Archive for May, 2008

Giving Up On Doing Two Blogs

Okay, I’ll say it - uncle. I can’t keep two blogs up to date. Soon I’m going to work and move all the content on this blog back over to my other blog. So if you want to keep up with my random writings, you should subscribe to the feed over there or visit the site. I’ve posted my thoughts on Startup Riot over there already. More coming on post Startup Riot stuff over there as well.

Startup Riot: The After Party

Okay, folks - with a week to go to Startup Riot, I’m ready to divulge all the details about the after party.

Thanks to the generous support of both Dash and Nelson Mullins, we are doing an after party at the Nelson Mullins offices in Atlantic Station (a few minute walk from the Twelve Hotel which is the venue for Startup Riot). The after party will run from 5:00pm until 8:30pm.

All conference attendees will be allowed to attend the after party. Folks who want to attend the after party but not the conference need to pre-register and be cleared to attend. The same attendance policy for the conference applies to the after party - no service providers and no vendors allowed. Entrepreneurs, job seekers, corporate employees (specifically those who invest or do M&A), non-profit employees, and investors are all welcome to attend.

The Nelson Mullins offices have a fantastic view of the city skyline and this should be a fantastic evening.

Oh, did I mention?  There are a limited number of slots for attending the after party and there will be an open bar and some random snacks available.

Startup Riot - New News!

Startup RiotOkay folks, there is new news for the upcoming Startup Riot which is only 2 weeks (!) away.

First, I’ve opened back up applications to present. There are still limited slots remaining but I’ve had a lot of people asking me to look at this company or that as a favor. So to be fair, I’m opening up the application for everyone on the site. One change though - along with your application you must submit your four slides (details below) along with your application. Based on those slides I’ll decide if you get a slot to present or not.

So if you want to submit slides to possibly present here are the rules. Your slides can’t have any animation, audio, video, or anything else to make them anything but static slides. They also must be submitted in Powerpoint (PPT, not the new PPTX) format. My suggestion is to cover your team, your product/service, and what you’ve accomplished and/or what you plan on doing.

Second, details will be coming soon (next day or so hopefully) about the after-party. Yes, there is going to be an after-party for Startup Riot. It’ll start right at the end of the event at 5pm and probably run until 8pm or later (depending on the final venue). Regardless of where we hold this, it will be somewhere in Atlantic Station so everyone can walk from the conference to the party.

So plan on attending the after-party if you come to the event or even if you don’t. We’ve got an awesome sponsor for this part of the day and this should rock.

UPDATE: fixed my suggestion above to include what I actually suggest for your slides.  It was cut off before.  Whoops!