Start-ups
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 MorePutting an end to the Atlanta Tech Village debate with Tavani
A little while back, my friend Michael Tavani let loose on the Atlanta Tech Village in a Creative Loafing piece. He was fired up. Then I responded, equally fired up, essentially calling his opinions on the Village absurd and ignorant. Hey, I said I was fired up. Then to Michael’s credit, he decided to come…
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…
Read MoreWith startups, the runway is often more important than the plane
Startups and new businesses take time. They often take much longer than the CEO every thought to reach any measure of success. And of course, a bad idea is still a bad idea no matter how much time is allotted for it, but a good idea often needs a great deal of time to realize its…
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