Jeff Arnold is this era’s Ted Turner
Like a lot of people involved in the local technology startup scene in the late ’90s I watched with wonder as Wunderkind Jeff Arnold launched and built WebMD out of thin air, merged with Jim Clark’s Healtheon, and was a billionaire on paper in his late freakin twenties. The WebMD story inspired lots of us [...]
Upcoming Events
If you only read the Big Thinkr feed, you’re missing out on registering for some great events coming up. A number of these events have already filled up and are closed for new registrations (BarCamp and Startup Weekend come to mind). Some have just been added and are still accepting registrations (DeckParty). [...]
One Gets Bought and Another Gets Funded
Two good notes for Atlanta technology.
First, Procuri announced their agreement to be acquired by Ariba. The price tag amounts to $93m with $8m as debt (it isn’t clear if the $8m is part of the $93m or in addition to that amount). Payment of the price will be half cash, half stock. [...]
Startup Weekend in Atlanta – November 9-11
A lot of people have written about Startup Weekend coming to Atlanta but I thought I’d give it one more plug. If you are at all interested in starting a company over a weekend and have any level of abilities (marketing, coding, design, getting food, etc.), then make sure you sign up for this event. [...]
Damballa Raises Series B?
I’ve not been keeping up with a lot of things (posting on this blog being one of them), but I just noticed this posting saying:
Damballa Inc., an Atlanta-based developer of Internet security software focused on “bot armies,” has raised $6 million in Series B funding. InterWest Partners led the deal, and was joined [...]
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