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About Eric MathewsEric Mathews is a devoted community member with interests in changing entrepreneurship and community engagement in the Mid-South region of the United States. He is the co-founder of Mercury Technology Labs LLC, a for-profit venture creation company and is also the co-founder of LaunchMemphis, a non-profit organization to support entrepreneurial action. Eric has a B.S. in Chemistry from Rhodes College, and an M.S. in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Memphis. He has been quoted over 60 times in various press outlets including the Financial Times and Agence France Presse on the use and influence of technology in modern business. With a passion for supporting the emerging creative class, Eric serves on the following boards: Voices of the South, Project:Motion, and Lantana Projects (all 501c3). As an advocate for technology advancement in educational institutions, Eric also serves on the Rhodes College Leadership Council and the St. Benedict at Auburndale School Board.
Latest Posts by Eric Mathews
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Axis Show by Project: Motion Brings Out the Best in Dance
By Eric Mathews on February 12, 2010 | No Comments
If you haven’t had a chance to see a Project: Motion show, then I would definitely recommend Axis. Project: Motion (http://www.projectmotiondance.org) is a Memphis based modern dance collectiv... -
Fuel Film Gets 2010 Started with “Pitch In”By Eric Mathews on February 11, 2010 | No Comments
Have you heard about Fuel Film: Memphis? This grassroots group, fashioned after LaunchMemphis, has one goal: get more local films made in Memphis — giving the Memphis filmmaker more tools, resou...
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LaunchMemphis Annouces Spring 2010 SeasonBy Eric Mathews on February 3, 2010 | No Comments
In it’s third year, LaunchMemphis, is back again with another great season of events to promote innovation and entrepreneurial action in the Memphis community. With an updated version of the...
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Election Night with City Mayor Elect AC WhartonBy Eric Mathews on October 16, 2009 | 2 Comments
I had the honor of representing MemphisConnect.com at Mayor AC Wharton’s Election Night Party – representing our city’s growing new media outlet. So in between tweeting, Facebooking, docu...
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$10k meets YouTube meets EscalatorBy Eric Mathews on October 13, 2009 | 1 Comment
LaunchMemphis wants you to win a prize package worth $10,000 to support the growth of your early stage business. Seriously! How do you win? You pitch your company on YouTube to get a chance to com...
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DJ, Live Music, Drinks, Food at the Ballet???By Eric Mathews on September 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
This is the IT thing for the weekend . . . Partying with Ballet Memphis: Live music, DJ, drinks, catered food from Another Roadside Attraction — maybe brush elbows with a few movers and shakers...
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Ballet Memphis Awarded Highly Competitive NEFA GrantBy Eric Mathews on August 28, 2009 | 2 Comments
I am pleased to pass along that the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) recently awarded funding to 21 projects this year, including one from Ballet Memphis. What’s noteworthy in the lis...
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American Idol Meets Local Film & Dance Contest at Ballet MemphisBy Eric Mathews on July 16, 2009 | No Comments
Ballet Memphis has a community-wide series of events coupled with a competition (complete with celebrity judges) that celebrates the fusion of imagination, joy and collaboration that dance and film ca...
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