Venture Atlanta – Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur

October 19th, 2010
MMM Tech Perspectives

Venture Atlanta – Lessons from a Serial Entrepreneur

 By John Yates

Venture Atlanta was held on October 12-13 in an outstanding venue — the Georgia Aquarium.  The event included an impressive group of venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and supporters of the Atlanta community.

The highlight of VA was Bill Nussey, CEO of Silverpop, sharing his business lessons as one of our most accomplished and successful entrepreneurs.  As a technology leader, Bill has done it all — he started his own software company out of college, joined a leading VC fund in Boston, served as CEO of a public IT services company, and is currently

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The Arbitrability of Employment Contracts

October 18th, 2010
Employment
The Arbitrability of Employment Contracts
On June 21, 2010, the Supreme Court issued an important decision for employers utilizing or considering utilizing employment arbitration agreements.  In Rent-A-Center, West v Jackson, the Court ruled on the enforceability of an arbitration clause included as part of an employment agreement.   
 
The dispute arose when Antonio Jackson filed a discrimination lawsuit against Rent-A-Center in federal court.  Citing the arbitration clause Jackson had signed in his contract requiring all “past, present or future” disputes between

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