Tagged as: documentary | endorphin entertainment | video
Rick Cohen of Endorphin Entertainment was kind enough to shoot and produce a short 5 minute documentary on StartupLounge. It isn’t a full documentary, but it does provide some interesting glimpses into what goes into putting together our big quarterly CapitalLounge events here in Atlanta. Good stuff!
Tagged as: frontier capital | joel lanik | venture capital
Welcome to SL #35! We kicked off the 2009 podcast season with a great chat with Joel Lanik of Frontier Capital out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Frontier is one of many regional venture capital funds that routinely visits Atlanta in search of new deals. In addition to talking about their newly closed venture fund, we spoke about the current state of the economy, and the impact it is having on their fund and their portfolio companies.
The 2009 TAG/GRA Business Launch Competition is coming up, and we discussed it in the opening of the show. “Under the Bus” or “Look Who Gets It?” – Tune in to find out! Mike also challenges Scott to a startup mentoring challenge for charity (the gloves are off now, folks). Another great selection of listener emails and a dash of StartupLounge humor to top it all off. Enjoy!
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Tagged as: gdecd | georgia | ken stewart | sb80
Welcome to SL #34 (originally recorded on 12-15-2008)! We thought a great way to close out the 2008 year would be to sit down with someone who can provide some valuable insights for Georgia-based entrepreneurs who are looking at an uncertain economic climate in 2009. We sat down and had a nice chat with Ken Stewart, the Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development. We talk about a smattering of topics, ranging from their position on SB-80 to Georgia’s view on the current startup environment within the State.
Scott hops behind the wheel of the bus and plows over some silly entrepreneurs who just can’t seem to practice the fundamentals. At the end of the podcast, we drop a tease on a new type of event we are planning for 2009. Another batch of your emails and a musical ballad that speaks to the impact of offshoring jobs round out another great show. Enjoy!
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Tagged as: tech operators | venture capital
Welcome to SL #33! We sat down and had a blast with Glenn McGonnigle, one of the founding partners of Atlanta’s newest venture capital fund – Tech Operators (founded by Glenn, Tom Noonan, David Gould, and Said Mohammadioun). We discussed a variety of things, including the details of the new fund, the landscape in the Southeast, and what types of plants Mike grows in his backyard for “medicinal purposes”.
The bus is back and ready to rumble with Mike at the wheel – this time, he plows headfirst into entrepreneurs who seem to think that circumventing AngelLounge and trying to get us to champion their deal is a good idea. FAIL! Mike also segues into a nice monologue on the angel perspective of the current economic downtrend. Some great listener emails, a musical tribute to the $700B government bailout, and a sprinkling of StartupLounge humor round out another great show. Enjoy!
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Tagged as: Accelereyes | John Melonakos
Welcome to SL #32! In the first of a new series of short podcasts at StartupLounge.com that focus on profiling early-stage companies in the Southeast, we sat down with John Melonakos, co-founder and CEO of Accelereyes. These guys are a very cool new company here in Atlanta which provides some exciting technology that they believe will help usher in a new age of “personal supercomputing”. Aside from the discussion about the company itself, we also spoke a bit about their experiences in participating and ultimately winning the Georgia Tech Business Plan Competition for 2008.
Of course, Scott does a great job in trying to completely derail the discussion, by trying to find some practical applications for this new technology, especially as it pertains to getting faster framerates while viewing porn online), as well as trying to convince Google to buy them. Jeez!
