Yesterday late afternoon/early evening I was on the roof of the Atlanta Tech Village watching what seemed like a never ending smoke machine spewing out black clouds. Searching Twitter showed that I-85 was on fire. No good. Thirty minutes into the political fundraiser for Peter Aman [https://peteraman.com/…
I’ve prioritized sales. I’ve prioritized product [https://www.jonbirdsong.com/2014/10/18/product-reigns-supreme/]. I’ve prioritized messaging. I’ve prioritized marketing. One item I always kind of left to chance or dare I say luck was the market. The market, just like on Wall Street, is a…
I’m just as disappointed in myself as I am with the rest of the nation when it comes to the current level of rhetoric in politics. I’ve excitingly watched more Republican debates than Democratic (normally I try to keep them level) merely because of sheer entertainment. Watching Trump…
Monday is the Iowa caucus. This political season has been some of the most entertaining but when November comes, it’s serious business. Donald Trump is one of the most entertaining figures in the world. I remember reading the Art of The Deal in college and loving it. Back then,…
“A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. That is why i read so much.” -Tyrion Lannister In a classic exchange between Jon Snow and Tyrion Lannister, Tyrion describes why he reads so much. One of my largest regrets in 2015…
Preparing The Globe Theatre The banana is still green but shades of a prescient, yellow harvest is on the way. Yesterday’s product announcement of PeopleSpark, a brainchild of Bigcommerce co-founder and board member Mitch Harper, is another telling sign that people’s feedback is more than an interesting niche…
Hosting 29 Atlanta Startup Villages has provided significant exposure toabout 125 early stage technology companies [https://atlantastartupcommunity.wordpress.com/](we’ve had a few that had 4 companies present). Each early stage company has a unique story. What they do, why they should be on stage, and most importantly who’…
A few months ago, over an entertaining and always-enlightening dinner with one of Atlanta’s most active investors and entrepreneurs, he expressed an insight elicited among the West Coast investor community that still resonates heavily in how we build Rivalry. The insight revolved around investments into companies with real customers.…