When one of the presenters asked me a few weeks ago how many people would show up for the first Simply SaaS Side Hustle MeetUp, my guess was 10-15 folks. Amazingly, in the past two weeks since we announced the event, over 120 people have joined the MeetUp [https://www.…
[https://www.jonbirdsong.com/content/images/wordpress/2018/08/600_473730585.png] In town, startups have numerous opportunities to share their progress. Atlanta Startup Village [https://www.meetup.com/Atlanta-Startup-Village/], The Consumer Show [https://theconsumer.show/], and Atlanta Startup Battle [https://atlantastartupbattle.com/] are all great options to regularly put…
Over the weekend, David Cummings [http://twitter.com/davidcummings] shared the genesis of the SaaS Startup Studio [https://davidcummings.org/2018/06/30/the-saas-startup-studio/] with Atlanta Ventures. In the past ten years, five and a half of them being in the Atlanta Tech Village, I’ve seen many companies grow…
Tomorrow morning (Wednesday 6/27) at 7:30 a.m.Simply SaaS [https://www.simplysaas.com/events/2018/6/27/meetup-with-stefan-koenig]is hosting Hull.io’s [http://www.hull.io] CEO, Stefan Koenig, for a conversation about data, SaaS, and what it takes to build and scale a company in…
What happens to a generation when a 20-50 page document gets delivered to your doorstep every day filled with professional insight on daily news, culture, sports, business, and interesting stories? My guess would be that generation grows in thought and perspective, perhaps even empathy. Regardless your occupation, from accountant to…
Losing Anthony Bourdain and Kate Spade is tragic. Both were icons in their own field. Understanding ‘why?’ is difficult, if not impossible to answer. Bourdain’s prose and connecting of cultures was genius. Writers and chefs idolize his talents and achievements. Spade’s massive empire, starting with handbags, is the…
[https://www.jonbirdsong.com/content/images/wordpress/2018/05/North_Ga_Mountains.jpg] During a run this morning, I reflected on many things I’m grateful for, all in part to the sacrifices of so many. America is the greatest country to build a business. We are a nation of…
I was catching up with a friend who is an engineer a few days ago. We talked about many things under the sun: daycares, ATL United, Atlanta neighborhoods, new SaaS companies, and, of course, products. One re-occurring theme, or as my English teacher put it in high school, motif, is…