Maybe it's because I re-picked up Kobe Bryant's Mamba Mentality my brother gave me a few Christmases ago, but there's been a re-occurrence of studying greatness, whether from a historical figure or a contemporary one. One of Bryant's mantras was study the greats. There is a reason he highlights so…
Last week at the Atlanta Ventures' lunch table, we went around sharing what we’re professionally most excited about over the next 12 months. I was one of the last to answer and had the comfort of time for my response. My basic response came out with: “finding obvious insights,…
Throughout February, I dove into the life and legacy of one of the Civil Rights Movement's most understated lieutenants: Ralph David Abernathy. As a WWII veteran, Ralph is part of the venerable Americans who made up the Greatest Generation. He thought independently. He was principled. He was also the best…
Most mornings I’ll drive my kids to school, head down Monroe and take a left on Ponce de Leon. At the corner, we’ve all enjoyed observing the newest Chick-fil-a being constructed, with each day spotting an addition or enhancement from the day before. The sign on the chain-link…
Last week Dave Payne put on LinkedIn a list of “25 hyperlocal startup ideas” generated from ChatGPT. The overall list was a fun thought-exercise as discovering new markets to start companies is extremely difficult. One of the ideas on the list sparked this post. #17 on the list is: An…
As college football kicked off this weekend, I had a realization while watching several games that I hadn’t seen so clearly before. When you go back and look at key moments in the game, the ones where momentum shifts and fortunes swap, they seem so small at the time,…
It took me a while to hop on the podcast bandwagon. In the early 2010’s I kept asking myself, who has time to sit around and listen to people talk? Sure, car rides were the most optimal time to turn on a podcast, but between listening to music and…
This was originally posted on Atlanta Ventures [https://www.atlantaventures.com/blog/announcing-a-new-five-minute-podcast-from-atlanta-ventures-five-thrive] , but also wanted to repost here. We are launching a new podcast at Atlanta Ventures. It is called Five & Thrive [https://sites.libsyn.com/418628/site]: we provide five minutes of quality information, so you can thrive…