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Stephen Fleming
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Stephen Fleming writes Academic VC, a personal blog at academicvc.com about startups, science and business. Since 2009, 13 different Hacker News readers have linked it 20 times, most often “Entrepreneurial Atlanta”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-04-15, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Stephen Fleming's posts for context on the Atlanta startup scene and its entrepreneurial community, such as 'startups for grownups' and the 'Entrepreneurial Atlanta' overview of meetups and organizations.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Stephen Fleming's blog about academia, venture capital, and spaceships
Most-linked posts?
- Entrepreneurial Atlanta4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2009-05-13
- Startups for Grownups3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2013-07-06
What Hacker News says?
See for example http://academicvc.com/2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/ regarding the idea that Atlanta startups aren't just for kids.
Comment linking /2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/
on “Why investors don’t fund dating”Submitted 1099 will end the world in 2012 as a story · 235 points
HN discussionWhen I was thinking of moving and looking into what the tech scene was like in Atlanta, I found this post on "startups for grownups": http://academicvc.com/2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/ .
Comment linking /2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/
on “Tech salary insights from 1.2M foreign worker visas”Submitted How Not to Design a Home Page as a story · 135 points
HN discussionAlright, I guess I'm the voice of the GT Establishment here. I'm certainly not going to argue with anyone who says "A year ago, I’d hardly heard of startups. Neither had just about anyone at Georgia Tech." But I'll point out that our early-stage incubator, VentureLab, just got ranked #1 in the frickin' WORLD (out of 150 universities) by UBI. And we've been doing that for 12 years. And ATDC is consistently ranked as…
Comment linking /2012/10/01/drownproofing-2-0/
on “How we're going to change Georgia Tech”Submitted American Maglev as a story · 31 points
HN discussionFor sure. There's a great post by Stephen Fleming on the ATL startup scene, definitely addresses this - http://academicvc.com/2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/ .
Comment linking /2013/07/05/startups-for-grownups/
on “How we're going to change Georgia Tech”Submitted Investment in early stage companies: down but not out as a story · 5 points
HN discussionYou really need to join the community and attend some events. While there isn't much early stage angel investment going on right now, there is a rich network available to support you in your endeavor. You can learn a lot from others, so please connect with the community. Its no replacement for hard work, but attending events can really help you benefit from the experience of others. http://academicvc.com/2009/05/ent…
Comment linking /2009/05/entrepreneurial-atlanta-2/
on “The California State of Mind (As a Cancer on Atlanta)”Submitted Startups for Grownups as a story · 3 points
HN discussionGeez, 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/
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on “Atlanta and Georgia lead U.S. in new business creation”Submitted Entrepreneurial Atlanta as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI remain amused by the casual bigotry exhibited by so many Silicon Valley denizens that OF COURSE all the smart, motivated, ambitious entrepreneurs will move to the Valley. Most of them would be incensed if a colleague displayed a comparable level of bigotry about race, or sex, or national background, or the rest of the litany. But it's socially acceptable -- at least west of I-5 -- to dismiss 99% of the country as…
Comment linking /2009/07/not-the-valley/
on “37% of Shotput Ventures startups stayed in Atlanta”Submitted Inside a University (GA Tech) Nanotech Center as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI had a debate with pg over 5 months ago about how many startups from Atlanta seed fund Shotput ventures would stay back after the program was over. The program got over 3 weeks ago and as of now, three out of the eight startups are in Atlanta. I know that at least one (and probably more than one) of the startups were originally from elsewhere but even if you ignore that, the current retention rate is 37%. pg, based…
Comment linking /2009/05/entrepreneurial-atlanta-2/
on “37% of Shotput Ventures startups stayed in Atlanta”Submitted Social Engineering as a story · 2 points
HN discussioncheck with Lance Weatherby - twitter @lance http://blog.weatherby.net Lance ran marketing at MindSpring then Earthlink. Stephen Fleming running Venture Lab has significant experience as a VC - http://academicvc.com/
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on “Ask HN: Are there any good university-affiliated incubators?”Submitted Supporting Technology Entrepreneurs in Georgia as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rebooting the ATDC Franchise as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Canaan’s Entrepreneur Pitchbook as a story · 1 points
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