I missed the Wed. meeting, but watched the Spruz presentation over lunch today and it was very informative. I was aware of the company, but did not know what they do. I recommend watching it.

I plan on attending the followup.…

Now this is the kind of summer camp I want my kids to attend. Kudos to those who had the foresight to put this together.

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jul/23/summer-camp-for-the-future-job-force/

The University of California at Berkeley has conducted a survey about "how patents are used by and affect entrepreneurs, start-ups, and early stage high technology companies." Some of the results of this survey are posted today (July 20, 2010) on Dennis Crouch's website PatentlyO.com. Professor Crouch has made a name for himself over the years providing an excellent blog and website covering all things patents. To my knowledge, his website is the most popular of its kind among patent…

The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently issued the first of many bi-monthly newsletters for the independent inventor community. The name of the publication is InventorsEye and the first of these can be found at http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/independent/eye/201002/index.html

I thought this would be of interest to many of the EOK members. Please let me know if you have any questions or…

I heard about this site on twitter. Looks like a cool place to register as an Angel or find an Angel. Check it out at http://angel.co

I would write a bit about the blog post, but it is easier for you to go there and check it out for yourself:

5 Lessons from 150 Startup Pitches

Hey All,

Did you know that so many resources were at our finger tips? After yesterdays lunch, I thought a lot about what Leonard and the group were saying. We need to build on the exsisting synergies that already exsist right here in Knoxville, Oak Ridge, and East Tennessee. I started with TVA, and am in discussion with a friend of mine, could you imagine a;…