Comments for The Blakeroom http://blakepatton.com Blog by Blake Patton of Tech Square Ventures Fri, 09 May 2014 01:20:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 Comment on Does Georgia Have A Venture Funding Shortage? by Yes – Georgia Has A Venture Funding Shortage » The Blakeroom http://blakepatton.com/priming-the-pump/#comment-3198 Fri, 09 May 2014 01:20:15 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=112#comment-3198 […] last week’s post I took a look at data from the PWC MoneyTree Report to answer the question “does Georgia have a venture funding shortage?”.  The data supported what I keep hearing from Atlanta entrepreneurs – we have a venture […]

]]> Comment on Does Georgia Have A Venture Funding Shortage? by Crowded Field? » The Blakeroom http://blakepatton.com/priming-the-pump/#comment-3069 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 01:57:00 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=112#comment-3069 […] an earlier post, Does Georgia Have a Venture Funding Shortage, I pulled together statistics from the PWC Moneytree report to see how we stacked up against other […]

]]> Comment on Pillar Companies by What Changed? » The Blakeroom http://blakepatton.com/pillar-companies/#comment-1071 Sat, 10 Aug 2013 03:38:07 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=354#comment-1071 […] Earlier, I wrote a blog post about ‘pillar companies’ (read it here). […]

]]> Comment on And The Winners Are… by The Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Georgia http://blakepatton.com/and-the-winners-are/#comment-1057 Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:49:26 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=272#comment-1057 [...] TweetEmailThis morning, the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) announced their Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Georgia. Check them out here! [...]

]]> Comment on Brain Drain by More Butterflies » Blake's Blurbs http://blakepatton.com/279/#comment-422 Fri, 05 Oct 2012 03:19:04 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=279#comment-422 [...] on innovation and entrepreneurship.  I talked about this in an earlier blog about immigration (click here to read).  Other countries like the ones pointed out in the article have made it a priority – and made it [...]

]]> Comment on Smart Money by Blake Patton http://blakepatton.com/smart-money/#comment-410 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 02:37:51 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=284#comment-410 At tonight’s ATDC Entrepreneur’s Night Dave Williams told his Blinq Media story. In his advice to entrepreneurs he urged startups to make sure their first investment was from a strategic investor or angel that would partner with them in growing the company. For Dave, that was Paul Iaffaldono who brought strategic knowledge on the advertising space from his time leading ad revenue at the Weather Channel and prior advertising experience. Paul also ‘doubled down’ on his initial investment in Blinq when the company needed it most.

]]> Comment on It’s the Startups, Stupid by Immigration & Entreprenuership » Blake's Blurbs http://blakepatton.com/its-the-startups-stupid/#comment-392 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:33:22 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=92#comment-392 [...] Many would say “So what… let them get a job with a big company or go home.” Anyone building a technology startup will tell you it’s increasingly hard to find great technical talent.  Opponents of these efforts cite concerns that immigrants take jobs from Americans.  Technology sector unemployment statistics in the most challenging economic times since the Great Depression does not support that position.  Recent Department of Labor statistics showed San Jose and Austin led the country in job creation in 2010 -no surprise given their strong technology startup ecosystems.  Immigration reform is necessary to keep jobs here, create new jobs, and maintain our innovation competitive advantage.  The jobs created in these sectors are good, high-paying jobs that unless filled here will go elsewhere.  Along with them, will go lost taxes generated from the wealth created and the overall expansion of our talent base.  If they join startups in another country, we lose out on the technical, sales, marketing, and other jobs that come along with the success.  In addition, their research is funded by not only by commercial sponsors, but federal and state grants as well.  I want the benefit of those taxpayer investments to stay here in the US.  Note:  Click here to read my earlier post It’s the Startups, Stupid on the importance of star… [...]

]]> Comment on Does Georgia Have A Venture Funding Shortage? by Blake http://blakepatton.com/priming-the-pump/#comment-382 Thu, 02 Aug 2012 14:20:10 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=112#comment-382 Thanks for the feedback Nat. I know you guys at ATA have been more active. Let me know when you’ll be down at ATDC and we’ll grab that lunch.

]]> Comment on Does Georgia Have A Venture Funding Shortage? by Nat Milburn http://blakepatton.com/priming-the-pump/#comment-378 Sat, 28 Jul 2012 20:53:18 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=112#comment-378 Blake,

I stumbled across your blog while searching Google images related to start-up funding ecosystems. Didn’t realize you did this analysis. Nice work, and thank you for putting it out there!

Would love to do lunch so we can discuss how things have changed or not in your opinion since last November. Would love to help update the charts, and see if we can’t get some better data for angel deals in the region as well.

Best, Nat Milburn

]]> Comment on 5 Tips for Georgia’s Top 40 Innovative Technology Companies Award by And The Winners Are… » Blake's Blurbs http://blakepatton.com/5-tips-for-georgias-top-40-innovative-technology-companies-award/#comment-277 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:01:56 +0000 http://blakepatton.com/?p=263#comment-277 [...] In a previous post I shared tips on being selected as one of Georgia’s Top 40 Innovative companies. [...]

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