Eleven of the Top Ten Mistakes to Avoid in Your Options Program By: Sam Renwick, CFA, Director, SVB Analytics The new tax code provision IRC 409A and the new accounting standard FAS 123R are delivering a one-two punch in added complexity to your options program. After working with hundreds of companies to provide […]

  Web 2.0 and the Law: Business and Legal Implications of Consumer Generated Media for Emerging and Established Companies (including Facebook, YouTube, Second Life, blogs, and others) By: Paul H. Arne & Sandra S. Gardiner, Partners, Corporate Technology Group, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP (1,2) The social networking and Web 2.0 phenomenon is changing the […]

      Center of Excellence By: Mike Allred, EVP, DHR International Recently DHR International created a Sales Recruiting Center of Excellence practice. The goal is to provide total recruiting solutions for senior sales executives. Included in this practice will be a robust database of proven sales leaders, unique recruiting strategies and techniques, effective interviewing […]

      Reputation, Relationships & Revenue: Why Businesses Need to Create, Value and Measure Their Reputation By: Peter Baron, Principal, Carabiner Communications New Research: Reputation Matters After All: Why Big Companies Are Spending Millions to Improve It and Where Small Companies Can Start A recent BusinessWeek article, entitled “What Price Reputation?” addressed how an […]

Chip Howes, CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder, Steelbox Networks Entrepreneurs are best positioned to recognize internal innovation Building on the strengths of your best employees By: Richard “Chip” Howes, CEO, Chairman & Co-Founder, Steelbox Networks The classic concept of an entrepreneur is someone who starts his own business. Yet an entrepreneur is an entrepreneur even when […]

  2007 ION Venture Forum Join us September 25-26 for our sixth annual ION Venture Forum, one of the Southeast’s most prestigious venture capital conferences. This year’s conference will feature keynote speaker Scott McNealy, Chairman and Co-Founder of Sun Microsystems and a fresh crop of Georgia’s promising high-growth technology companies who will present their plans […]

May Hank Boughner joined H.I.G. Ventures as managing director. The Cobb Community Bank named John Scherer as local market president. Rita Carson Guest President and Director of Design at Carson Guest Inc. has been appointed as Georgia’s first registered interior designer and the first interior designer appointed to serve on the Georgia Board of Architects […]

      Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center to Celebrate One Billion Dollars in Venture Capital Since 1999, companies from Georgia Tech’s Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) have raised one billion dollars in venture capital. In 2006, 10 of the top 25 largest venture capital deals – including the two largest – went to […]

    Construction Costs: The Quiet Deal Killer By: Gannon Shepherd, Associate, and Dan Granot, Executive Director, GVA Advantis How to avoid the pitfalls of escalating construction costs in your next real estate deal The Issue: Like the heartburn that American consumers are experiencing at the gas pump, the global economy is giving many Atlanta […]