Celia Dyer's Comments

Shaun in the City : I Experienced a Miracle and I'm Not a Loon

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:55:14 +0000

Amazing testimony of the Lord's protection and of your faith. I am so glad you shared this story, but I know it was difficult to do. Your church sounds awesome.

TechDrawl : Capital Factory Company Interviews â Cubit Planning

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:13:03 +0000

This is a great cut and paste data solution with a map interface for engineering companies to get legally required environmental clearance faster on projects. This sounds like something every city needs. Kristen, how will you scale this nationally? Good job and good luck on Demo Day. Thanks so much for letting Chris interview you for TechDrawl. Regards to Austin, one of our favorite cities.

TechDrawl : Capital Factory Company Interviews - Famigo

Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:07:15 +0000

Interesting data out of Annenberg study from USC. I like your revival of classic games like 'Hot Potato' as an iPhone app. That's awesome. Capital Factory has helped build some impressive companies this summer. Looking forward to Demo Day. Good work, Chris, and thanks for the interview, Matthew!

TechDrawl : Pattillo's Gray Ghost Ventures Has Visible Returns

Tue, 1 Sep 2009 16:57:55 +0000

This is one of the most disruptive, moving video interviews we have had yet on TechDrawl. I did not get the privilege of meeting Bob Pattillo at a recent Opportunity International luncheon where we were guests of Karen Robinson, Rick Cope and David Allman, but I wish I had. He is young, but he is already a great example of a life well-lived. (And, how about those returns on investments? The emerging countries seem to have exceptionally high standards for accountability. This is such a win-win investment opportunity. I look forward to Cindy's recap of #SOCAP09 next Wed. 9/9 at 10:30 a.m. at Starbucks TechSquare).

TechDrawl : Georgia Tech MBA Student Needs Your Help to Attend SOCAP09

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:15:18 +0000

Paul. I changed the link to donate and it should go to right spot. Yes, celiadyer@mac.com is the PayPal email address. Thank you for being #1 donor, and on an entrepreneur's budget. That says a lot. Glad you're back in town.

TechDrawl : Georgia Tech MBA Student Needs Your Help to Attend SOCAP09

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:48:02 +0000

Twitpay has a TechDrawl account (and uses PayPal); PayPal goes to Celia Dyer but it is all made transparent by our posts for each donation on Twitter and on IBM ManyEyes (except their server has been down for 2 days, but it should be on this site as soon as is fixed). I write a check to the recipient. So, please use Twitpay and the payee is TechDrawl!

TechDrawl : Regator's iPhone App Puts Blogosphere in Your Pocket!

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:40:01 +0000

It's free and it is awesome! I know and trust Kimberly Turner's professionalism as a career journalist to sort through the highest quality blogs so I don't have to. The layout is super-readable. This is an app you must have. When the customized one debuts later, I will be glad to buy it. Congratulations Kimberly, Scott and Chris!

TechDrawl : Iterate or Die - Part 2

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:52:55 +0000

David, hiring "the best Georgia Tech software engineer you could find" is thinking like they do in Silicon Valley from Russell Jurney interviews -- put together the very best team possible. Was your hire a contractor relationship or did that person join your team? Many startups burn through all their friends/family/credit card cash paying for software engineering when their team lacks a developer. I wonder how different 2002 different is from 2009? These days as the world has become even "flatter," is it safe to use inexpensive offshore developers like eLance or would you pay top dollar for the best developer from Georgia Tech. (Of course, I am a Tech fan and rather biased!) Thanks for a valuable lesson in iterating. Looking forward to Part 3!

TechDrawl : A Second TechDrawl Journey to Silicon Valley

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:17:05 +0000

Thanks, Bart! Let @cindycheatham know your interests on healthcare issues. Social entrepreneurship is doing great things for good and we could use much of that in the South. Cindy will be a capable attendee at SOCAP '09 and we are glad to send her to research for us.

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:33:08 +0000

Wei, Bennie, Heath & Ben, thanks for suggestions!

TechDrawl : Your 'Big Idea' Sucks

Thu, 6 Aug 2009 02:35:52 +0000

Micheal, that is some really valuable advice. Would you like to write a series of posts for TechDrawl from the Angel/VC perspective? Or, could you get an investor colleague to participate in a series of in-depth video interviews? I think entrepreneurs would learn much hearing your perspective and advice. I've never heard of eLance. I know of 2 local entrepreneurs who paid developers small fortunes for programming. Great comment. Please let me know.

