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Feb 4 2010

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Feb 4 2010

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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.