LaunchMemphis Preps for Sarah Lacy
Sarah Lacy, is bringing her User Generated Book Tour (UGBT) to Memphis just a month from now! The Tech Fuel event is being hosted by Launch Memphis. Sarah has gained notoriety with dizzying velocity over her career, most recently, as a columnist for Business Week, host of Yahoo TechTicker, and a closely followed blogger.
She has become one of the most polarizing figures in the world of Web 2.0 with many people expressing a “love her or hate her” attitude. Sarah’s biggest fans often appreciate her deeply personal inside knowledge of many of today’s seemingly inaccessible business giants. However, detractors are quick to cite what is, perhaps, one of the most infamous public interviews of the last several years, between Lacy and Facebook mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg at last year’s SXSW conference, which sparked a great deal of online debate and criticism.
Her latest tour is to promote her new book Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0. At tour stops so far, Lacy has been discussing the ideas in her book, doing Q&A sessions with bloggers and columnists, and keeping news from the whole event posted on her blog.
Her stop on the Memphis leg of her tour will be at Emerge Memphis on Sept. 18 at 5:00 pm. Don’t forget to RSVP via the Facebook Event or via email TechFuel@LaunchMemphis.com. Be there, log on, and get ready to blog!
Memphis Startup Weekend Reunion: BIG SUCCESS
The reunion for Startup Weekend was a great success this past week. Launch Memphis, a conglomerate of individuals and organizations dedicated to helping entrepreneurs find the tools they need to market their ideas to the Memphis area, was the driving force behind the event that was held at the Emerge Memphis building.
The evening was centered around sharing the success stories that came out of the Startup Weekend event that was held several months ago (May 31- June 1). There were big wins across the board ranging from new ideas to help already existing businesses to the eventual launch of a new social networking application called Spynnr. The application will be designed to create an interactive online community for ultimate frisbee players.
The impact of Startup Weekend was apparent throughout the room and it looks like there are more great things to come from everyone working with Launch Memphis. Check out www.launchmemphis.com and get involved!
