The Memphis Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) will be hosting Peter Shankman, founder and CEO of the Geek Factory, on December 1, 2009 from 8-10am at the University of Memphis' Fogelman Business Center. Shankman will discuss the importance of understanding how to utilize the many aspects of social media. He will elaborate on the benefits of using social networking and ...

Peter Sunde, co-founder of The Pirate Bay, is now part of spiffy Web site Kvittar—“does not matter” in Swedish, according to the Google. It’s a site that purports to do away with paper receipts. You need to sign up with a credit card. The concept is easy enough to understand: you create an account on the Web site, linking your account to one of your credit cards. You then use this ...

On Monday, JumpCon Founder Shane Senter was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution to victims of his failed JumpCon conventions. Senter could have been looking at up to seven years in prison and a $4,000 fine for each of two counts of felony theft in addition to another two years of prison time and a $2,000 fine for the other two misdemeanor charges of deceptive business practices. ...

As The Founder Institute (the entrepreneur training program developed by TheFunded’s Adeo Ressi) expands to cities around the country, it’s gathering some provocative data about how aspiring startup founders stack up in different regions. Specifically, the institute says that in the latest batch of applicants, Seattle’s entrepreneurs have the highest chance of success. The ...

... for every punk band -- and artists who embrace the punk spirit -- to hit the asphalt with Warped at least once. But even with the literally thousands of acts have played the festival in past, Warped founder Kevin Lyman still has a wish list, albeit a very small one, he'd like to get out there in the future. "Sadly those are mostly bands that people have died in and they'll never be ...

... this history making site. People are asking... How do I get in on the ground floor? How do I get in as a founder of Sokule? We opened a few positions to satisfy the demand and most of ... hands on one of these before our JV partners launch to their sites. Once these founder positions are gone, it will be too late. 213 of them have been spoken for. Get in on a ground floor opportunity. ...