Community

Headway Platform hosts office hours on the 1st Wednesday of every month from 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm.

The Alpharetta Startup Circle is open to all ATDC members. It is an organized, freewheeling discussion among early stage entrepreneurs, ATDC Mentors, and Catalysts. Periodically, outside guests join us to bring their particular areas of expertise and experience to the table.

Registration 

• Get in touch with the team at Tech Alpharetta to get signed up. 

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

ATDC sponsor DLA Piper will host office hours in the lobby from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm on the first Monday of every month. Click here to learn more about DLA Piper. https://www.dlapiper.com/en/us/locations/atlanta/

If you’d like to make an appointment with DLA Piper in advanced email ATDCofficehours@dlapiper.com

Frazier & Deeter is a nationally recognized CPA and advisory firm headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with offices in Alpharetta, Las Vegas, Nashville, and Tampa. The firm provides tailored services across a wide range of tax, audit, accounting, and advisory needs to achieve each client’s unique financial goals. Frazier & Deeter also offers outsourced fund administration via the firm’s FD Fund Administration business unit, headquartered in Philadelphia.

Frazier & Deeter can assist your tech company through all phases of the business cycle with CPA services like financial planning, tax planning, audit, SOC reporting, mergers & acquisition, IPO readiness and financial structure. Our services support technology clients at any life stage, ranging from startups to middle market companies. We offer expertise in industries including software, communications, computer-related equipment, IT services, payment processing and life sciences. Our entrepreneurial advisors are also available to aid in growth goals.

Come and learn what ATDC is all about! At this info session you will learn more about ATDC  membership and qualifications, find out about member benefits, and how to make the most of your membership.

REGISTRATION LINKS

• Click here to register.

Rusty Close, an associate in Troutman Sanders’ Intellectual Property and Business Litigation practices, will be hosting office hours at ATDC on the first Tuesday of the month. Close practices both patent prosecution and patent litigation, and he has experience in counseling clients in the technology, manufacturing, and medical devices industries.

ATDC members can click this link to log in and book office hours with Rusty.

This four-part workshop teaches founders the essentials for a thorough understanding of their business models. We will discuss terminology that investors, banks, accountants expect you to know, understand and use, as well as the details and underlying assumptions of financial models. We will also dive into your individual business’ financial model for specific advice.

Part 1 – Finance 101

Part 2 – The Financial Model

Part 3 – Work Session w/ Mentors

Part 4 – Financial Model Review w/ Mentors

Registration Links

You MUST have attended Customer Discovery to participate in this workshop, and only those who have completed the Customer Discovery Badge and Buyer Journey will be eligible to continue to Parts III and IV.

Click here to register for Part 1: Finance 101. You must attend Part 1 to attend subsequent classes.

Most technology startups fail. Why? They start executing before they have a sound business model. What about you? Have you discovered a scalable and profitable business model yet?

Customer Discovery Lab is a Customer Discovery Bootcamp designed for entrepreneurs. Customer Discovery Lab uses a combination of teaching methodologies from Customer Discovery (get out of the building), Lean Startup (iterative loop of experimentation), Startup Engineering (disprove your assumptions) and the Business Model Canvas to uncover your compelling business model.

After this program, you will have identified the core of your business model – your customer segment and value proposition. Or you may discover there isn’t one. And that’s OK too. It’s better to find out now than after spending years and a fortune only to find out you were wrong.

How does it work?

1. Multi-week intensive program. You should commit to attend every week.
2. Each week, make assumptions about what needs to be true about your business model to succeed.
3. Design tests to disprove each assumptions.
4. Collect data and interpret the results.
5. Update your business model canvas based on what you have learned.
6. Present your findings to the teaching team and get thoroughly thrashed.
7. Repeat.

You will be expected to talk to at least 10 potential customers each week.

REGISTRATION LINKS

Both Customer Discovery Theory and Customer Discovery Tools are prerequisites to Customer Discovery Lab. Please take Customer Discovery Theory first which is offered the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Once you begin Customer Discovery Lab, you are then expected to attend every subsequent Thursday until you graduate.

• Click here to register.

