#3CiConnect Interview with Titania Jordan
Awesome conversation with the remarkable Titania Jordan on marketing technology, growth strategy, mentoring, Atlanta innovation & startup ecosystem, and getting involved in the local political process.
Startups
This Week in Small Business with Brent Leary: Sprint Launches IoT Factory, Indeed Touts Benefits of Gen X
Sponsored by Salesforce, I join Brend Leary, a CRM industry analyst, advisor, author, speaker and award-winning blogger and co-founder of CRM Essentials LLC, where we look at the most interesting … more
GDPR: Marketing’s Tool for Trust?
TL;DR The full global impact or ramifications of GDPR are still unknown. GDPR coupled with other data breach matters have placed customers on alert about their data. Fines can be … more
From Ego To Empathy: A Microsoft Transformation
Seeking Alpha article on Microsoft’s remarkable transformation and why it’s working. Summary Microsoft is going through a historical pivot. Culture changes in the market have changed Microsoft’s approach. People and process … more
Actionable Summary – Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups
Actionable Summary on Jason Calacanis’ Angel. “They say no one gets there alone, and halfway through my career, I can tell you this is the truest thing I know.”- Angel, … more
Reframing – Startup Acceleration Through the Art of Thinking Bigger
Dream Big. But are you thinking big enough? From humble beginnings to a couple funding rounds in, many founders fear stagnation at each new level. With 9 out of 10 … more
High-Growth Talent Management – Challenges & Opportunities
“Great Vision without Great People is Irrelevant” – Jim Collins Your startup is growing. There is a balance of budget, talent and time you desperately need to maintain. So how … more
Get a Mentor or Go Home
Resolute entrepreneurs develop committed mentor relationships. We’ve had a tremendous couple of years evolving the mentor and advisor program at the Village. In 2017, the team and I will be … more
Actionable Books Summary – Winning with Data
“The greatest enemy of business progress is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” – Stephen Hawking, Winning with Data. Tomasz Tunguz, a partner at Redpoint Ventures, together with … more
Mentoring is the Secret Sauce of Entrepreneurship
For much of my early career out of Georgia Tech, I tried to learn things from the school of hard knocks. It was how I was taught as a kid … more