The most important aspect of creating a great culture

(some of the team riding the elevator and somehow having fun doing it!) Our team of 11 at Dragon Army already seems like they’ve been working together for years. That’s what the CEO of a neighboring startup mentioned to me recently. Considering we’ve been a company for a little over a month – and in…

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What makes a great startup? It’s not what you think.

What makes a great startup? It’s an important question to ask and very relevant to me at this moment both because I’ve started a new company recently and because I sit in middle of Atlanta Tech Village, where over 100 startups have set up camp already. But being in this space for the past month and…

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6 keys to being a great networker

Over time I’ve become more and more convinced that networking / relationship building is one of the most important skills a person can develop. It really doesn’t matter what line of business you are in or what your role is, networking can help you be more successful. Building your network is like planting seeds. You…

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A great blog and podcast for you to check out…

Two reasons you should check out this blog. The first and more important is because my friend Brett produces great content – blog form and podcast – around innovation and education. If I was running a school, this is how I’d want to do it. The second reason is that he made this possible for…

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Hunger Games, check. Now for some more Lincoln.

Just finished reading the Hunger Games trilogy. My wife is always trying to get me to read more fiction. She says I read way too much business and non-fiction, and since she loved these books so much I thought I’d give them a try. Coincidentally, @drewhawkins thinks that reading fiction is good for your career. So…

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