Alex Lavidge

Alex Lavidge Age 40

Knoxville, TN

Also known as: Alex

• I work independently in management consulting for internet and clean technology startups under $1 million in revenue. Currently, I am in the process of opening offices in New York, Knoxville and San Francisco for a full-service firm by mid-2011. • I am available for counsel by phone at a rate of $90/hr for new ventures and solo entrepreneurs; additionally I’m available for contract with a retainer fee starting at $500/mo. and up for market research, UI/UX prototyping, public relations, branding, event planning, and business development contingent on availability. • Clients as of August 2010 include Spruz.com (an emerging leader in hosting custom social networks), Skysa.com (a web application toolbar for site developers), to startups still in development in a variety of sectors from the health spa industry, portable eco-furniture, geopositioning software, and many others. • Founded Knoxville Overground (KO), a nonprofit that serves startups, the self-employed, social entrepreneurs and the creative class. During our first year between November ’08 - November ‘09 we opened a community center and coworking workspace and led over 144 events and workshops such as 48 Hour Launch (an event that launched both startups and social endeavors in less than two days) & the KO Startup Awards (first startup awards ceremony ever in Knoxville), etc. • I currently work out of an office at Technology 2020 (http://www.tech2020.org) where I am active with a variety of endeavors in economic development, community envisioning, and researching best practices for supporting entrepreneurship at all levels. I have traveled throughout the world studying entrepreneurial support systems (e.g., micro-financing programs, technology transfer policies, micro-enterprise development centers, business incubators, etc.) • I was named a named a “40 under 40” by the Greater Knoxville Business Journal in January 2010. Specialties creative brainstorming, market research, UI/UX prototyping & design, social media analytics, SEO/SEM, branding and identity, sales, public relations, management consulting, business development, community organizing, economic development

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Alex Lavidge Age 28

San Francisco, CA

Alex Lavidge lives in San Francisco, California. He attended the University Of Iowa and The University Of Iowa.

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