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Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by mikeryan »

jonknee wrote: post #17
zackattack wrote: post #10

As a job seeker, I'd expect a city with super-high startup activity to have its /eng/ section on craigslist flooded with job ads. It isn't. http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eng/

You're confusing startups with tech startups.

This is always an interesting question for me. What exactly is a "startup" I recently created a technical services company (software design and development). I don't consider it a "startup" per se, mostly because I'm not creating a product so much as a service.

Anyway this report is about new business creation which is an interesting data point.

Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by sanjayparekh »

daeken wrote: post #12
brianculler wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Geez, yes. To the point that if you went to all of them you'd never get any actual work done. Nice illustration of all the meetups, organizations, conferences, etc: http://academicvc.com/2009/05/entrepreneurial-atlanta-2/

Wow, thanks. I'm fairly new to the area, and my startup occupies the majority of my time, so I have met few other founders so far. I'll have to leave my cave from time to time to hit some of these.

Check out @startupgossip on Twitter. I'm trying to post most of the events there. I also post stuff on my blog at sanjayparekh.com (altho I've been slack lately) when it comes to events I'm running. Start coming to events and you'll meet a ton of us who are in and around Atlanta doing startups.

Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by MicahWedemeyer »

daeken wrote: post #12
brianculler wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Geez, yes. To the point that if you went to all of them you'd never get any actual work done. Nice illustration of all the meetups, organizations, conferences, etc: http://academicvc.com/2009/05/entrepreneurial-atlanta-2/

Wow, thanks. I'm fairly new to the area, and my startup occupies the majority of my time, so I have met few other founders so far. I'll have to leave my cave from time to time to hit some of these.

Hmm, spend most of your time in your cave. What Brian said is right. There are so many events that it's easy to get caught up in the scene and spend more time talking about startups than actually working on one.

Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by coglethorpe »

aneesh wrote: post #15

This is quite creditable for Atlanta. But I wouldn't say "Move over, SF". This includes all businesses, from new ice cream shops to new biotech companies. SF probably still leads if you look at tech startups.

You can see an informal list of the tech startups here:

http://www.atllogos.com/

They are showing 158 right now.

Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by noodle »

ajju wrote: post #18
timdorr wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Actually, it's even higher here in Atlanta. 740 per 100K, of which I am also included :)

By all means, count my Midtown living self in the 740 also.

i wonder what the ratio looks like for just midtown :)

Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by old-gregg »

aneesh wrote: post #15

This is quite creditable for Atlanta. But I wouldn't say "Move over, SF". This includes all businesses, from new ice cream shops to new biotech companies. SF probably still leads if you look at tech startups.

I seriously doubt if SF was ever leading in tech startups. I think you're confusing "digital media/entertainment" with "tech". SF is all about page ranks and eyeballs, just like TV channels are. Twitter is as much "tech" as Fox: each heavily depends on technology but hardly innovates/builds any.

I think Seattle, with their rich ecosystem of Microsoft-centric startups easily beats SV/SF as far as technology startups are concerned. Austin/Dallas duo is also tech-heavy, as well as Boston area.

Internet-media is only a niche and "technology" isn't just an alias to "web site", it actually has its own meaning.

Re: Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation

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Post by jhancock »

zackattack wrote: post #10

As a job seeker, I'd expect a city with super-high startup activity to have its /eng/ section on craigslist flooded with job ads. It isn't. http://atlanta.craigslist.org/eng/

just because some areas might use craigslist for tech recruiting doesn't mean they all do.
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