Friends in High Places
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 Posted in Community | No Comments »I've written before about my friend Col. Dave. We've known each other for years and he was instrumental in getting me involved in St. Baldrick's. President Obama and Vice President Biden were in Tampa for a town hall meeting ...
Startup Riot 2010
Thursday, February 18th, 2010 Posted in Community, Start-Ups, Technology | 2 Comments »Sanjay Parekh is back for a third time with Startup Riot. Yesterday 50 companies made a three minute presentation each - pitching their new company. Bo Peabody, co-founder of Tripod.com and Village Ventures, was the keynote speaker. ...
Why Did You Sponsor @rjurney’s Trip to Silicon Valley?
Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Community, Start-Ups | 4 Comments »How cool is that? The good folks at TechDrawl, Ben and Celia Dyer, rub some brain cells together and decide to ask some questions regarding the the impact of geography on a start-up. Who better to send on ...
The Cabin Project
Thursday, March 5th, 2009 Posted in Community | No Comments »People have asked about pictures I'd posted on a little cabin I built a couple summers ago. Seeing as I'm very tired of writing about insurance, now seemed like a perfect time to take a break and write about ...
Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge
Monday, December 15th, 2008 Posted in Community, Exercise, Masters Swimming | No Comments »My wife can breath easy now, there won't be a Navy recruiter knocking at the door for me. This past Saturday some friends from the Fowler YMCA and I completed the Navy SEAL Fitness Challenge. The Challenge ...
Norcross Rangers – Kohl’s Cup Champs!
Monday, November 17th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »Congratulations to the Norcross Rangers! This past weekend they took the 12 and under championship at the Kohl's Cup in Fayetteville, Georgia. It was an exciting series with the Rangers beating the Fayette Strikers (7-0) on Saturday ...
echoEleven – getting it done the new (old) way
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 Posted in Community, High-Tech Companies | No Comments »"It's not the strongest of the species that survives, or the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change." - Charles Darwin Steve Riley, President and CEO of echo11media, came whipping into the ...
Honoring Lt. Daniel Luckett
Friday, September 12th, 2008 Posted in Community | No Comments »Peachtree Corners Neighbors Please join in honoring Lt. Daniel Luckett, a 2002 Norcross High School graduate who was severely injured serving our country in Iraq, during pre-game ceremonies this Friday, September 12th at 7 pm at the NHS stadium. ...
Fire the Developer!
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Community, Start-Ups, politics | 5 Comments »In my last post I asked the question of what expenditures I should eliminate in order to pay for higher taxes under an Obama presidency. Many readers were actually surprised that a small business owner would expect his tax ...
Why I’ll vote for McCain
Friday, September 5th, 2008 Posted in Community, Start-Ups, Uncategorized, politics | 33 Comments »I never really meant for this to be a political blog, but work with me on this. I love entrepreneurs, start-ups and the Atlanta community. I've founded three companies; an insurance agency that makes money, and two software ...