| 1. | Briefly: Council Ventures leads New Day Pharmacy raise Council Ventures tells raise for once-fragile Nashville company, with an undisclosed strategic partner By VNC Staff Updated 8:38 a.m. May 30, 2009 / Published Thursday, May 28, 2009 3:46 pm
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| 2. | Council Ventures' portfolio company said closing after a lead investor balks Nashville-based investor's fourth asset may prove to be a casualty of the economic crisis Milt Capps Last updated 2:25 p.m. / Published Wednesday, November 12, 2008 2:15 pm
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| 3. | Council & Enhanced Tennessee Fund, LLC At left, Denny Bottorff By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:29 am
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| 4. | Fetherling to helm of Nashville Technology Council NTC named a second healthcare-industry veteran to lead the IT-oriented association VN Staff / Published Wednesday, October 1, 2008 9:25 am
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| 5. | Council Ventures adds VC general partner Eight-year-old VC adds its fourth general partner, heading into a buyer's market Milt Capps / Published Friday, December 26, 2008 11:05 am
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| 6. | Background: NotifyMD and Ferguson During his 13 years with the physicians-messaging company, this entrepreneur drove corporate evolution By Milt Capps / Published Monday, April 5, 2010 4:25 am
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| 7. | Maynard asks further look at Metro economy Having had a public forum, Councilmember At Large says he'll ask for January work session on economic development Milt Capps / Published Thursday, December 18, 2008 8:48 am
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| 8. | NHHC Family Tree Release Oct. 20, 2008 The much-anticipated annual family tree of Nashville-based healthcare ventures has been released by Nashville Health Care Council, and affiliate of the Greater Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Published Monday, October 20, 2008 1:32 pm
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| 9. | Resource: TNInvestco briefing registrants Some are shoppers, some are bidders, some are there to keep an eye on others...and some are committed to vying for TNInvestco certification Last Updated 2:21 p.m., Aug. 14, 2009 / Published Friday, August 14, 2009 9:31 am
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| 10. | NEST-TN, LLC At left, Fran Marcum By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 11. | Nashville mobilizes for U.S. Health technology leadership New healthcare technology push rumored, start-up said relocating to Nashville, as activity heats up By Milt Capps Updated 3:53 p.m. / Published Monday, January 25, 2010 3:31 pm
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| 12. | Trade Mission: Local execs take Nashville story to Big Apple HCA, Waller Lansden execs among the platoon hoping to flush-out prospects with info about Nashville's relo popularity By Milt Capps Updated 2:40 p.m. / Published Monday, February 2, 2009 12:07 am
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| 13. | Governor's e-Health quarterback shifting back to private sector UPDATED JUNE 25 1015 - While Agassi joins Cogent, continuity for the eHealth Council will be preserved. Agassi's role there, navigating the Council's path among competing healthcare and insurance stakeholders, has been key. Milt Capps Updated 1423 June 20 / Published Friday, June 20, 2008 9:51 am
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| 14. | Clayton McWhorter to chair Nashville Entrepreneur Center Four business leaders formed the core of group that picked the NEC's inaugural board By Milt Capps Last updated 3:15 p.m. / Published Wednesday, January 13, 2010 12:21 pm
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| 15. | Tennessee Community Ventures Fund, LLC At left, Eric Satz By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 16. | Venture Nashville Calendar of Coming Events Whether you're an entrepreneur, VC, techie or community leader for growth, you'll want to examine these offerings, closely By Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 31, 2009 9:07 pm
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| 17. | State to invest $900 Million in private-equity alternatives State pension fund is hiring equities director, developing investment policy and will seek advice on targeting a portion of TCRS' $32 billion Milt Capps / Published Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:32 pm
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| 18. | Nashville Techies continually monitored by investors Developers may think they're only toiling in obscurity, but they may well be under the observant eye of local VCs and Angels By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, January 5, 2010 7:01 am
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| 19. | Tennessee Angel Fund At left, Sid Chambless By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 20. | TNInvestco ranks may grow if idea gets legs UPDATED The capital pool might grow to $200MM; State officials are said to have held private meetings with group of TNInvestco players By Milt Capps Last updated 8:35 p.m. / Published Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:49 pm
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| 21. | Nashville Entrepreneur Center gets project manager Tech veteran of digital entertainment and online media is coordinating online resource center By Milt Capps Last updated 7:50 p.m. / Published Wednesday, July 22, 2009 1:25 pm
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| 22. | TNInvestco finalists named by ECD-Revenue Ten companies of 25 are advancing toward interviews and a shot at more than $80MM in tax-credit allocations that can be capitalized By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 7, 2009 9:53 am
