Why You Should Start a Company in Atlanta|FastCompany

Posted by on Dec 15, 2010 in Entrepreneurship, Relocate biz from SA to US, South Africa

Not too long ago, about fifty years, Atlanta was the size of Little Rock, Ark. About a hundred years before that, it was burned to the ground. Atlanta has proven it can grow (adding 1.1 million residents in the last decade alone). Now, it’s building toward a sort of tech hub in the southeast, against a backdrop that includes the busiest international airport in the world; a healthy cluster of corporate giants in Coca-Cola, UPS, Delta and The Home Depot, among others; and a spur of entrepreneurial activity that put Atlanta in the top ten on this year’s Kauffman Entrepreneurial Index, which tracks new business creation.But in a place where half the population isn’t from there, identity is a work-in-progress—theNew York Times called Atlanta “corporate stronghold, a Southern belle and a hip-hop capital”—all at once. Add to that: home to Internet security expertise and a key drug in HIV treatment. Alan Taetle, general partner at venture capital firm Noro-Moseley Partners, spoke with Fast Company about what makes Atlanta’s startup scene unique.Read more here.

No Responses to “Why You Should Start a Company in Atlanta|FastCompany”

Trackbacks/Pingbacks

  1. Tweets that mention Why You Should Start a Company in Atlanta | FastCompany | Carel's Conversations - blog -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by My PRO Start, Carel Bekker. Carel Bekker said: Why You Should Start…

Leave a Reply