Join us in the morning for coffee with a Catalyst. Catalysts help ATDC entrepreneurs build successful technology companies through coaching. This event is open to the public and welcomes entrepreneurs from concept-stage and beyond. You do not need to be an ATDC member to join, but this is a great opportunity to see if ATDC membership could help you advance your startup. Other events that are open to the public are the ATDC Info Session and Entrepreneurs’ Night.

Registration Links

• Click here to register.

Please absolutely no service providers. Coffee with a Catalyst is only for entrepreneurs thinking about and/or doing a startup. This is not a sales networking opportunity.

The Alpharetta Startup Circle is open to all ATDC members. It is an organized, freewheeling discussion among early stage entrepreneurs, ATDC Mentors, and Catalysts. Periodically, outside guests join us to bring their particular areas of expertise and experience to the table.

Registration 

• Get in touch with the team at Tech Alpharetta to get signed up. 

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

Corps Team is an Atlanta Headquartered, nationwide, professional search and staffing firm.

We partner with Founders to hire key talent as they build their teams, supplement full-time talent with project or contract talent, and as a sounding board for hiring decisions.

For over 15 years, we have sourced, qualified, and matched professional talent to roles that are a match in terms of skills and fit.  We have an excellent Atlanta based team of experienced and friendly recruiters who share the same passion for building long-term, sustainable relationships with our clients, consultants, and candidates.

Bennett Thrasher, one of the largest accounting firms in the country, provides comprehensive tax, accounting, assurance and consulting services to client throughout the United States and internationally. Our CPAs, valuation experts and other experienced professionals serve closely-held businesses and publicly-held corporations in healthcare, hospitality, real estate, distribution, technology and other vital industries.

Have questions about entity considerations, R&D tax credits or any other accounting and finance questions? The technology experts of Bennett Thrasher are here to help. Two Bennett Thrasher technology leaders will be holding office hours the second Monday of each month, and are excited to help answer your questions.

ATDC Members can log in here to book office hours.

Most concept-stage startups fail because they focus more on how to deliver a product than on the needs of people buying it. This course provides a concentrated overview of the Customer Development Process, Business Model Canvas and Minimal Viable Product. By understanding customers, startups reduce the risk of failure. This class is the first in the Customer Discovery Badge Program, and it should be followed with Customer Discovery Tools.

REGISTRATION LINK

This course is a prerequisite for Customer Discovery Tools and Customer Discovery Lab. You are only required to take it once.

• Click here to register.

For more than 30 years, SVB has helped innovative companies and their investors move bold ideas forward, fast. It is the only bank in the world that focuses solely on the innovation space and as the 39^thlargest bank in the US, it is the only one to have grown organically, not via mergers and acquisitions. SVB provides targeted financial services and expertise through its offices in innovation centers around the world. Forbes named SVB one of America’s best banks (2015) and one of America’s best-managed companies (2014).

Join Miller & Martin for office hours on the second Tuesday of every month from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm.

Does your startup have physical products in its vision? Does it face the ‘build it’ challenge? Does it need to build prototypes? Products? Does it need to build manufacturing processes? Does it need support or access to big ticket tooling and facilities in order to build? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then the Product Circle may be for you. Come and participate in this discussion among peers, whether your product is in the idea stage or has already entered the market. This circle is also an excellent entry point to learn about the myriad of lab facilities available at Georgia Tech for use by startups.

Registration link

• Click here to register.

Justworks is an all-in-one HR platform that automates and manages payroll, benefits, HR, and compliance for teams ranging from 2-100 employees.

Founders can outsource their HR compliance risk, resulting in less paperwork and increased peace of mind. Justworks customers get access to rich, “big company” benefits, including medical insurance through a master policy with Aetna, Dental, Vision, 401K, ClassPass, commuter benefits, and more.

And all ATDC startups and graduates receive their first month of Justworks free through the ATDC Marketplace!

Join Morris, Manning, & Martin for office hours on the third Thursday of every month from 10:00 am – 11:30 am.

Most technology startups fail. Why? They start executing before they have a sound business model. What about you? Have you discovered a scalable and profitable business model yet?

