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Welcome to SL #31! Join us for a very cool chat with Dr. Lawrence Kersten, the king of demotivation, and co-founder/COO of Despair.com.  He shares with us the fascinating (and hilarious) entrepreneurial story of Despair.com. Making lemonade from lemons is never easy, but these guys did it through viral marketing and persistence, and are rocking and rolling. We also talk a bit about Despair’s trademark of the “frownie” symbol.

The bus is back, and the finance guy brings the heat and rails about early-stage companies that get hung up on their valuation. Some great listener emails and a sprinkling of StartupLounge humor round out another great show. Enjoy!

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Due to logistics, we’ve had to change the event venue from the Galleria to the ADTC – same time – 2pm.

Let me repeat – PitchCamp will NOT be held at the Galleria, but on the 3rd Floor (Hodges Room) at the ATDC. You can get address/map info here:

http://www.atdc.org/contact/

Thanks to Lance and crew at the ATDC for helping us out!

 

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Welcome to SL #30! Catalyst Magazine recently hosted a panel on “Raising Capital” at The Vinings Club here in Atlanta. The panel featured Greg Foster (Noro-Moseley Partners), Brian Patrick Cork (Brian Cork Human Capital), and Braxton Jarratt (CEO, ClearLeap). Catalyst asked StartupLounge to moderate the panel, which we were more than happy to do. We were angling for a “dual moderator” format, where Scott and Mike could take pot shots at each other all night, but sadly, with only a 45 minute session, we decided that one moderator would be a better format (in the interest of time). Sadly, the crowd got stuck with Scott moderating.

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Welcome to SL #29! We recently sat down with Alan Taetle of Noro-Moseley Partners, one of the largest venture capital firms in the Southeast.   Joining him was Greg Foster, who recently joined Noro after driving the corporate venture arm of Turner Broadcasting. If you want to know what drives Noro, and these two investors in particular, you’ll want to tune in. We also talked about a smattering of other things, including Appcelerator’s departure from Atlanta and spreadsheet jockeys.

Another group of pathetic entrepreneurs get tossed under the bus … firmly. Some great listener emails and a sprinkling of StartupLounge humor round out another great show. Enjoy!

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Welcome to SL #28! Join us for a great chat with two of Atlanta’s most well known angel investors. Sig Mosley and Charlie Paparelli joined us for a intriguing deep dive into the angel environment in Atlanta. If you are seeking angel-level capital in Atlanta, you owe it to yourself to tune in and listen to their insights. We think you’ll find that angels come in different flavors – while Charlie and Sig both invest in early-stage companies, they each have a fairly unique approach. Wanna know what makes these guys tick? Tune in!

A lot of positive things are starting to happen here in the Southeast, so the bus stays in the garage while we talk about some more folks that seem to “get it”. Some great listener emails and a sprinkling of StartupLounge humor round out another great show. Enjoy!

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