Monthly Archives: May 2012

From Elevator Pitches to Exit Strategies

Posted on May 29, 2012 by dennis

The other evening I was at a cookout and I ran into a well-known local venture capitalist. I don’t really know him that well, but I seized the opportunity to give him our company’s “elevator pitch.” (An “elevator pitch” is …

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Best Buy: In Praise of Inventors

Posted on May 22, 2012 by dennis

Last night I was watching a Best Buy commercial that featured the inventors of various technologies and features incorporated into the modern Smartphone. Although the inventors appeared and spoke in the ad, some of their names were omitted. I decided …

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A High Wire with a Safety Net

Posted on May 14, 2012 by dennis

Last week I gave a “shout-out” to SalesLoft, a recent TAG Top 10 winner that benefited from the ecosystem surrounding Pardot, which is in turn a fast-growing Atlanta technology company. The ecosystem has provided SalesLoft with a “safety net” that …

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Up on the High Wire

Posted on May 8, 2012 by dennis

I recently had an enjoyable networking lunch with a fairly recent graduate of the Goizueta Business School. He was telling me about his job, working on a new business being launched by AT&T. We compared the benefits and challenges of …

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Catching Up with Merlin Mobility

Posted on May 1, 2012 by dennis

Recently I caught up with Margaret Martin, the President and CEO of Merlin Mobility. Margaret was basking in the glow of Merlin’s recent victory in Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition for the Southeast. You may have seen Merlin making …

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