10 Ways VCs are Different from Businessmen June 2nd, 2011Venture Capital Highlights: Experienced VC, Scott Maxwell, discusses the major ways a VC firm operates differently from a typical business. Read article. Read More
Leveraging Your MBA June 1st, 2011Entrepreneurial Info Leveraging Your MBA By Jim Montembeau, MBA, Managing Partner of AES You have spent the past two years trudging through business case after business case, creating pro formas, and working through discounted cash flows to evaluate an organization for a pending acquisition. You’ve read enough business books to forget what it was like to read for pleasure. Welcome to post-MBA life. Is it what you thought it would be? For those of us who are now burdened by massive student loans and who sacrificed and put in countless hours that Read More
CEO Leadership Lessons – Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs May 31st, 2011MMM Tech Perspectives CEO Leadership Lessons – Practical Guide for Entrepreneurs I recently moderated a panel discussion among four of the leading CEOs from Atlanta’s technology community at a meeting of the Technology Roundtable Executives, an Atlanta-based group of tech CEOs and CFOs. TER meets monthly and features panel and roundtable discussions on topics of interest to tech leaders in the Southeast. The insights provided for CEOs and CFOs at our May meeting were exceptional – – I’ve highlighted them below. 1. Set Strong, Measureable Goals – The CEO needs to determine the goals to be achieved by the company and articulate Read More
Silicon Valley IPO “Machinery” in Full Swing May 31st, 2011Tech IPO After LinkedIn Corporation went public earlier this month, Silicon Valley’s IPO “machinery” has cranked up into full swing. Read article. Read More
How Successful CEOs Handle Stress May 27th, 2011Entrepreneurial Info Highlights: Justin Menkes, author of “Better Under Pressure,” explains why today’s leaders need a plan for tackling stress and offers tips for staying calm under pressure. Read More
Finding Success in Failure: Inventor Jim Dyson May 24th, 2011Entrepreneurial Info Highlights: British inventor Jim Dyson discusses how a moment of failure can also become an opportunity for success. Read More
VCs Turn Attention to Education Technology May 23rd, 2011Venture Capital As broadband networks and digital devices become more accessible to students and academic institutions, venture funds are spending more and more on educational tech startups. Read article. Read More
Leadership Lessons: Avoiding Mistakes May 20th, 2011Entrepreneurial Info Highlights: Leadership lessons from management thought leaders. Featuring: Bill George, Evan Wittenberg, Dr. Ellen Langer and Andrew Pettigrew. Read More
Crowd Funding Sites: The Next Boom? May 19th, 2011Entrepreneurial Info Highlights: Crowd Funds, a type of social networking site designed to link entrepreneurs to large groups of donors, may be on the verge of a boom as the Securities and Exchange Commission considers removing current regulations that prevent these sites from facilitating the purchases of equity stakes. Read article. Read More
LimeWire Settles for $105M in Copyright Infringement Suit May 18th, 2011Recent Legal News Highlights: Controversial file-sharing software maker LimeWire settled a copyright infringement suit with Warner Music Group Corp. and three other record companies for $105 million, thus putting an end to a potentially billion-dollar damages trial. Article no longer available. Read More