It’s fascinating and inspiring to watch how an entrepreneur’s vision comes to fruition. Although vision is only one part of the equation, it’s a big one and getting it right can lead to stars-aligning momentum. No one can predict the future but us crazy entrepreneurs seem to…
> “Every opportunity I got, I used to read this book” – Frederick Douglass, 1845. I recently came across an article about Frederick Douglass that stated how The Columbian Orator [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=0AVKAAAAIAAJ&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA10](digital version) was a highly influential…
Driving north on Northside Drive not far after crossing over I-75, a new view has emerged. On the right hand side, a major renovation of Atlanta Memorial Park is almost complete. Atlanta Memorial Park isn’t just any regular park in Atlanta, it also happens to house a municipal golf…
Every week I find it fascinating to read about the legacies of great business titans in the Wall Street Journal where unfortunately the great Keeper of Time has finally called. The obituaries showcase a bit of why they were successful, normally it’s from one successful business enterprise or another.…
Last Friday I was elated to present on the topic of Go-To-Market for the 2nd It Takes a Village [https://atlantatechvillage.com/programs/it-takes-a-village/] cohort. I love everything about Going to Market. I love writing about it, talking about it, and trying to be as creative as possible when it…
When one of the presenters asked me a few weeks ago how many people would show up for the first Simply SaaS Side Hustle MeetUp, my guess was 10-15 folks. Amazingly, in the past two weeks since we announced the event, over 120 people have joined the MeetUp [https://www.…
[https://www.jonbirdsong.com/content/images/wordpress/2018/08/600_473730585.png] In town, startups have numerous opportunities to share their progress. Atlanta Startup Village [https://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Startup-Village/], The Consumer Show [https://theconsumer.show/], and Atlanta Startup Battle [https://atlantastartupbattle.com/] are all great options to regularly put…
Over the weekend, David Cummings [http://twitter.com/davidcummings] shared the genesis of the SaaS Startup Studio [https://davidcummings.org/2018/06/30/the-saas-startup-studio/] with Atlanta Ventures. In the past ten years, five and a half of them being in the Atlanta Tech Village, I’ve seen many companies grow…
