crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

For better or worse, the city and the Bay Area are now synonymous with entrepreneurship and innovative high-tech thought leadership. If the tourist tours of start-ups are any indication, the area’s nickname as the “ Hollywood of Technology ” is wholly appropriate. Atlanta, GA. Here are some additional U.S. Minneapolis, MN.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 25, 2017

A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for Techstars Atlanta Demo Day and the Venture Atlanta Conference. I had a great time and it’s fun to see the vibrancy of the Atlanta startup community. My favorite keynote at Venture Atlanta was from Scott Dorsey. I put him in the awesome category. Are always learning.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As a founder you ultimately have to learn the skills to play your leadership role, and having a seasoned booster early on just moves you faster along that path. I started every one of my tech businesses after Peachtree Software in the ATDC in Atlanta and was part of the Georgia Tech alumni committee that founded it.

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genylabs.typepad.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Small Business Labs, from Emergent Research , covers the key social, technology and business trends impacting small business. They had a great managment team, A list VCs, great technology, excellent sales traction and market leadership in a very exciting space. Wall Street Journal: With New Technology, Start-Ups Go Lean.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JULY 15, 2020

I've also been spending a lot of time on the phone with my family and my mom in Atlanta. Most people I think at least in the technology community know you as the inventor of Soylent and the company by the same name. A lot of the technology that I think really enables what some would call our modern world is related to food than health.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 15, 2019

Each quarter I take the Dragon Army leadership team to an offsite location for a day of reflection and planning. Consider that we didn’t read books on advertising agencies or technology companies, or startups. Reverend Warnock was a Leadership Atlanta classmate of mine in 2012-2013, and I’ve admired him greatly ever since.

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 5, 2012

I know that posting something like this is likely to alienate people who read this blog and are looking for thoughts on new technology, or startups and entrepreneurship, or agency life, but its important enough and its something that I’m wrestling with and I needed to express it here. So for those that do, thanks for hanging with me.

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Jeff Hilimire

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

Without hesitation he said that I should consider applying for Leadership Atlanta. Fast forward nine months, and I’m now about 1/3 of the way through the Leadership Atlanta experience. First of all, and this was not something I expected, I’m now deeply in love with Atlanta. And boy, has it changed me.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

Last month was honored to be chosen by the Atlanta Business Chronicle as one of their Most Admired CEOs of 2017. During the process the ABC asked me to do a Q&A on leadership, and I thought I would share the interview: Atlanta Business Chronicle in July named our list of Atlanta’s Most Admired CEOs of 2017.

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Jeff Hilimire

APRIL 18, 2014

The list so far: Raymond King , Zoo Atlanta. AgencySparks accomplishes these goals by leveraging our deep relationships with major brand marketers, proven marketing technologies, and old-fashioned hard work. Thank you for being so supportive of me and other entrepreneurs around Atlanta over the years! Leadership'

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 24, 2016

If a leadership team truly values its core values, then it is critical to hire other leaders and team members who share those values. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, Kabbage has pioneered the first financial services data and technology platform to provide fully automated funding to small businesses in minutes.

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Jeff Hilimire

JULY 16, 2013

When Hateya (a Belgium company) announced that they have developed technology that helps firefighters navigate burning buildings via augmented reality glasses , I immediately reached out to one of my friends who is a firefighter hero to ask him his impression is of this new technology. Very, very cool technology!

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 19, 2010

See, somewhere around December of last year I moved out of my personal office – a corner office on the 17th floor in midtown Atlanta, complete with couch and fridge – and back into a cube. And even when I was in the middle of it, I wasn’t sure it would be the right move. But it was. My “old&# office on 12seconds.tv.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Many of you have probably read by now that I am returning from Austin to my roots in Atlanta. Even in the early Peachtree Software days, the decision to build our company in Atlanta was not made without some careful consideration. Deals were getting done there. As it was, we were flying out there nearly every week anyway.