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| 23. | TTDC funds bioscience entrepreneurship initiative With former VC hired to lead program, grant for entrepreneurship helps flesh-out tech-development ecosystem By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:39 am
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| 24. | TNInvestco: Goldrush underway to fund TN ventures $120MM program should inject more than $80MM into seed- and early-stage companies in Tennessee over next few years By Milt Capps Last updated 10:29 a.m. Nov. 5, 2009 / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 25. | VU Tech Transfer takes company's liquidation in stride There are still 21 active portfolio companies over which Chris McKinney says grace. Published Monday, April 14, 2008 6:35 am
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| 26. | Bredesen finance chief eyes legislation for eHealth Bredesen Administration and its allies believe there's no time like the present to push forward with e-health information, encouraging businesses to spawn on the infohighway. By Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 22, 2008 2:09 pm
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| 27. | Economy: Nashville Business Outlook Summit set for Winter '09 Rippee leads monitoring group; Chamber helps local businesses survive and thrive, despite the plummeting economy Milt Capps UPDATED 10:45 A.M. / Published Sunday, December 7, 2008 7:31 pm
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| 28. | 10 Years: Nashville Technology Council claims broader role NTC's 10th Anniversary took a symbolic step forward this morning, led by a new CEO intent on a bigger regional role for the association By Milt Capps Latest Update 10:32 a.m. / Published Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:29 am
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| 29. | Nashville VCs have strong views on 'what it takes' There are no 'weathervanes' among these folks. Defining 'institutional', a caution about egos, and a reminder that sounds a lot like 'Dance with the one that brung ya' Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:36 am
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| 30. | Tri-Star Technology Fund, LLC At left, Dr. Harry Jacobson By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 31. | Nashville Medical Trade Center team blitzes NV influentials [Updated] At the end of an intensive week of meetings here, the CEO of the proposed trade center says a competing NYC group offered has made overtures By Milt Capps Last updated 2:45 p.m., Aug. 23 / Published Friday, August 21, 2009 9:40 am
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| 32. | NEWSBITS March 30, 2009 Notes from Northshore Capital Management, TTDC, VCs, wealth-management moves and more... By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 30, 2009 9:44 am
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| 33. | Bills in hopper: General Assembly, VCs eye TNInvestco expansion Though factions exist, they all seem to agree they want more TNInvestco funding By Milt Capps / Published Monday, February 1, 2010 12:19 pm
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| 34. | Venture Nashville Calendar Update Nashville and Tennessee are quickly becoming year-round innovation venues, as this sampling of events makes clear By Milt Capps Last updated Mon., April 5, 2010 12:11 p.m. / Published Saturday, April 3, 2010 5:39 pm
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| 35. | POV: Ventures at risk mean C-level IT role must change Sailing into fierce economic headwinds, this Nashville-based consultant says it's time for denizens of the C-level to give up their secrets Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 6, 2008 7:51 am
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| 36. | Costantine eyes exit from Nashville Technology helm UPDATED 11:55 AM - Turnover casts in doubt leadership roles in two of the state's most prominent technology organizations. Milt Capps / Published Friday, July 25, 2008 8:51 am
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| 37. | Partnership 2010/Chamber call for 'Virtual Entrepreneur Center' With an eye toward the long haul, and against a backdrop of economic crisis, Co-Chairs Frist and Shmerling (L-R) release Entrepreneur Project recommendations
Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, October 8, 2008 3:34 pm
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| 38. | InvestTennessee: State launching biz-development site The State and its public-private partners are launching a website to advance economic-development objectives By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, September 2, 2009 12:44 pm
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| 39. | 'We are Music City' Entrepreneur Campaign launches [Updated] The Nashville Area Chamber and its allies are unleashing an Entrepreneur Center, brand and marketing campaign By Milt Capps Updated 10:20 a.m., Sept. 26, 2009 / Published Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:49 pm
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| 40. | Venture Nashville Calendar of Coming Events Whether you're an entrepreneur, VC, techie or community leader for growth, you'll want to examine these offerings, closely Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 18, 2009 9:25 am
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| 41. | Confluence Solar is landing in TN with 250 jobs and raising Venture capital for new operations Gov. Phil Bredesen's string of successes in the Solar sector continues to lengthen By Milt Capps Last updated Jan. 21, 2010 11:50 a.m. / Published Wednesday, January 20, 2010 4:38 pm
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| 42. | TNInvestco: 'Creativity incredible' among interested firms [Updated] With the VC filing deadline just 13 days away, one administrator of the state's new capital-formation program is impressed with the calibre of prospective fund managers By Milt Capps Last updated 2:58 p.m. Sept. 17 / Published Monday, September 14, 2009 8:03 am
