April 14, 2010 Entrepreneur Society of Naples Meeting

The April 14, 2010 meeting of the Entrepreneurial Society of Naples featured our guest speaker Edward M. Livingston, Esquire presenting Patents, Trademarks, Franchising and You. His discussion covered his thirty years of experience in patent law, licensing and marketing, trademarks/servicemarks, copyrights, trade secrets, domain name disputes, franchising and intellectual property litigation. Mr. Livingstom has obtained patents in deverse areas of technology, including medical devices, golfing, computer software and business methods. He has represented inventors and entrepreneurs and defended others in patent infringement lawsuits as well as acted as an expert witness in such cases. His article "Is Franchising Right For You and Your Business" is the featured article in ESON's V1N2 April 2010 Newsletter.

President Ted Farah presented Founding Board Member Dr. Gene Landrum for a short update to ESON members. Founding Board Member Marcus P. Zillman gave a brief online presentation of the http://www.eson.me/ blog and personal member site.

Comments and discussion followed by various members. The meeting then was moved to discussions in the various areas by the founding board members. Adjournment at 8:45pm. The second meeting was very well received with standing room only again!!

March 10, 2010 Initial Founding Meeting of ESON

March 10, 2010 wwas the initial founding meeting of the Entrepreneurial Society of Naples and our guest speaker was Gene Landrum, PhD; a high-tech start-up executive turned educator. As a businessman he launched five firms, three of which he tok to over 100 million in revenues. Gene's most notable achievement was as President and creator of the Chuck E. Cheese concept of family entertainment. Gene has written many books on the vagaries of entrepreneurship, the most notable, Entrepreneurial Genius - The Power of Passion, that emanated from his doctoral work The Innovator Personality research on what makes the great tick. Gene is now a Professor Emeritus at Hodges University where he has taught entrepreneurship and marketing for many years. He has been the keynote speaker at three National Inventor's Forums and has done a weekly radio show for two years. Gene is a founder of ESON and the Advisory Chair for Funding and Capital. Our first founding meeting was well received with standing room only. We discussed many entrepreneurial subjects as well as each individual attending gave a brief overview of what they were seeking. Dr. Gene's presentation created the founding aspects of ESON and stimulated much discussion. Additional information, resources and pictures of our first meeting will be found in the Members Only area of ESON. President Ted Farah discussed our V1N1 March 2010 Newsleter and the ESON Membership Application which were handed out and also available online through this site.

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