Posts by Blake Coleman
Atlanta will not continue to grow after the ’96 Olympics… they really nailed that one, ha!
In 1996, the world came to Atlanta as the host of the Olympic Games. It was amazing not only for Atlanta or Georgia but for the entire region. Some said the growth would level off or slow leading up to the Olympics. Well, that’s been far from the case. Recently the Washington Post published the article Atlanta Has More Going for It…
Read MoreFounder Friday: What Cap Tables Tell Investors (SVB)
If you’re a founder and haven’t read Silicon Valley Bank‘s “How to Tell the Story of Your Startup’s Cap Table,” you need to pause and look at this 5-minute read. Why? Well, here are a few high-level points they expand on… Your cap table has signals of interest to investors (ex., when you seek financing, hiring, or…
Read MoreCB Insights 164 Biggest Product Failures of All Time
We are huge fans of CB Insights. They produce some of the best information on the state of startups and startup retrospectives. In October 2021, CB Insights published a fantastic piece titled “When Corporate Innovation Goes Bad — The 164 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time.” They grouped them into the following categories… Apparel & Wearables…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Are biotech startups a bull or a bear?
We do a lot tied to supporting digital health startups, so keeping up with what’s happening related to healthcare startup transactions is second nature. If you missed it this week, Crunchbase posted, “Which Startup Sectors Are The Bulls And Bears In 2022’s Sluggish VC Market?.” The article identified three sectors as bulls and three as bears related…
Read MoreThe machines; they’re alive! – Blake Lemoine & Google LaMDA
You’ve probably seen a recent article about Google engineer Blake Lemoine working on Google LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), claiming that it had become sentient (AI capable of experiencing feelings and sensations). We even went through the full transcript and read it for ourselves (we dare you to read it and not at least have a pause). Lemoine leaked the conversation after…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Celebrating LGBTQ+ Founders & VCs
We couldn’t have Pride Month pass without featuring some of the top LGBTQ+ founders and VCs on Founder Friday. We did the heavy lifting for you and curated some of the best articles we found celebrating the LGBTQ+ startup world… First, we recommend checking out PitchBook‘s “33 LGBTQ+ founders, entrepreneurs and VCs you should know.” You’ll see organizations and platforms you know…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Sequoia Capital “Adapting to Endure” – It’s time to embrace the muck
You can’t be in the tech arena and not know who Sequoia Capital is. From its first investment in Atari to some of its notable investments in names like Apple, Google, Cisco, Uber, Nvidia, Airbnb, Zoom, LinkedIn, Reddit, Instagram, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, Unity Technologies, YouTube, 23andMe, Instacart, Klarna, Snowflake, Stripe, WhatsApp, Tumblr, UiPath, BitClout, Bolt, FTX, and Wiz.…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Mental Health Unicorns
Earlier this week, we shared a list of 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color. If you spend much time online, it’s hard to miss the increased awareness of mental health. We thought we’d use this Founder Friday installment to look at the mental health startup ecosystem. Seven. By the end of 2021, there had been seven mental…
Read MoreResource Share: 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color
It is horrible to be writing this, but in light of this weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo and other hate crimes that have impacted people of color, we thought we would share a wonderful mental health resource for POC… Online MSW Programs / 2U, Inc.: 55 Mental Health Resources for People of Color They break resources into racial…
Read MoreFounder Friday: Atlanta’s STORD
In September of 2021, STORD became one of Atlanta’s growing list of unicorns. In today’s Founder Friday, we piece together Sean Henry and Jacob Boudreau‘s founding story and STORD’s meteoric rise. Not familiar with STORD? It is the cloud supply chain startup rapidly changing the 3PL arena… As a teenager, Sean first got the idea for STORD when he was…
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