than “You’re hired.” or “How are you enjoying Atlanta?” Those magic words — ‘Can we start over?’ — can salvage a tense situation at work and also at home. But you must use them early in the conversation. You’re turned down for a new job.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2009

I learned a lot at Convergent, going from product marketing manager in a small startup to VP of Marketing of the Unix Division as it became a public company. His marketing and sales instincts and skills seemed magical and he built the company into a $400 million OEM supplier, ultimately selling the company to Unisys.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I've also been spending a lot of time on the phone with my family and my mom in Atlanta. I had some familiarity with that diagnostic space and unfortunately, he never really saw it get to market. I guess NIH was depending on the private market to just figure that out and nobody really went for it. Eric Ries : Why not?

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