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| 43. | Sidebar: Opinions on CAPCO vary among VCs Tennessee executives see both problems and opportunities in proposal for stimulation of early-stage investment By Milt Capps / Published Friday, May 1, 2009 8:35 am
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| 44. | 'Growth advisor' Campbell stays close to the money Native daughter turns drive and contacts into a series of healthcare-oriented ventures By Milt Capps / Published Monday, March 9, 2009 2:03 pm
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| 45. | Health IT exec to chair Nashville Technology Council New leader says NTC will undertake a strategic review of its mission and programs, later this summer By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:11 am
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| 46. | People: Local Angel Capital Group names chief for Knoxville ACG says it has expanded the ranks of its angel investors and has invested in four companies By Milt Capps Last Updated 1:44 p.m. / Published Thursday, June 25, 2009 9:31 am
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| 47. | Pres-Elect names VC to head Small Business Administration This Maine private equity and LBO executive knows up-close and personal what it takes to survive and innovate Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, December 24, 2008 9:53 am
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| 48. | Executive Comments Published Friday, January 7, 2005 12:49 pm
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| 49. | Nashville VC: 'Pushover' entrepreneurs need not apply While waiting for chaos to subside, entrepreneurs should be careful not to overplay their hands, but they should come to bargain hard Milt Capps / Published Sunday, November 9, 2008 5:43 pm
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| 50. | Memphis Biomed Ventures Tennessee I LLC At left, Gary Stevenson By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:30 am
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| 51. | Shmerling's XMi will offer free offices to startups XMi venture unit's plans are revealed on the eve of the launches of a local Entrepreneur Center and TNInvestco venture funds By Milt Capps / Published Monday, September 21, 2009 9:59 am
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| 52. | Mercury Tech and allies incubate entrepreneurial city In Memphis, Eric Matthews is helping generate more material for Nashville tech advocates' best-practices file Milt Capps Updated 5:11 p.m. / Published Wednesday, January 7, 2009 11:42 am
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| 53. | Entrepreneur Center leadership search continues NEC backers see choosing the center's first executive director as a truly pivotal decision By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:04 pm
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| 54. | Medical Trade Center would expand Convention Center New 12-story tower will crown Nashville Convention Center. That's Crow Holdings' Bill Winsor at left. By Milt Capps Last Updated 3:23 p.m. / Published Monday, November 30, 2009 7:33 am
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| 55. | Venture Notebook: Noro-Moseley will keep eye on Digital Media Atlanta-based VC with strong Nashville presence took steps to lighten digital-media ballast, at least temporarily Published Thursday, October 8, 2009 2:03 pm
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| 56. | The VNC Reader's Guide to the Best of 2008 'Respect must be paid' to 2008, with a sample drawn from nearly 200 VNC stories, setting the stage for 2009 Milt Capps / Published Friday, January 2, 2009 2:15 pm
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| 57. | Judges like 'Nashville: Where Innovation Sings' for city branding The annual Accelerator endurance and innovation test produces much food for thought. By Milt Capps Last Updated 9:01 a.m., June 13, 2009 / Published Friday, June 12, 2009 2:20 pm
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| 58. | Nashville Capital Network prepares twin deals Sid Chambless says he's hanging on for the ride, as NCN queues-up two more financing deals, leveraging its new Fund with investors from 50-Angel network Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, April 16, 2008 7:39 am
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| 59. | Analysis: Cromwell still pushing for traction at TTDC Venture advocate's latest activity recalls earlier attempts to ignite technology in Tennessee Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, April 8, 2008 9:02 am
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| 60. | Healthcare entrepreneurs, investors convene tomorrow One of the nation's top Angel-investing advocates will make the case for more collaboration among investors of every type, to provide early-stage capital to ventures By Milt Capps / Published Monday, August 3, 2009 7:30 am
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| 61. | Nashville's Emdeon asserts influence on health tech, privacy debates Under new 'thought-leadership' strategist, the company is asserting its credentials for a seat at the table when talk turns to issues critical to its healthcare business Milt Capps / Published Friday, August 29, 2008 7:54 am
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| 62. | Legal-services entrepreneur Freedman tackles more startups A serial entrepreneur continues to embrace Nashville, even tho its investors are 'too damn nice' By Milt Capps Last Updated 6:51 p.m. / Published Wednesday, October 14, 2009 2:12 pm
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| 63. | Health IT Roundup: Executives comment on Nashville's leadership options Energy and ideas abound among a sample of Nashville healthcare, investment and technology executives rounded-up in just the past few days By Milt Capps Updated 4:05 p.m. / Published Monday, January 25, 2010 3:31 pm
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| 64. | TNInvestco: Court date looms, Lobbyists mass, Websites flower Ligitation to Chancellor in five days..More funds cowboy-up with lobbyists..New TNInvestco funds' Web presences unveiled By Milt Capps Updated 5:50 p.m., Feb. 12, 2010 / Published Thursday, February 11, 2010 12:38 pm
