Interviews

At Shadow Ventures, we’ve built a community of tech-focused industry professionals who refuse to accept the status quo. In our community Slack channel, we frequently host Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on issues that pertain to our ecosystem. Recently, we had the pleasure of talking to Eric Law of Swinerton. Here’s what Eric told us. BACKGROUND: Presenter: Our speaker Eric Law […]

At Shadow Ventures, we’ve built a community of tech-focused industry professionals who refuse to accept the status quo. In our community Slack channel, we frequently host Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on issues that pertain to our ecosystem. Recently, we had the pleasure of talking to Sunni Wissmer from the International Living Future Institute. Here’s what Sunni told us. BACKGROUND: […]

At Shadow Ventures, we’ve built a community of tech-focused industry professionals who refuse to accept the status quo. In our community Slack channel, we frequently host Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions on issues that pertain to our ecosystem. Recently, we had the pleasure of talking to Sy Cohen, Mechanical Design Engineer at BuroHappold Engineering and Partner at SC Associates. Our topic was the Climate […]

John Powers is the CEO of Extensible Energy and a member of Shadow Ventures’s AEC/CRE Lab. We asked him to share more about his company’s work in solar tech, including what role renewable energy will have on the smart grid systems of the future. Read on to learn more.  Where would you place solar on the technology adoption life cycle? […]

Mark Teixeira spent 14 years as a professional baseball player, including a season with the Atlanta Braves and nine with the New York Yankees. In that time, he won a World Series, became a three-time All-Star, won five Golden Glove Awards and three Silver Slugger Awards.  These days, he’s turned his eye to real estate, undertaking an ambitious project to […]

Shadow Ventures’ ‘Ask Me Anything’ series shares conversations between industry experts and our Labs startups.   Anand Thaker is an advisor focused on marketing technology and growth leadership. He is the CEO of IntelliPhi. Recently he had his fourth successful exit with an IP acquisition of their core Apollo platform to a top management consulting firm. He has also led product […]

Two years ago, Mike Myers was working as a freelance product designer out of an office building on Market Street in San Francisco. “It’s not a great part of town,” Mike said, and nearly every time he received a shipment notification, the package would be gone by the time he got down to the lobby. Mike tried to talk his […]

Robert Cooper is a serial entrepreneur whose first startup, a spinout from Cornell University, was acquired for 24X. Let’s just say, he was hooked, and he’s been building companies ever since. His latest venture, Embue, is a member of Shadow’s CRE Lab and blends Cooper’s passion for sustainability and the built environment with a newfound interest in the multifamily industry. […]

When Tommy Linstroth was 10 years old, he discovered an easy way to make money. After school, he scoured local constructions sites for the aluminum cans workers tossed aside during the day. Then he’d bring his collection to the grocery store, exchange the cans for loose change, and walk home feeling like a genius. That early lesson–that it’s possible to […]

They say the first step to coming up with a solution is to deeply understand the problem. After decades in the real estate world, Mike Daniels was painfully familiar with the disjointed systems both residents and property managers navigate in order to accomplish simple tasks when trying to rent out a unit. What started as a consulting project grew into […]

iqlair team at work. image source qlair is a Shadow Labs company focused on clean air management. Ellie Amirnasr founded qlair with two colleagues from MANN+HUMMELL, a global air filtration company. Because of their background, they knew what many of us don’t realize: Indoor air pollution can be up to five times higher than outside levels. Considering the average office […]

Barry Clark’s career has been characterized by tackling projects that on the surface seem straightforward – but in reality are deceptively challenging. As co-CTO of SoftWear Automation, he’s disrupting the $100B sewn products industry by replacing sewing labor with cutting-edge robotics. He’s also pursuing his Ph.D. in Robotics from The Ohio State University, with a focus on empowering walking robots […]

With M&A increasingly becoming the likely outcome for most startups, what are the things that you—as a founder—need to know in order to generate acquisition interest in your company, navigate to a close and how to maximize the outcome? Moderated by K.P. Reddy, The Combine (Atlanta)

Video Link

http://www.wsj.com/articles/robots-take-on-more-elaborate-tasks-amid-worker-shortage-1448291203

Transcript Georgia Influencer: What’s the best reason and the worst reason to become an entrepreneur? K.P. Reddy: The worst reason is — “I want to make a lot of money. The entrepreneurs I know all drive nice cars.” The best reason is — “I want to carve my own path and not be dependent on other people.” GI: Can you […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Here are five takeaways from my recent fireside chat with Dana Barrett at General Assembly Atlanta: If you have a great idea and market but you aren’t getting funded, look in the mirror. VCs get paid to write checks. All they’re looking for is the right idea with the right risk tolerance. Technology is all about being ambitious and lazy. It’s […]