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2008 awards celebrate inspirational and highly accomplished local women March 27th, 2008
When Ruth Lomo arrived in Memphis in 2001, she brought her five children, the six children of her dead sisters, another orphan not related to her family and the skills in carpentry she used in refugee camps after she fled in 1990 from Sudan, her native country. Struggling with the ...(more)
Extracon Science: Let Your Cell Phone Be Your Guide March 17th, 2008
Does your inner voice keep reminding you to exercise? Or lose weight? Or stop smoking? Do you find it hard to listen to your better self? A Memphis software company believes that instead of a nagging conscience, there is a better way to give positive reminders to ...(more)
Biz Startup Event Slated for Late May March 6th, 2008
The possibilities are endless. With a group of 100 people, experts in various fields and many different visions, there's no telling what ideas will come out of the weekend event that brings a whole room of people together for the purpose of coming up with an idea for a startup business. ...(more)
Memphian Wages Battle to Save Youth February 25th, 2008
A Washington Post headline two weeks ago described Memphis businessman Bob Compton as waging his own personal campaign to save America. And for the last several months, the venture capitalist and former Sofamor Danek executive arguably has worn that mantle in a very prominent way. Compton ...(more)
Mercury hot for text messaging: Mobile marketing start-up will target real estate first February 22nd, 2008
A Memphis start-up company that has developed a mobile marketing application plans to make text messages the new mass media for advertisers. TextBound, the latest addition to venture firm (more)