IPO Memphis

Green Ballast, the energy-saving smart-ballasts maker for commercial lighting, has filed for a small IPO and is awaiting its trading symbol for the OTC:BB. Here our exclusive.

Tech exec grabs Czech

We reported Tuesday on former Cisco regional manager Brian Shore's appointment to the presidency for North American operations of ZOOM International, a telephony call recording and analytics provider, which will headquarter in Brentwood. Our story is here, including reference to Brian's skydiving adventure with his new boss, a 29-year-old Czech entrepreneur. Want more? That's Brian at left, at a hangar in Prague. Brian's ride is documented on YouTube, right here. ZOOM will be a story to watch. ZOOM Founder-CEO Simon Vostry has reportedly been something of an entrepreneur since age 11 or so, and, at 29, he's now riding a global wave of technologic innovation.