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Jeff Hilimire

MARCH 13, 2011

Of course I’ll still be overseeing the innovation side of the agency (a combination of the Technology Team and the Digital Innovation Group ). All services and all offices (we have offices in Atlanta, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Austin and Orlando). If you read my blog you know that things like culture and leadership are huge for me.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 6, 2014

8 – I asked 17 of Atlanta’s most successful entrepreneurs what it means to be an entrepreneur… and then I asked 17 of Atlanta’s most successful FEMALE entrepreneurs what it means to be an entrpreneur… #9 – How I became an Apple fanboy and why I might not be one soon. #10 Hell yeah it is. ~.

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Venture Chronicles

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Last week I was in Atlanta to support Brent Leary’s Social Business Atlanta event. The social technology industry has come up with an entire array of words that ultimately just convey the notion of trust between and institution and constituent, or person to person. Trust… let’s talk about that for a minute.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

I was fortunate enough to hear Tony Wagner speak at the (co)lab summit this week (a great event by my Leadership Atlanta friends!) Dragon Army is a true technology startup. and he used a phrase that I hadn’t heard before. He said that in some ways today “an F is the new A” (in terms of grades).

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Jeff Hilimire

OCTOBER 27, 2020

To explain what I mean by finding and living into your personal purpose, I talked about my experience in Leadership Atlanta, how my eyes were opened to my privilege , and why I’m now on a journey to have an out-sized, positive impact on the world. Before you leave. There is exclusive content that only comes out in the email!

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 20, 2016

My good friend and Leadership Atlanta* classmate, Dr. Brett Jacobsen , asked me to be on his Design Movement podcast. Leadership Atlanta changed my life. Dr. Jacobsen is the Head of School for Mount Vernon Presbyterian School , and I’ve been following his podcast since he started it. How to run effective meetings.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Gene Hammett’s article for Inc, 3 Core Principles You Need to Attract and Retain Top Talent , is worth a read for any leadership team. And bonus, in the article he shares thoughts from Mike Popowski , CEO of Atlanta-based Dagger. In terms of flexibility, I would say this is also a strength of our organization.

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Jeff Hilimire

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Last year, I co-founded a nonprofit in Atlanta with Adam Walker called 48in48. The mission: to empower communities to help 48 local nonprofits in 48 hours by assisting their marketing and technology efforts through hackathon-style events. We held our first event in Atlanta in October and it was amazing.

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David Teten

APRIL 28, 2016

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), ff Venture Capital , the HBS Alumni Angels of New York , and Alpha Venture Partners , are co-sponsoring their 6th New York City Demo Day, next Tuesday, May 3, 2016, from 10 to 12 AM. Package Solutions has worked with leading REITs to develop a technology-enhanced solution for mass adoption.

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Jeff Hilimire

JANUARY 4, 2015

I went through an intense, eye-opening experience in 2012 when I went through Leadership Atlanta and it changed my life. The more people are exposed to things, the more they understand the problems in the world and feel compelled to help.

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Jeff Hilimire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

“One of the things I see our clients struggle with when it comes to emerging technology is the ability to move faster, iterate more effectively, and generally ‘do more.'” Essentially, his leadership encourages people to act more like startup entrepreneurs to innovate and create valuable solutions.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Texas is the most promising technology market in the United States. The University of Texas System is the third most innovative university in the world , behind only the University of California system and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in intellectual property patents.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Basically we set out quarterly goals for when we're going to open offices, and we said, okay, Q one, San Francisco, Q two Atlanta, Q three, Washington, DC Q four Chicago. John (12:50): So every new wave of technology potentially presents challenges for established businesses. I mean, there was no technology. It was crazy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Basically we set out quarterly goals for when we're going to open offices, and we said, okay, Q one, San Francisco, Q two Atlanta, Q three, Washington, DC Q four Chicago. John (12:50): So every new wave of technology potentially presents challenges for established businesses. I mean, there was no technology. It was crazy.

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Startup Lessons Learned

JUNE 15, 2020

I don't know if you know Frances, but she's just a remarkable teacher around new leadership principles. And that was $100,000 that came in to bootstrap Chicago and Detroit and Atlanta. I love the way that technology is putting itself to use, or people are putting technology to use for very good work here.

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Hearpreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

2) Our social goals include promoting access to aviation, promoting the advancement of radio communication technology and safe and sustainable flight via The Fly Foundation. Our leadership team came together at the end of 2019 to talk about the years ahead and how we improve our environment. Thanks to Louis Scott, Jr.,

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