Tagged as: Andy Monin | teambuilding | vendormate
Welcome to SL #15! Andy Monin, the founder and CEO of Vendormate stopped by and not only shared a nice overview of their vision as a company, but also his insights into effective ways of teambuilding in a startup. And a course, we have a nice batch of your emails as well. Good stuff!
As an added bonus we throw the state of Georgia under the bus – you can’t miss that! 
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Tagged as: Jason Caplain | Raleigh | Southern Capitol Ventures | venture capital
Welcome to SL #14! In keeping with the StartupLounge way of tearing down barriers and artificial walls, we were pleased to be joined by Jason Caplain, a co-founder and General Partner with Southern Capitol Ventures out of Raleigh, NC. Jason is a guy that breaks the stereotypical VC mold in a lot of ways (i.e. we think he’s a part of the solution, not the problem.)
In this show (recorded just hours before our first Capital Connections event), we chat with Jason about their fund strategy, some of the things that they are doing differently to engage entrepreneurs, as well as what he thinks about the Atlanta market. And a nice batch of your emails as well. Good stuff!
As an added bonus we have our first “Look who gets it!” segment.
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Tagged as: atdc | bigcontacts | emcien | jobkabob | nanotech | simcraft
Recently, the ATDC held their yearly company showcase. StartupLounge.com was there, and we did a handful of interviews during the showcase. Enjoy this compilation of interviews from various startup CEOs and industry luminaries!
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Well, it took us a full day to recover physically from our first quarterly Capital Connections event here in Atlanta – wow, what a blast!
Tagged as: Gardner Groff | intellectual property | Larry Villanueva | legal | patents
Welcome to SL #12! Properly protecting your intellectual property is one of the top priorities of just about every startup. Joining us for a lively discussion about the basics of intellectual property law is Larry Villanueva of Gardner Groff Santos & Greenwald, a boutique Atlanta law firm that focuses only on intellectual property (IP).
As an added bonus, we throw a few entrepreneurs under the bus, and we get ready for our first StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event tonight, where nearly 200 Atlanta area entrepreneurs and investors are gathering to share ideas and connections.
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