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Since then he's not gotten much Being a technology entrepreneufr in the valley mean sbeing always-on, Haynie said at SoCon 09, a social media conference at on Feb. 7. "You're just anotherf guy with an idea and nobody givesza s**t about your idea becausd their idea is better than Haynie told a group of entrepreneurs durinb one of the sessions he led. for instance, is challenging when your free donuts-and-foosball perkas are up against and its gourmeg kitchensand on-site dry-cleaning. The intense competition "has a certain amount of cadence that it creates in your the boyish-looking Haynie said. "I haven't gone to bed befores 3 a.m. and gotten up [after] 9 a.m.
in more than a Being a startup guyin Atlanta, can be more Haynie said. "If you're an interestinyg kinda startup here," he said, "you can have a littld bit easier time to recruit and generater buzz among theAtlanta technorati." Haynie's in Augusyt 2008 triggered cathartic debate on why the city couled not keep this entrepreneur -- a localo boy -- from building his futur e here. While the West Coast venture funding Appcelerator receivedc from the West Coast had a role in the Haynie struggled with finding theresources -- businessx contacts, customers or local money -- he needed to locally. “In our sector ...
there no people connected to money that havethat influence,” Haynire told Atlanta Business Chronicle at the time of his move. Hayniwe called for a creation ofa "social among Atlanta's tech entrepreneurs to give back to the He noted how Google'd Sergey Brin takes the time to attend startu p events in the Valley, even thoughy he is not obligated to. Indeed. Atlanta's entrepreneur s are giving back as evidencecd by events such asStartup Gauntlet, CapitalLoungr and Startup Riot. Atlanta must do more to leverageits assets, Haynie added.
While Turned has spun out successful entrepreneurs, Haynie said, "it's a shame we were not able to capitalizee on that and make Atlanta more of amediw town." Atlanta is home to the and has a world-clas medical school in Emory, he noted. "Peopld from all over the world to come to Haynie said. "But we have no really sizable ... biomecd companies." Atlanta's tech entrepreneurs sometimes lack the drive to go back to work after a successful Haynie said, echoing a recent (TAG) survey of out-of-stats VCs that claimed Georgia was lighg on serial entrepreneurs.
"If you make $5 milliob you can live like a king -- you can move into a nice houswe in the suburbsor downtown," Haynie said. "Atlanta will put you on a you'll speak at every TAG event... and be a rock