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!
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Podsafe music used within this episode:
- Neolith by Kevin MacLeod
- Work, Work, Bors23 from Germany
- All the Money in the World by Hutch
Our format is a little out of the norm as far as podcasts go. We treat our efforts as a true “show” rather than a super-concise (limited) vehicle for delivery of information. Therefore, the podcasts can run a bit long (actually, it is largely driven by the guests and their responses.) While we try to have very substantive discussions, we also try to have a lot of fun along the way (and that tends to elongate the programming a wee bit.) 
Our theory is that if we are having fun during the show, hopefully, you will be having a little fun listening as well.
A special thanks to John for coming in and hanging out with us!
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