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January 05, 2020 | Tom Ballard

Sky City announces new “Ask the Expert” weekly series

The Sky City Innovation Collaboration Community in Maryville has announced a new series – “Ask a Pro.”

Beginning January 14, the every Tuesday afternoon series will feature a professional in an area of interest to small businesses and start-ups who will be available for consulting about business matters. The experts scheduled for January will focus respectively on marketing, finance, and legal topics. They are:

  • January 14 – Jeremy LaDuke, Founder of Maryville-based Epic Nine Marketing. The company was founded in 2014 and has helped hundreds of local businesses with anything from naming and branding to executing winning marketing strategies.
  • January 21 – Alex Snyder is a Tax Manager at Knoxville-headquartered PYA has more than four years’ experience working in tax and accounting. Prior to joining PYA, the power behind biz, Snyder’s background included experience working in the real estate business tax services group of a large national CPA firm. He has worked with both private equity and publicly traded REIT structures holding retail, commercial, and industrial property.
  • January 28 – Chris Trump is a member of the Board of Directors of the Sky City organization. He joined Egerton McAfee, a Knoxville law firm, in 2001 and has practiced primarily in the areas of finance (both private and governmental), commercial law, business formations, securities, and business acquisitions and sales.

To schedule a discussion, click here.


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