It has been a little over a year since I created a new venture with Nicholas Holland. We created Side Hobby LLC after Nashville’s first Startup Weekend to pursue our project gpsAssassin.
When we first started out we were (foolishly, but commonly) optimistic that it would just be a little 3 month side hobby (thus the [...]
Category Archives: Nashville
Turning a Side Hobby Into a Success
Come On Nashville, Let’s Do Better
I just read an article in the Nashville Business Journal about some ambiguous program filed under the keyword “entrepreneur”1. Read Chamber wants to lure tech start-ups to see what I mean.
First off, I can’t even tell what the article is about. Is it about some Chamber initiative? Is it about the Accelerator2 program at [...]
Upcoming Events
It looks like I am going to get to participate in some pretty neat events in Nashville over the next month.
Technology Nashville – Thursday May 21st
I am going to be participating on a panel discussion on "Dashboards, Widgets and Other Components to Track Performance". The discussion will be moderated by Bayard Saunders and will also [...]
World Turned Upside Down
I have converted. I never thought it would happen. There are some things that I expected would never change. This was one of them. It shocks me that I am about about to write what I am about to write. The thing is, it is a paradigm shift so major that I can’t keep it [...]
NTC: How To Secure Funding
I went to the Nashville Technology Council’s roundtable on Venture Capital tonight. (see Venture Capitalists Reveal: How to secure Funding).
Courtney Ross did a great job moderating a conversation with Rachael Qualls (Angel Capital Group), Vic Gatto (Solidus Company), and Sid Chambless (Nashville Capital Network). It was a good overview of how venture and angel funding [...]
Nashville Startup Weekend Wrapup Session
Too tired to blog it.
UPDATE: Brain fried.
UPDATE 2: slowly recovering
Nashville Startup Weekend Day 2
Time for updates from Nashville Startup Weekend. I am getting a little tired, but I will try to take notes again…
PlaydateThe app is deployed at Moms get Out.com. There is an API. They are getting close. I think they will actually get this thing launched. Congrats so far! Nashville Parent magazine [...]
Nashville Startup Weekend 2008
I am at Nashville Startup Weekend waiting for these this thing to get started. So far turnout looks good and lots of people are ready to pitch.
I am thinking that I will use this posts for updates throughout. If I can remember to bring my USB cable then I will likely post some pictures as [...]
What is the Netroots
I have been invited to a meeting about the Netroots in Nashville tonight. I feel honored to be invited and am looking forward to going. The thing is, and this is a little embarrassing to admit, I don’t really know what “Netroots” is.
I mean, I have a feeling for what it is, but I could [...]


