May 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.