Texas Evening Entrepreneurs

I have finally secured a date for our next speaker. Hector (member of the Austin Young Execs club) will come talk to us on June 10th. Prior to this, I would appreciate if interested attendees could send me their undergrad, job title and desired job out of school. This doesn’t need to be very precise or detailed, but Hector is looking to get a feel for his crowd and perhaps tweak the orientation of his talk a little.

Also, here is the format he plans on following. This is more of a blueprint of course, and subject to change.

- Introductions
- Hector Torres Presentation

• Background (UT Austin; Computer Science, Northwestern; Kellogg School of Business)
• Working History
• TAMACC (Texas Associaiton of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce), Director of Technical Services
• ISI Consultants, President & CEO
• CSTMBC (http://www.cstmbc.org), Member Board of Directors
• Austin Young Execs; Member Board of Directors
• ISI Consultants now and future expansion

- Questions and Answers

I have found Hector to be a very likeable guy, interesting and full of experience yet low-key and humber. Looking forward to a great meeting….

The next TEE meeting will be on Tuesday, May 23rd at 6PM. The meeting will be held at McCombs, and I’ll let you know the room number asap.

We will have two speakers Bob Grim from Bigfoot Networks and Kirk Coburn from Pure Golf, Inc. - both are TEMBA alumni who have founded their own companies are are currently fighting the good fight. Below is some quick info on the speakers. I’ll bring some pizza and see you all Tuesday night. Please indicate your attendance using the Yahoo poll so that I can get a headcount.

Kuykendall (Kirk) B. Coburn is the founder, President and Chief Operating Officer of Pure Golf, Inc. Pure Golf is an independent programming company specializing in the creation, production, management and sales of original sports and entertainment content for mobile media. Pure Golf launched the first national golf radio channel on XM in 2005, the PGA TOUR Network (Channel 146). Mr. Coburn also brings management experience from the corporate world of Dell, Inc., the entertainment business of Gaylord Entertainment and the start-up consumer space. Mr. Coburn received his BBA in Finance and Accounting from The University of Texas and received an MBA from the University of Texas Evening MBA Program.

From Kirk:

I started Channel 146 on XM Satellite Radio, “The PGA TOUR Network”. We are one of the top rated channels on XM where there are over 12 million listeners and almost 7 million subscribers. I am the president and COO of the company. I hire all personnel including the talent (broadcasters, former and current PGA TOUR players, etc…), I manage the operations, I work with the board and the CEO on long-term vision planning, I raise money, I manage are partnerships with XM and the PGA TOUR and I do what no one else wants to do.

Bob Grim is currently VP of Marketing for Bigfoot Networks. Bigfoot Networks is creating a network interface card aimed at reducing lag for online gamers. They received 4 million in venture capital funding recently and are looking forward to releasing their first product this summer.