Published on February 4, 2008
in Events.
This week is shaping up to be pretty busy in Atlanta. On Wednesday, StartupLounge is hosting its quarterly Capital Connections event. In the past there have been about 200 or so folks there.
On Thursday, TAG and ATDC have an Entrepreneurs Society Meeting in the morning (local entrepreneur David Cummings will be presenting).
I just heard that David Ratajczak is arranging a YnR gathering in the evening. YnR gatherings range in size but usually there seems to be around 30 or 40 entrepreneurs. I suspect this YnR will be larger just because its been a while since the last one.
Finally, the week winds down with SoCon 08 on Friday evening and all day Saturday (registration for this event has closed).
Unfortunately, I’m going to miss all of the events except for SoCon on Saturday. I’ve got a fun trip scheduled which I’ll probably document on my personal blog in the next week or so. Everyone have fun this week and get out and meet some interesting people who you don’t already know!
Published on January 30, 2008
in Events.
I’m heading to StartupLounge’s Angel Lounge event today. It’ll be interesting to see who shows up as well as how big of a crowd Scott and Michael are able to get together. Judging by past Capital Connections events, I won’t be surprised if it’s quite a few people. Also, just a reminder that Capital Connections is next week. I, unfortunately, won’t make that event so if anyone wants to blog about the event here, let me know and we’ll hook something up.
Scott Burkett and Michael Blake are on a roll. I recently mentioned their next Capital Connections event - previous events have been highly attended. They just announced a new gathering for angel investors - Angel Lounge.
Most angels form syndicates when they invest in companies. Usually this is because they can’t or don’t want to singly fund a company. The idea is to diversify among multiple investments and not have a concentrated holding as well as share the risk with others who may be more helpful or knowledgeable about a company. This makes a lot of sense since having more people thinking about a company’s well being is usually a good thing.
The downside is that entrepreneurs often have to do the legwork of finding angels to fill out their fund raising round. But if angels could self organize into networks, formal or informal, then the entrepreneur will save time and be able to quickly focus back on creating value through their company.
Good job guys! I’m looking forward to seeing some positive results from this.
Published on January 5, 2008
in Events.
Scott Burkett and Michael Blake just announced the next StartupLounge.com Capital Connections event. If you haven’t been to this event, it’s pretty happening. Scott is pretty rigorous (as he should be) about keeping vendors out (aside from a few paying ones) and only letting entrepreneurs and investor types in. The event is free (hence the few sponsors/vendors that are allowed in) but drinks will cost you (bring your wallet and no complaining!). In my opinion this is one of the higher quality events in town. The event isn’t limited to entrepreneurs who are actively seeking money either. So if you’re an entrepreneur or a non-antagonistic investor, check out the event and make sure you mingle and meet people you don’t already know. There is some interesting stuff happening in town!