KP's unfiltered insights on innovation, technology, and startups in real estate and construction.
In business, buzzwords are always in fresh supply. Every day, market experts come up with new and creative terms to describe new trends, products and services. People write books and articles about these trends and entrepreneurs scramble to create...
Serial entrepreneur and sewing-automation leader K.P. Reddy is IndustryWeek magazine's Manufacturing Leader of the Week for June 6-12. Reddy, who earned his Georgia Tech civil engineering degree in 1994, is CEO of SoftWear Automation, a startup...
My dad died suddenly when I was 15 years old. He was a bit of a trailblazer, the first of his friends to migrate to the US in the 1960's, landing at the University of Minnesota. I'm not sure how that process even worked. I can't imagine...
Not everybody is cut out to be a parent. Not everybody wants to be a parent. Same with management. Sometimes people become managers from a very intentional career path they have crafted over the years. Sometimes someone who never once expressed a...
This week I was at a Family Office conference. It was a great group of family and multi-family offices. There was a great appetite for private investments and specifically early stage. 1. Active Investment- FO have historical been passive...
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...
Here are five takeaways from my recent fireside chat with Dana Barrett at General Assembly Atlanta: 1. If you have a great idea and market but you aren't getting funded, look in the mirror...
This has been year 2 of me giving a talk at SXSW. It is an eclectic and overwhelming event that is very different than most business events. Oops, I called it a business event. I was there for 4 days, and yes I had a lot of fun, but also di…
Investors talk about betting on the jockey, not the horse. By-the-way, it doesn't hurt to race a fast horse. While this list is not exhaustive, it is a great place to start. How do investors evaluate the startup CEO?
In the world of startups, we continue to hear complaints about lack of funding. Most startups ignore the fact that the venture capital world is a marketplace. It's not quite as efficient as some markets, like the public market, because it's...
In my travels, the local evangelists are quick to share how great their startup ecosystem compares to all the other ones. This comparative analysis is always an effort to engage in funding conversations and how VCs should...
My last post was focused on free will and how to effectively understand the concept to manage teams and your own focus. Another concept that I leverage is natural harmonics. With free will, it is about understanding ourselves and how we work our...
