I wanted to let the EOK community know that Knoxville native and patent attorney Matt Googe will be joining Robinson IP Law, PLLC starting September 1, 2013. He resigned today from Luedeka Neely Group. Matt clerked at Luedeka while in law school and worked there as a full-time attorney since 2011.  A few years ago when I taught trademark law at the UT College of Law, Matt made the highest grade in the class and has been a great attorney to work with while we were at our previous firm. Now…

I started this post off wanting to make a list of things entrepreneurs shouldn’t say, or things real entrepreneurs don’t do, but because this isMedium, I’ve come to realize that it feels more like a journal and so it feels more appropriate to talk directly…

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A decade ago, I helped found a business dedicated to helping entrepreneurs bring their business ideas to fruition. I've mentored and coached hundreds of entrepreneurs since. Many of my students have licensed their ideas to powerful companies or brought them to market themselves through venturing. I've often wondered what differentiates…

Attention EoK members!

We need your help!

We need members to give their ideas regarding the last quarterly event topic "Should We Stay or Should We Grow". Give us some good discussion ideas and topics for our meetings.

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