TechDrawl : Your 'Big Idea' Sucks

Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:02:43 +0000

To Derrick Peavy: If I am understanding you correctly, you seem to think Russell Jurney is encouraging people to stay in Atlanta, tow the line, tolerate the plantation whippings or leave. I personally think most of his writing is "tongue in cheek", sort of a "do it this way, here are your countless limitations in Atlanta, your narrow industries, your foolish "cheerleaders for all you suckahs..." while he really hopes people *see* his double entendres and leave if they don't fit the Atlanta B2B mold. I don't think he would hesitate to leave. His analysis, however, is valuable to our Atlanta startup community. My gripes are different from his. My thesis is that too many of our angel investors here do not use consumer Internet tools and probably rarely are online, period. Maybe it is an age thing and they will be supplanted by the Shotput Ventures investors demographic, but some Atlanta angels I speak of are relatively young. One angel does not even use a cell phone. #Fail. Step aside. If you aren't interested in staying apprised of technology, then you certainly won't know what to invest in. Ron Conway (SV Angel LLC) is ~60, lives in the Valley, and is angel investing in 40-50 companies this year in the "real time data" space, i.e. Twitter apps. An older partner in our company TechDrawl made a friendly wager with me a year ago that Twitter would not even be around now. #Fail. This town, this state, better wake up and see the consumer Internet investment opportunities. I worry we will stand around while Austin and RTP displace Atlanta as we become a low-tech community full of dumb-a**es. Russell has my full support. We are *not the Valley* -- but we really could use some Valley open-mindedness in Atlanta. I'd like to see a poll of how most angels here (a few exceptions) spend their days. Golf? Admin assistant, er 'secretary', prints out emails?

TechDrawl : Why Comment on Posts?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:00:55 +0000

They are active commenters in Silicon Valley if TechCrunch is representative, sometimes snarky bordering on hateful. But, at least they comment. Thoughtful commenting builds your 'influencer' reputation online. If you author a post, I think you should respond to every comment if you value your audience. If your company or organization is written about, the founder or designated spokesperson should comment. Twitter may be hurting commenting since many discussions are in real time which is why we installed a Twitter plugin on TechDrawl.

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:37:45 +0000

Stacy Shuker suggested True Grits. That's my favorite so far.

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:54:19 +0000

Thanks Chris, Russell and Blake! Good ideas all.

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:47:18 +0000

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TechDrawl : First Interviews on the Series with No Name

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:17:44 +0000

These in-depth discussions with entrepreneurs are priceless about the costs emotionally and financially. Great work, Josh. Looking forward to the next in the series.

TechDrawl : The Series with No Name

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:36:53 +0000

Wei, that was kind of random editing (mine)! When we did the shoot, I didn't know the intro would be its own video. I stuck that on because we shot it at WaterHaven. We are trying to give them publicity and patronize them since the parking deck fell and hurt their business :-)

TechDrawl : The Lady Entrepreneur

Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:15:11 +0000

Thanks for this encouraging data! Speaking of women, if you are a female founder of a technology startup or are considering starting one, please join the Atlanta StartupChicks on Wed. July 15th at Waterhaven in Midtown from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. for a networking & socializing evening. Register here: http://tinyurl.com/mql2sr

Dewde.com : Liquor Me Up With Some Religion Already

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:40:37 +0000

Dewde, what a great post! So glad for your comments to Ed from Texas, I might have to add my own. It profoundly discourages me that anyone is wringing their hands and writing about something so trivial with all the misery and loneliness in need of love and grace. In our previous couples small group, we had a Federal Judge in our midst who, let's just say, you're lawyer would be wringing hands if your case was assigned to him. He shared his exemplary life experiences in our group each week (well-intended but obnoxious nevertheless). One night, he told us he had not uttered a word of profanity in 12 years to which my husband replied, "No sh*t?" which cracked everyone up. (I didn't ask him if he had *thought* any words of profanity, just sayin'...). Great and bold post.

Celia Dyer's Comments

Shaun in the City : I Experienced a Miracle and I'm Not a Loon

TechDrawl : Capital Factory Company Interviews â Cubit Planning

TechDrawl : Capital Factory Company Interviews - Famigo

TechDrawl : Pattillo's Gray Ghost Ventures Has Visible Returns

TechDrawl : Georgia Tech MBA Student Needs Your Help to Attend SOCAP09

TechDrawl : Georgia Tech MBA Student Needs Your Help to Attend SOCAP09

TechDrawl : Regator's iPhone App Puts Blogosphere in Your Pocket!

TechDrawl : Iterate or Die - Part 2

TechDrawl : A Second TechDrawl Journey to Silicon Valley

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

TechDrawl : Your 'Big Idea' Sucks

TechDrawl : Your 'Big Idea' Sucks

TechDrawl : Why Comment on Posts?

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

TechDrawl : A Name for The Series with no Name

TechDrawl : First Interviews on the Series with No Name

TechDrawl : The Series with No Name

TechDrawl : The Lady Entrepreneur

Dewde.com : Liquor Me Up With Some Religion Already

TechDrawl : Capital Factory Company Interviews â Cubit Planning