January 2011 Roundtable with The Marston Group

January 24, 2011

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Meeting Reminder Thursday, January 20, 2011 Top 10 Tax Traps for Business Owners Napa Cafe, 5101 Sanderlin ~ Suite 122 12:00 noon Presented by Chip Marston and Susan Lattimore, The Marston Group J. Kenneth (Chip) Marston, Jr., CPA CEO/Senior Member Chip Marston, CPA, is the Founding Member and CEO of The Marston Group, [...]

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SOCIETY OF ENTREPRENEURS ANNOUNCES NEW MEMBERS

December 15, 2010

The Society of Entrepreneurs has elected four (4) new members to the organization; the new members are Phil Coop, President and CEO, EnSafe Inc.; Dr. Mary McDonald, Secretary of Education and Superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Memphis; Charles D. McVean, Chairman and CEO, McVean Trading & Investments, and Bob Wilson, President, Wilson [...]

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October Roundtable with Harold Gwatney

October 22, 2010

Thursday, October 21, 2010 Lunch and Discussion with Harold Gwatney, Chairman of the Gwatney Companies Harold Gwatney started his automobile career in 1942, sweeping floors and washing parts at his uncle’s garage. In 1944, he went to work at Critz Chevrolet in North Little Rock as a mechanic’s helper and by 1946 was a certified [...]

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September 2010 Roundtable with R. E. Linkous

September 24, 2010

R.E. Linkous is originally from Blacksburg, Virginia and grew up there in a family of general contractors. R.E. came to Memphis in 1970 to build multi-family structures for the Alodex Corporation. Later, he managed operations for the Norfleet Construction Company and for the Memphis division of Vanco Construction Company. In 1983, he founded his own [...]

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August 2010 Roundtable with David Wedaman

September 16, 2010

Thursday, August 19, 2010 – The Society of Entrepreneurs presents a Lunch and Discussion with David Wedaman, President and CEO of ReTrans In 2002, David Wedaman and a handful of employees started ReTrans. ReTrans is an intermodal marketing company that moves freight throughout the United States, with a primary focus on intermodal transportation. In less [...]

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July 2010 Roundtable with Alan Crone

August 25, 2010

Thursday, July 15, 2010 Five Legal things every Entrepreneur should know…but Doesn’t Presented by Alan Crone, Partner with Kramer + Crone, PLC Alan Crone is an attorney in Memphis, Tennessee. He is licensed to practice in Tennessee and Arkansas. His practice is focused on disputes involving business issues including disputes between employers and employees, involving [...]

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June 2010 Roundtable with Denise Burnett

July 27, 2010

Our June 2010 Roundtable featured Denise Burnett, the President of O.R. Nurses, Inc. and her amazing entrepreneurial story. Denise is President of O.R. Nurses, Inc. which is consistently ranked as the Largest Women Owned Business and was recently awarded second in the Large Company category for “Best Places to Work” by the Memphis Business Journal. [...]

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Article in The Commercial Appeal, June 11, 2010

June 11, 2010

The Society of Entrepreneurs is currently accepting applications for its next insight group program, which will get under way in the fall. For more information, please email Pearson Crutcher, pearson@soememphis.com. Entrepreneur path tougher for females By James Dowd Memphis Commercial Appeal Although Denise Burnett loves her role as leader of one of the largest female-owned [...]

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2010 Society of Entrepreneurs Inductees

April 28, 2010

On Saturday, April 10, the Society of Entrepreneurs inducted four new members to its midst. At the Eighteenth Annual Entrepreneur Awards Presentation and Dinner, the following outstanding entrepreneurs were honored: Denise Burnett Patrick Neely William E. Orgel Winston Wolfe Spence Wilson was also awarded the 2010 Master Entrepreneur Award, jointly presented by The Society of [...]

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Recording industry legend Al Bell encourages entrepreneurship in music

April 23, 2010

At the meeting of the Entrepreneurs Roundtable on Thursday, April 22, 1010, recording industry legend, Al Bell, shared the following poem.  The poem certainly reflects a true entrepreneurial spirit! It Couldn’t Be Done Edgar A. Guest Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he [...]

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