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ATDC runs a number of "Circles" which are meant to be for entrepreneurs of a particular type - either industry type or location. Those are probably the best/easiest sources of meeting others who have differing levels of experience and who would be willing to answer questions.
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Funded.com is a great resource. Otherwise I'd hit Hacker News (news.ycombinator.com).
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Sorry, I don't publish my email online and definitely not in response to anonymous Formspring questions.
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No idea who the Sunshine Foundation is but public data is definitely an interesting arena for new startups to launch in. Couple that with ever increasing reductions in the cost of computing and you've got a recipe for success.
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I just did. Like many entrepreneurs I don't necessarily want to talk about things that I might be working on in the background or on the side. They may or may not come to fruition. That said, I've got a lot of irons in the fire and always looking for more.
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My personal preference is not to move. I've been able to accomplish everything I needed to do from where I am. That said others feel the need to go elsewhere for whatever reason. I can't really speak to it since I've neither had that desire nor had the results to compare my approach versus that approach. That said, I do have some strong reasons as to why to stay in the southeast and Atlanta. And only one is a family based reason.
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Yeah, I'm working on it. Actually I'm working on probably half a dozen at the moment.
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I think it's just the nature of techies which is unfortunate. It's a contest to show who is smarter and so if you can tear down someone else's ideas then you must be smarter. Unfortunately that isn't actually true.
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Best way to contact me through email is to get introduced to me via email or ask me a question on Twitter. I don't generally just hand out my email address publicly or anonymously because my inbox is out of control.
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No idea really. Just noticed it at some point and thought it was interesting.
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The venue should get settled and announced in the next week or two. Working through contracts now. Needless to say it's an awesome venue.
I'll probably start picking presenters soon and yes - applying early does improve your chances since selections are done on a rolling basis. Once all the slots are filled, we're done. -
Well, since I don't want to post my email address in an effort to reduce spam and whatnot... The two best ways are to either 1) ask someone who has my email address or 2) ask me on Twitter what my email address is and I'll DM it to you (assuming you follow me on Twitter). If neither of those approaches works, then send me a request on LinkedIn or something like that which I'm on.
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Short but tough question. I'd say my personal favorite set of technologies is what is happening with large scale computing. At my core, I'm a data guy/junkie. I love large scale data analysis and computation. The ongoing cost reductions within the on-demand computing space has opened up new possibilities for interesting "amateur" data analysis to happen.
Prior to this development, all large scale data analysis happened at either academic institutions or well-funded corporate or government facilities. Now we're getting things like the Netflix recommendation contest which crowd sourced a solution to this difficult problem.
Couple this with the increasing openness and availability of data from organizations and governments, and I think we're on the cusp of understanding, analyzing, and predicting a lot more of the world around us than we were ever able to do before. -
Sorry - that's not my area of expertise so I'm not really sure. I think there are some people in this space but I have no idea who.
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Is this a challenge? I can come up with snarky one-liners like the best of them. :-)
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A track record is only "bad" if the individual didn't learn anything from the experience. Often there is a lot more to learn from events that go wrong rather than those that go right. That said, if an entrepreneur continues for years with failures one after another, that may point to a systemic failure and something that isn't "fixable" (think personality, ability, etc.). Entrepreneurship is just one job of many. Not everyone is suited for this "job". If that seems true of an individual, they should move on and find something they can succeed in. Just like how not everyone is cut out to be a doctor, astronaut, or sanitation worker - not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur.
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It takes a lot of discipline but I think I'll be making a switch to a phone with data/SMS in the near future. That said, I think it's vitally important for people to be engaged with those they are with and not be worrying about what "else" is going on. We've become a society more and more concerned with everything else and we don't always fully appreciate what we're doing at the moment. I know, this sounds like I'm channeling Yoda but it's true.
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Like so many of my answers - it depends. If you're a purely consumer facing product/service - name recognition is pretty important. There is a reason Digg is Digg and not VoteSubmittedArticlesUpOrDown.com. As for all the names being taken - I don't think that's necessarily true. Some may be bought for fairly small amounts of money but if you have to make up a name you can absolutely find names that aren't absolutely silly sounding. That said, some that used to sound silly don't seem that way once their used for long enough (what the heck is a Plaxo?!).
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Glad to be of help. This little experiment actually seems pretty interesting. If I keep getting good questions, I'll definitely keep doing this.
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I'd agree that we seem to be on the upswing of a M&A cycle. The important thing for entrepreneurs to do is to build a company for the long term since you can't predict when an exit will happen. Once you've built a solid organization, something good is bound to happen in the future.
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