EmergeMemphis

EmergeMemphis is currently seeking applicants for its Executive Director Position. The job description is included below. Interested parties should contact Lavinda Corbin, Office Manager, at 901-312-7700 ext 166 or via email lavinda.corbin@emergememphis.org   Emerge Memphis Executive Director Job Description   Background   Emerge Memphis is a business and technology incubator with the goal of helping high-growth [...]

Accion in Tennessee cordially invites you to the grand opening of our new Memphis office at EmergeMemphis 516 Tennessee Street Thursday, March 21, 2013 9 a.m to 10 a.m. Featured Speakers: Phil Trenary Former CEO of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation   John Duncan Vice President of Membership Development and Investor Relations Greater Memphis Chamber Janie Barrera President [...]

February 7, 2013 (Memphis, TN): EmergeMemphis Board of Directors announces today that it has hired Phil Trenary, former CEO of Pinnacle Airlines, to provide strategic consulting and to assist the organization in the hiring of a permanent executive director. The move comes on the heels of a transitional year for the organization as it re- positions itself in the entrepreneurial market. “This is exciting [...]

From everywhereelse.co: MEMPHIS TN, & EVERYWHERE ELSE- “everywhereelse.co The Startup Conference” has been announced for Sunday February 10, 2013 through Tuesday February 12, 2013 and has already attracted an all star line up of speakers, panelists, investors, startups and entrepreneurs.  The conference will take place in the heart of beautiful Memphis Tennessee at the World [...]

EmergeMemphis would like to extend a “thank you” to Yelp, Accion, and NYSE Big Start-Up for putting together a great workshop earlier this week. You can find them on the internet at www.yelp.com, www.accion.com, and www.nyx.com/en/bigstartup as well as on twitter through @Yelp and @NYSEEuronext. Keep up the great work!

Too often, startups can have a a difficult time finding quality people to hire. How can you tell the difference between a hard worker and someone who’s all talk, no walk? You may have plenty of applicants but without the right approach to interviews, selecting the right one might as well be a dice game. [...]