Customer Discovery Lab is a Customer Discovery Bootcamp designed for entrepreneurs. Customer Discovery Lab uses a combination of teaching methodologies from Customer Discovery (get out of the building), Lean Startup (iterative loop of experimentation), Startup Engineering (disprove your assumptions) and the Business Model Canvas to uncover your compelling business model.

After this program, you will have identified the core of your business model – your customer segment and value proposition. Or you may discover there isn’t one. And that’s OK too. It’s better to find out now than after spending years and a fortune only to find out you were wrong.

How does it work?

1. Multi-week intensive program. You should commit to attend every week.
2. Each week, make assumptions about what needs to be true about your business model to succeed.
3. Design tests to disprove each assumptions.
4. Collect data and interpret the results.
5. Update your business model canvas based on what you have learned.
6. Present your findings to the teaching team and get thoroughly thrashed.
7. Repeat.

You will be expected to talk to at least 10 potential customers each week.

REGISTRATION LINKS

Both Customer Discovery Theory and Customer Discovery Tools are prerequisites to Customer Discovery Lab. Please take Customer Discovery Theory first which is offered the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Once you begin Customer Discovery Lab, you are then expected to attend every subsequent Thursday until you graduate.

• Click here to register.

Meet with Charles Webb and Jagruti Solanki of Aprio (The New Name for HA+W) .

Charles is a partner in Aprio’s Technology & Biosciences and International Services groups. He has more than 25 years of experience providing tax planning, tax compliance and strategic analysis to his clients. Charles is adept at serving the needs of startups and other emerging companies. He has been an entrepreneur himself and understands firsthand the needs and challenges growing companies face. He has previously run a technology-focused practice, and he brings his wealth of industry experience to Aprio’s technology clients.

Jagruti is an Assurance Senior Manager at Aprio. Prior to joining Aprio, Jagruti worked as an auditor at Maganlal Thacker & Co (a member company of Alliott Group, UK) a Chartered Accountancy firm based in Oman. She has worked for the firm since November 2007, specializing in technology and manufacturing companies. She also provides services to companies in various industries, including private equity, professional services, life sciences and investment.

ATDC Members can log in to schedule an appointment by clicking here.

Entrepreneurs’ Night is an integral part of the ATDC experience. Every month all ATDC members are invited to gather together at this fun, informal event in the ATDC Lobby (or the Centergy Rooftop if the weather permits). Join us for some of the best networking for Georgia Technology startup entrepreneurs, complete with free food and drinks. Entrepreneurs’ Night takes place the third Thursday of every month from 5 pm to 7 pm.

REGISTRATION LINKS

• Click here to register.

The Alpharetta Startup Circle is open to all ATDC members. It is an organized, freewheeling discussion among early stage entrepreneurs, ATDC Mentors, and Catalysts. Periodically, outside guests join us to bring their particular areas of expertise and experience to the table.

Registration 

• Get in touch with the team at Tech Alpharetta to get signed up. 

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

This is a follow-on class from Customer Discovery Theory.  The purpose of this class is to work with the entrepreneurs to make sure they are ready to move forward with the discovery process – actually interviewing potential customers. We will review the entrepreneurs’ business hypothesis, initial set of interview questions, and tools to help build a persona of potential customers.

REGISTRATION LINKS FOR UPCOMING CUSTOMER DISCOVERY CLASSES

Customer Discovery Theory is a prerequisite for this class.

• Click here to register.

Nelson Mullins will be hosting Office Hours in the ATDC Lobby on the third Tuesday of every month. Stop by to chat!

About the class

How do our Cyber adversaries think? Easy, like the rest of us. Well, with a slightly different optic. In this interactive presentation, we expose the audience to some real-life subject interviews and Michael’s observations of each. We will hone in on four critical elements (exhibited by all of Michael’s subjects) used to explain criminality.

Take Away: Cyber threats are not only external but internal as well. Attendees will be able to identify and guard their business against individuals who exhibit these criminal traits.

About the speaker
Michael F. D. Anaya is currently the Head of Global Cyber Investigations for a leading AdTech company, DEVCON. He joined DEVCON after 14 years of FBI experience leading expansive investigations and overseeing a countless number of arrests, search warrants and dismantlements of cyber threat actor sets. Michael is one of the foremost experts on cyber threat actors and as spoken on cyber security over 500 times around the world.

