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Service Provider Capital fund

Southeastern Service Provider Capital Fund Closes First Round of Deals

Service providers — lawyers, accountants, bankers, consultants and the like — are always with and around entrepreneurs, helping founders start their company, scale their business, and square away the financials and business plan. However, it’s not often that they have the opportunity to actually invest in and take part in funding

startup faking it

Fake It 'Til You Make It In Startup World, Until Somebody Gets Hurt

An interesting phenomenon in the startup world, and one that very few acknowledge, is the practice of “faking it until you make it (click for an unofficial definition)." This concept comes in varying levels— from modest “fake it” behavior, to outright blatant “fake it” swagger, and everything in between.

revenue recognition guidelines

Changes to Revenue Recognition Tech Startups Need to Know

A critical, but often difficult-to-understand principle, revenue recognition is an accounting practice that determines the conditions under which revenue is accounted for. In fact, it’s so often misunderstood that is the leading cause of financial error among publicly traded companies. But revenue is a critical measure to define, as

Kimm Lincoln Takes Nebo to The Top With Her Human-Centered Marketing Approach

Kimm Lincoln Takes Nebo to The Top With Her Human-Centered Marketing Approach

Kimm Lincoln started her career at Nebo, a digital agency in Atlanta, as an intern in 2006. Since then, she has quickly risen through the ranks of the company, making a major impact on revenue growth (she helped lead Nebo to a 350 percent increase in overall revenue growth since

wain kellum

MIT Enterprise Forum Distinguished Entrepreneur Wain Kellum On Building Companies In Atlanta

Being an entrepreneur is one thing. You learn what it takes as you go, you make mistakes, you stumble, but you keep going. If you go on long enough, you earn the title of Experienced Entrepreneur. If you keep on going, sell a business venture or two, you earn the

Aaron Hurst

Endeavor Atlanta Director Aaron Hurst On Catalyzing Entrepreneurs To Scale

Earlier this year, international entrepreneur catalyst program Endeavor entered Atlanta with a bang, backed by some of the foremost tech leaders and startup veterans in the city including co-chairs Jeff Arnold of Sharecare and Boland T. Jones of PGi. The fourth U.S. city to host an Endeavor chapter, the

Getting what you want

You Got What You Wanted. What's Next?

I didn’t go to an Ivy League. My parents aren’t rich. I don’t have a nest egg to finance my ventures or high-powered investors on a board of directors. When I started my company, Tenrocket, I was tens of thousands of dollars in debt. My wife had