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TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs

 

The TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs society has been designed to educate, challenge, inspire and support entrepreneurs as well as those who have a stake in their success.

Opportunities Include:

* To register for the Entrepreneur Speaker Series and the Entrepreneur's Roundtable Discussion please visit the TAG calendar of events.


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Entrepreneurs Speaker Series

TAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs meetings will be generally held on the first Thursday of each month and will continue to be free to members and $20 per session for non-members. All meetings will be held from 7:30am to 9:00am. Registration, networking and continental breakfast will open at 7:30am. Programs will begin promptly at 8am. All programs will be in the Hodges Connection Room in the Centergy One building located in midtown (75 5th Street, NW).

Past Speakers:

  • Boland Jones, Chairman and CEO, Premiere Global Services
  • David Cummings, Founder, President and CEO of Hannon Hill
  • Stephen Fleming, Chief Commercialization Officer, Enterprise Innovation Institute
  • Tripp Rackley, CEO, Firethorn Mobile
  • Michael Blake, CFA, Managing Director, Adams Capital, Inc.
  • Knox Massey, Executive Director, Atlanta Technology Angels
  • Mike Eckert, former CEO of The Weather Channel and Pathfire, Inc.
  • Claire “Yum” Arnold, Founder and CEO, Leapfrog Services, Inc.
  • Alan Taetle, General Partner, Noro-Moseley Partners

Date

Title

Speaker

01/07/10 "2010 Business Launch Kick Off"

Tauseef ur Rehman, Co-Founder & COO, AccelerEyes; Mike Eckert, Venture Fellow, Georgia Tech VentureLab; Sig Mosley, President, Imlay Investments;  Lance Weatherby, Venture Catalyst, ATDC 

Please join the TAG ATDC Entrepreneur Society on January 7th featuring John Melonakos, co-founder and CEO of AccelerEyes. Founded in 2007, AccelerEyes is leading the software side of the movement towards visual computing. AccelerEyes' products bring a level of supercomputing power to standard personal computers.

This event will also mark the kickoff of the 2010 GRA/TAG Business Launch competition. As the 2009 winner of the $100,000 cash prize and an additional $200,000 in services, John Melonakos will talk about his experience in participating in the annual competition and will provide advice for those thinking about participating this year. Other panel members will include Lance Weatherby, Mike Eckert and Sig Mosley, who were preliminary, semi-final and final judges last year and will be adding their insight to would-be 2010 participants as well.

 
02/04/10 Iterate or Die
David Cummings, CEO, Hannon Hill/Pardot
Drawing from the popular blog series written in 2009, David Cummings will discuss the importance of iterating. David defines iterating as the process of determining exactly which product, market and business model will result in success. Using his personal experiences, he will discuss how iterating is necessary for a start-up to not only survive but to thrive.
03/4/10 Venture Atlanta Showcase Allyson Eman, Executive Director, Venture Atlanta
Three 2009 Venture Atlanta companies will be on hand for this presentation/panel discussion on this year's conference. 
04/01/10   TBA
 
05/06/10   Jim Modak, CFO, Suniva
 
06/03/10   TBA
 
07/01/10   TBA
 
08/05/10   TBA
 
09/02/10

 

TBA

 

 
10/7/10   TBA
 
 11/04/10   TBA
     
 12/02/10   TBA
 


Entrepreneurs Roundtable

The Entrepreneurs Roundtable is a small group roundtable discussion among the attending technology entrepreneurs following monthly TAG/ATDC Entrepreneur meetings. Each monthly roundtable, facilitated by ATDC, relates to the day's society meeting subject and allows participants to:

  • tap in the collective knowledge and experience of attending entrepreneurs
  • connect to fellow entrepreneurs through a peer-group program
  • connect to ATDC staff and member company entrepreneurs who are experienced at the subject at hand

If you have past or current technology entrepreneurial experience, join fellow entrepreneurs in these informative discussions.


Past Presentations

February 5, 2009 
 
"
What are VCs and Entrepreneurs Saying About Georgia and What Can We Do About It" 

October 2, 2008 

"Identifying and Seizing Upon Market Trends" Mike Eckert, former CEO of The Weather Channel and Pathfire, Inc. 
(click for PowerPoint)

View the YouTube video from the presentation


Advisory Committee

Claire “Yum” Arnold
CEO & Founder
Leapfrog Services

Tony Antoniades
General Manager
ATDC

Neeraj Basandra
Co-CEO and Co-Founder
Primus Software

Michael Cassidy
President
Georgia Research Alliance

Jay Chaudhry
Vice Chairman & Chief Strategy Officer (Founder - Cipher Trust)
Secure Computing

Stephen Fleming
Chief Commercialization Office
Enterprise Innovation Institute

Marc Fleury
Senior Vice President and General Manager of the JBoss division of Red Hat (Founder of JBoss)

Kelly Gay
Chairman, President & CEO
KnowledgeStorm

Don House
Chairman
Version One, LLC

Tycho Howle
Chairman and Founder
nuBridges

Chris Klaus
Founder & CEO (& Co-Founder, ISS)
Kaneva

Tino Mantella
President
Technology Association of Georgia

Knox Massey
Executive Director
Atlanta Technology Angels

Mark Metz
CEO & Co-Founder
Optimus Solutions

Mylle Mangum
CEO
IBT Enterprises

Allen Moseley
General Partner
Noro-Moseley Partners

Sig Mosley
President
Imlay Investments

Tom Noonan
President & CEO (Co-Founder ISS)
Internet Security Systems

Fred Sturgis
Managing Director
H.I.G. Ventures

Sanjeev Tirath
CEO & Co-Founder
Pyramid Consulting


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