Click here to register. 

Save the date for other classes in the series
February 5: The Dark Web
February 19:  The Big Three Cyber Threats
March 4: Phishing Schemes
March 18: Supply Chain Threats
April 1: Tabletop Exercise

Most technology startups fail. Why? They start executing before they have a sound business model. What about you? Have you discovered a scalable and profitable business model yet?

Customer Discovery Lab is a Customer Discovery Bootcamp designed for entrepreneurs. Customer Discovery Lab uses a combination of teaching methodologies from Customer Discovery (get out of the building), Lean Startup (iterative loop of experimentation), Startup Engineering (disprove your assumptions) and the Business Model Canvas to uncover your compelling business model.

After this program, you will have identified the core of your business model – your customer segment and value proposition. Or you may discover there isn’t one. And that’s OK too. It’s better to find out now than after spending years and a fortune only to find out you were wrong.

How does it work?

1. Multi-week intensive program. You should commit to attend every week.
2. Each week, make assumptions about what needs to be true about your business model to succeed.
3. Design tests to disprove each assumptions.
4. Collect data and interpret the results.
5. Update your business model canvas based on what you have learned.
6. Present your findings to the teaching team and get thoroughly thrashed.
7. Repeat.

You will be expected to talk to at least 10 potential customers each week.

REGISTRATION LINKS

Both Customer Discovery Theory and Customer Discovery Tools are prerequisites to Customer Discovery Lab. Please take Customer Discovery Theory first which is offered the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Once you begin Customer Discovery Lab, you are then expected to attend every subsequent Thursday until you graduate.

• Click here to register.

The Alpharetta Startup Circle is open to all ATDC members. It is an organized, freewheeling discussion among early stage entrepreneurs, ATDC Mentors, and Catalysts. Periodically, outside guests join us to bring their particular areas of expertise and experience to the table.

Registration 

• Get in touch with the team at Tech Alpharetta to get signed up. 

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

Most technology startups fail. Why? They start executing before they have a sound business model. What about you? Have you discovered a scalable and profitable business model yet?

Customer Discovery Lab is a Customer Discovery Bootcamp designed for entrepreneurs. Customer Discovery Lab uses a combination of teaching methodologies from Customer Discovery (get out of the building), Lean Startup (iterative loop of experimentation), Startup Engineering (disprove your assumptions) and the Business Model Canvas to uncover your compelling business model.

After this program, you will have identified the core of your business model – your customer segment and value proposition. Or you may discover there isn’t one. And that’s OK too. It’s better to find out now than after spending years and a fortune only to find out you were wrong.

How does it work?

1. Multi-week intensive program. You should commit to attend every week.
2. Each week, make assumptions about what needs to be true about your business model to succeed.
3. Design tests to disprove each assumptions.
4. Collect data and interpret the results.
5. Update your business model canvas based on what you have learned.
6. Present your findings to the teaching team and get thoroughly thrashed.
7. Repeat.

You will be expected to talk to at least 10 potential customers each week.

REGISTRATION LINKS

Both Customer Discovery Theory and Customer Discovery Tools are prerequisites to Customer Discovery Lab. Please take Customer Discovery Theory first which is offered the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Once you begin Customer Discovery Lab, you are then expected to attend every subsequent Thursday until you graduate.

• Click here to register.

The Alpharetta Startup Circle is open to all ATDC members. It is an organized, freewheeling discussion among early stage entrepreneurs, ATDC Mentors, and Catalysts. Periodically, outside guests join us to bring their particular areas of expertise and experience to the table.

Registration 

• Get in touch with the team at Tech Alpharetta to get signed up. 

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.

A talented and diverse group, ATDC Signature entrepreneurs are always willing to help their peers by sharing their first-hand experiences. The CEO Roundtables play an important part in the ATDC Signature experience and are often cited as one of the biggest benefits of being an ATDC Signature company.

Every week, ATDC Signature CEOs gather for peer-to-peer networking and peer learning. The ‘closed door’ roundtables are designed to enable ATDC entrepreneurs to discuss their business and technology challenges, successes, and failures.

This event is for ATDC Signature CEOs only and is not open to the public.