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Marketing/PR Subject Matter Expert Interview – Roy Stimits, MBA

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Marketing/PR Subject Matter Expert Interview

Madeline Gregory

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Roy Stimits, MBA

“Entrepreneurial Pharma Exec”

August 9, 2013

Tell me a bit about how you got started in your career:  Well, I ended up in the defense industry out of undergrad.  As an engineer, it was great fun, but peace was breaking out all over, so I wasn’t sure how stable life would be for my young family.

So, what did you do?  I bit the bullet and went back to school… ended up with an MBA in finance.  Business wasn’t my forte, but numbers were! 

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Interview with James Fisher, Marketing Professional at Asheville Scene

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This interview was conducted for Entrepreneurial Marketing, a course at Western Carolina University. James Fisher has worked in Marketing for over 20 years. The interviewer is the Development Director at LEAF Community Arts and used the opportunity to learn more about marketing for LEAF.

Q. Why is it important for nonprofits to communicate with the media?

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Alex Lavidge – Business Development Manager at Variable, Inc.

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Alex Lavidge is the Founding Manager of the Wireless Sensors High Growth Fund LLC headquartered in Knoxville, TN. Lavidge also serves as a Business Development Manager at Variable, Inc., maker of the NODE wireless sensor platform for smart devices. CNN Money called the device the “coolest gizmo” at 2013 CES, the largest consumer electronics trade show in the world.

Since returning to his hometown from Silicon Valley in 2008, Lavidge has helped spur a plethora of initiatives and community-building events for entrepreneurs, young professionals and creatives throughout the region: TEDxKnoxville, 48 Hour Launch, Envision Knoxville, Knoxville Twestival, Creative Mixed Use Symposium, InnovativeKnoxville.com, Lunch 2.0, Knoxville Overground, Young Professional Mayoral Debate & Political Symposium, CoworkingKnoxville, Entrepreneurial Imperative 2011, and several others.

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