Entrepreneurship
The most amazing thing about running a gaming studio
This weekend I was watching a podcast of our lead artist at Dragon Army – Michael Stanley – being interviewed by Wes Wilson on Twitch. If you aren’t aware of Twitch, its essentially a Youtube-esque website that is entirely dedicated to video games. While there is some content like this interview, over 99% of the videos…
Read More5 questions for an Atlanta Tech Village CEO: Jon Birdsong, Rivalry
If you had time to watch the video where Jon Birdsong (CEO of Rivalry) and I talked to Michael Tavani, Rob Kischuk and TJ Muehleman, you’ll know that one of the points the group made to Jon and I was that there is a lot of publicity about the Atlanta Tech Village but very little about…
Read More3 questions to ask yourself if you’re thinking of starting a business
Over the last week I’ve had a handful conversations with people thinking about starting a new business. It’s always fun to have those conversations and try to convince them to go ahead and do it! Life is too short, give it a try, why not now! But I always ask these three questions when someone says they…
Read MoreEntrepreneurs need the ability to “shake it off” like little Ethan
We have family friends who have a son named Ethan. When Ethan was little, his parents taught him this thing to do when he fell down and got hurt. They taught him to “shake it off”. It would go like this: Ethan would be running around the yard and he’d trip on the sprinkler and…
Read MoreEven Larry Page (Google co-founder) did everything he could to extend Google’s runway…
I’ve been thinking (and blogging) a lot lately about the importance of extending the runway for startups. Giving a startup enough time to be successful is one of the keys to success. You can do that through funding, or building recurring revenue that allows the company to continue on, or apparently by saving money on…
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