Charles Ross Says Need More Capital Residing in Georgia Last week, TechDrawl featured Charles Ross, general manager of the ATDC, giving his take on the entrepreneur community in Georgia. After the video, the post goes on to describe the great location ATDC has in the center of the Atlanta tech community. The remainder of the post highlights the mission of the incubator and bio for Charles.
Last fall I was walking down the hall when Scott Ryan of Asankya introduced me to Braxton Jarratt. Braxton, a visionary leader with a background that includes executive stints at Tandberg, N2 Broadband and Cox, is the CEO of Clearleap. Braxton had teamed up with John Vecchio, the technical guru behind both Tandberg and N2 who cut his teeth at Scientific-Atlanta, to form the company.
Clearleap, which is in semi-stealth mode has joined ATDC. They are developing a revolutionary new internet video system with enormous potential. That’s about all I can say for now. A great team with market knowledge, the proven ability to execute, and a very interesting concept. Clearleap could be one of the big stories in Atlanta this year and next.
Welcome to ATDC Braxton, John, and the rest of the ClearLeap team.
Social media consultant Josh Hallett recently spoke at an ATDC brown bag lunch on awareness, discoverability, and approachability using social tools on the Internet. Here’s the video of the event:
Tycho Howle, founder of nuBridges and Harbinger, discussed values-based entrepreneurship during a recent ATDC Brown Bag lunch. A Georgia Technology Hall of Famer, Tycho shared some of his experiences and lessons learned over his award-winning career. He touched on important questions for managers and leaders, including:
Why should we focus on values-based entrepreneurship?
Why is it now a significant part of MBA curriculums and business literature?
Aren’t values formed long before you get to college or business school?
Tycho ran ATDC entrepreneurs through three provocative case studies that presented ethical dilemmas. He also shared his story of founding and growing Harbinger and a few key tips on entrepreneurial leadership, such as:
Recruit smart people and foster environment that helps smart people get smarter
Live by what he calls “the golden rule of management – to manage in the same way you would want to be managed if the situation was reversed”
Find other people who want to see you be successful – they will invaluable to you and your business
Make sure you create a sustainable pace for yourself – it took me 17 years to hit my 5 year plan
You can watch the video here (requires you download the Tegrity plugin) and read the cases here.
Yes, VCs do care about your customers. After all, customers are the ones that are taking money from their pocket and putting into your pocket. This will eventually get money into your VC’s pocket!
Atlanta venture capitalist Nelson Chu from Kinetic Ventures recently gave his thoughts on what it really means to "know your customer" and why it matters.