David Cummings on Startups

Category: Community

  • Commercial Real Estate Economic Nonsense

    Our office lease ends in six months and we’re in the process of looking at lease options. We have an amazing office now (MTV’s old office) and would like to extend the lease for one year. The building won’t do it — they won’t do anything less than a two year extension. They claim that they are worried that with all the new buildings coming on the market they’ll be left with more empty space and want to solidify longer term deals now. Wait, we’re offering to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to them for a space that is going to sit empty indefinitely and they are saying no. It doesn’t make sense.

    My take is that the building management companies are so far removed from the building ownership companies that are so far removed from the pension funds that own it that there is a moral hazard of sorts. Economic wastefulness continues to amaze me.

  • Y Combinator for Atlanta – Part 2

    My previous post on a Y Combinator for Atlanta has generated a good bit of off-line interest. Here are the most common questions I’ve been asked:

    • How would you choose the teams?
    • Do you think there will be enough interest and applications?
    • How will it differ from the original Y Combinator?
    • What happens to the teams at the end of the program?
    We’ll find out these answers and more over the next 12 months.

  • Upcoming Talk – Bootstrapping an Inc. 500 Company

    I have the honor and privilege to be the next guest speaker for theTAG/ATDC Entrepreneurs series at Georgia Tech this Thursday, February 7th in Midtown Atlanta. Please sign-up and attend.

  • Promoting the Atlanta Technology Community

    A group of Atlanta technology entrepreneurs that I’m a part of just recently launched a new blog to promote our community:BigThinkr.com. Take a look at my first post:
    Atlanta is the Best Place for My Startup.

  • Inaugural Blog Post

    It’s that time of year to be implementing New Year’s Resolutions, and that’s exactly what I’m doing. This blog is meant to be an exploration of business ideas, commentary on entrepreneurship, and musings on technology. I’m passionate about the aforementioned topics and view this blog as a great way to solidify my thoughts and share them with an audience of one: myself.The blog also serves as an archive of topics and links that I care about. Too often I find myself looking for previously consumed information and thought processes without a map. Welcome to my map.