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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
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| 01/08/09 | "Get Ready for the 20009 GRA/TAG Business Launch Competition" | Sandeep Agate, CEO of REACH Call Inc; Gregg Warren, Founder and CEO of IVOX; and Nandan Sheth, CEO of Acculynk |
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GRA/TAG started its Business Launch competition in 2006. Three companies emerged from amongst more than 150 strong competitors to each take home $100,000 in cash and a suite of services, exceeding $100,000 (to REACH Call) in 2006, and $200,000 (IVOX) in 2007 and (Acculynk) in 2008. Learn what made these three companies stand out from the crowd. Hear a progress report as well. This panel will be moderated by ATDC Venture Catalyst, Lance Weatherby. |
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| 02/05/09 | What are VCs and Entrepreneurs Saying About Georgia and What Can We Do About It | Ashish Bahl, Chairman & CEO, Acculynk John Bacon, Founder & CEO, IP2Biz, LLC Greg Foster, Noro Mosley Partners Charles Ross, General Manager, ATDC |
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In the fall of 2008 TAG commissioned Lassiter & Associates to conduct two primary research studies. The first study focused on whether or not VCs, from across the US, invested in Georgia companies. The second, focused on the entrepreneur. TAG wanted to know what a community of engaged stakeholders could provide to increase their companies success. In our February session, we will have a panel discussion on the results of these two studies. |
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| 03/05/09 | Operationalizing Your Ideas for Success | Dave Gould Glenn McGonnigle Said Mohammaidoun Tom Noonan |
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The March Meeting will feature Dave Gould, Glenn McGonnigle,Said Mohammaidoun and Tom Noonan. Together they have formed TechOperators. TechOperators we believes the concept of early-stage investing means helping you operationalize your ideas for success. TechOperators was founded on a simple success formula: that proven operators make the best early-stage venture capitalists. |
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| 04/02/09 | Georgia Innovators in Financial Services and Payments Tech |
Lynne Laube |
| Come meet some of Georgia's most innovative companies in the financial services and payments tech spaces, FTRANS (www.ftrans.net) and Cardlytics (www.cardlytics.com). Learn about their innovative business models and how their executives take advantage of strengths of these industries in Georgia. Meet a Georgia-based VC firm, Total Technology Ventures (www.TTVatlanta.com) who provides leadership and resources to help financial technology companies excel. Hear how TTV utilizes its strategic relationships with strategic partners Synovus Financial Corp., TYSYS, and CheckFree to drive value to the firm and to its portfolio companies. A panel of executives from rapidly growing financial services companies FTRANS and Cardlytics and VC firm TTV will be moderated by Blake Patton, most recently CEO of international money transfer company Ikobo, now serving as an Entrepreneur-in-Resident at the Advanced Technology Development Center (http://www.atdc.org/). | ||
| 05/07/09 | Joint Event with Featured Speakers | Don Yeager |
| "What Makes the Great Ones Great"
As the author of 16 books, four of which became instant New York Times best-sellers, Don Yaeger has developed a reputation as one of America's most provocative journalists. His award-winning writing career, including 10 years as Associate Editor of Sports Illustrated, has led to guest appearances on every major talk show in America - from Oprah to Nightline; from CNN to Good Morning America. Few can lay claim to as exciting and colorful career as Don. In his 20-plus years as a journalist, he has conducted interviews with some of the greatest athletes of our time - Michael Jordan, Mia Hamm, Emmitt Smith, Serena Williams, Jimmy Connors and countless others. He has lived with Walter Payton, writing the NFL legend's autobiography as Payton courageously battled cancer, and even interviewed the President of the United States in the Oval Office. Using lessons learned from a lifetime in sports, Don shares the formula that he has seen in the great winners he's worked with - and explains how that formula can work for others. Following each story, Don reveals the characteristic that that particular athlete personified and how each audience member can use that characteristic to achieve a higher level of professional and personal success. He offers tangible tips that they can use to apply each winning characteristic to their life. They will leave the presentation with a new found understanding of the value of associating themselves with the best in their business, preserving their integrity, and using adversity as fuel to propel them past personal and professional obstacles. |
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| 12/03/09 | December Round Tables | |
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Choose from two breakout sessions, determined by the attendees of the November meeting, that focus on the topics most relavent to today's entrepreneur. |
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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.
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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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