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Weatherby Blog
blog.weatherby.net · Personal blog · on HN since 2007
Lance Weatherby, a former marketing executive at MindSpring and Earthlink, writes about startups, branding, and the Atlanta tech scene.
What HN saysHN links it for startup advice and discussion of Atlanta's entrepreneurial community; commenters also mention his marketing background and his HN posts on bracket modeling.
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Most-shared posts
- 1Map Reduce for the People2 people · 40 points · first shared 2009 · 8 comments on HN
- 2Yes, Master (The Only Brand Strategy for Startups)2 people · 17 points · first shared 2009 · 6 comments on HN
- 3Startups: The Early Stage (working link this time)2 people · 8 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 4Atlanta Can Compete (or, Atlanta is not hosed)2 people · 8 points · first shared 2007 · 11 comments on HN
- 5Startups Are Hard2 people · 3 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 6A CEO's Sequoia Meeting Notes1 people · 123 points · first shared 2008 · 61 comments on HN
- 7Could Atlanta Buy A Silicon Valley?1 people · 42 points · first shared 2009 · 70 comments on HN
- 8The Non NDA NDA1 people · 37 points · first shared 2009 · 8 comments on HN
- 9Wifi Cat1 people · 26 points · first shared 2009 · 20 comments on HN
- 10Startup Depression Suppression1 people · 18 points · first shared 2008 · 3 comments on HN
- 1137% of Shotput Ventures startups stayed in Atlanta1 people · 18 points · first shared 2009 · 23 comments on HN
- 1211 Companies launched tonight at Atlanta Startup Weekend1 people · 12 points · first shared 2009 · 1 comments on HN
- 13Keys to Entrepreneurial Success1 people · 11 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 14Review of Shotput Ventures Demo Day1 people · 10 points · first shared 2009 · discussion on HN
- 15What is a Technology Startup?1 people · 8 points · first shared 2009 · 5 comments on HN
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prodman · 2009-10-24
check with Lance Weatherby - twitter @lance
http://blog.weatherby.net
Lance ran marketing at MindSpring then Earthlink.
Stephen Fleming running Venture Lab has significant experience as a VC - http://academicvc.com/
ajju · 2008-11-24
Over the past year, it has been quite an experience to see the entrepreneurial community in Atlanta band together and do great things like ASW2, Startup Riot, Startup Gauntlet and ATL Show and Tell just to name a few.
ATL is no Bay Area but it isn't "hosed" either, pg's opinions not withstanding :) [See Atlanta can compete: http://blog.weatherby.net/2007/10/atlanta-can-com.html]
In addition to the 100+ people who participated in ASW2, a lot of credit goes to the guys who helped organize it, sponsored it and worked to make sure it got attention in the media. Lance Weatherby (news.yc user lanceweatherby) and Georgia Tech / ATDC where it was hosted deserve a special mention.
jackowayed · 2010-07-14
>Imagine being able to have a real time discussion in a classroom/stadium/concert hall that's completely anonymous.
Most programming conferences have some kind of "backchannel", such as BackNoise(.com), that is just what you describe. And the results are not always pretty: http://blog.weatherby.net/2009/09/dont-blame-backnoise-atlanta-new-med…
lanceweatherby · 2009-09-23
I reached out to the primary author. He was not aware that it was online.
While the paper has some factual errors and conclusions (I do not think that anyone within the Atlanta technology community would call it "rich in venture capital" as an example) I do think that the conclusion that Atlanta's tech sector lacks social structure is dead on. I wrote an article for the local paper to this effect last month: http://blog.weatherby.net/2009/08/startups-are-hard.html
I also think that a main point is missed within the article. Companies that leave Atlanta are not doing so for social structure reasons, they leave because the venture capital factor is based elsewhere and requiring the companies to move in order for a funding event to occur.
swombat · 2009-03-18
Link was broken for me... this worked, though: http://blog.weatherby.net/2009/03/startups-the-early-stage.html
jraines · 2009-03-18
Mine is going to be based on the "Wages of Wins"-emphasized stats of FG%, FT Attempts, Turnovers, and Offensive Rebounds.
If you want to get a little more hardcore, check out HN user lance's post about using Logistic Regression Markov Chains for your bracketology:
http://blog.weatherby.net/2009/03/using-lmrc-to-pick-ncaa-tournament.h…
ardell · 2009-02-05
Need a descriptive catchphrase under your logo. I like how you have lots of whitespace but it feels empty, need to add more content, especially on the right side.
It's not immediately apparent how your app is different from a blog...
And I agree that you should choose a single brand for your site, either Glogger or PeerViewr. See here: http://blog.weatherby.net/2009/02/yes-master.html