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| 65. | Healthier NTC will refocus on venture ties and serving Nashville region With regional ambitions and a foundation restored, Fetherling assumes NTC command from Costantine Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:10 am
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| 66. | Solidus, Co-Founders launch JumpStart Foundry for seed-stage investing Organizer of micro-fund says group will review dozens of deals yearly and make an investment each month By Milt Capps Updated 9:42 p.m. / Published Wednesday, March 10, 2010 12:35 pm
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| 67. | Martin Cos. deepens bench at DisastersNet, as HealthStream ally broadens target sectors Shifts in command, marketing duties may add momentum in company now backed by entrepreneur with deepest pockets By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, February 18, 2010 7:40 am
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| 68. | ConnectivHealth divests unit, focuses on key business Evolving Brentwood company focuses fresh capital on latest acquisition, divests once flagship business By Milt Capps / Published Friday, February 20, 2009 10:15 am
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| 69. | With NEC running, Echomusic execs launch Rockhouse With the Nashville Entrepreneur Center unveiled this morning, this entrepreneur is turning his sights to a venture in entertainment By Milt Capps Last Updated 5:15 p.m. / Published Thursday, September 24, 2009 1:52 pm
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| 70. | MB Ventures' 3rd fund emerging in time to reap 'Vintage 2009' values The Pitt Hyde-founded life-sciences investor will soon be on the prowl again, in a target-rich marketplace of down-valued companies Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, November 25, 2008 9:30 am
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| 71. | AT&T innovation chief will keynote Nashville event Middle Tennessee's regional tech-commercialization advocacy group will convene in April By Milt Capps / Published Sunday, February 1, 2009 2:49 pm
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| 72. | McQuigg tweaks management at ConnectivHealth Facing waves of technologies and possible future M&A deals, this venture-backed organization gets a tuneup Milt Capps UPDATED Oct. 6, 2008 0749 / Published Sunday, October 5, 2008 3:32 pm
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| 73. | $40MM in 'lumps': PassAlong demise spurs entrepreneur onward Dave Jaworski has his hands in at least three new ventures, and is out on the money trail again, undeterred By Milt Capps Sept. 28, 2009 5:29 p.m. / Published Wednesday, September 23, 2009 1:49 pm
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| 74. | Chamber CEO: 'Fever pitch' battle vs recession requires tough calls Chamber staff press on, despite Recession setbacks, and take a fresh look at priorities By Milt Capps Last updated 12:17 p.m. / Published Thursday, October 1, 2009 12:06 pm
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| 75. | MainNerve Inc. names president, serves Vanguard Health The former top information security officer at Gaylord and Willis has planted a flag for a tech company from the Texas Hill Country By Milt Capps / Published Saturday, August 1, 2009 4:15 pm
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| 76. | LEAP OF FAITH: Nashville tech exec opens HQ for Czech company ZOOM International Bitten by the entrepreneurial bug, Brian Shore bailed-out for top role with a business ally Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, October 14, 2008 3:09 pm
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| 77. | Homeward bound: NV tech company moves to The Boro Led by tim Choate, 10-year-old tech company opts to be near hometown talent, eliminate commuting Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, March 18, 2009 10:49 am
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| 78. | 'Voodoo venture valuations', other truths told at Forum Hopes fired, worst fears confirmed in latest iteration of the art form known as venture panels By Milt Capps Last updated 1:54 p.m. / Published Tuesday, December 8, 2009 10:35 am
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| 79. | Vanderbilt CFO retires, Zeppos names interims Amid a bear economy and with expensive promises to keep, Vanderbilt relies on continuity in ranks Milt Capps / Published Monday, December 29, 2008 6:53 am
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| 80. | Bredesen's Qualifacts, NC ally push for e-health consortia CEO says despite growth, the specter of failed implementations by any vendors 'keeps him up at night' By Milt Capps Last updated 5:26 p.m., June 16, 2009 / Published Tuesday, June 16, 2009 2:55 pm
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| 81. | Osborn: Nashville Medical Trade Center advancing toward announcement While a Cleveland, Ohio, project's been rocked by controversy, 1.5 million sq. ft. facility still seems a "go" for Downtown Nashville By Milt Capps Updated 1:05 p.m. / Published Friday, November 13, 2009 11:50 am
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| 82. | Special Report: Nashville's eMids Technologies launches 'FlatWorld' initiative This Nashville tech venture finds direct engagement with customers and straight talk are the best ways to address 'Flat World' realities and grow a business. Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:01 pm
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| 83. | VUMC's Jacobson will never buy lunch in this town, again Legendary physician-entrepreneur-scientist's departure from VU leadership ranks leaves venture community asking whether he'll remain involved By Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:25 pm
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| 84. | Will Nashville technology community 'mushroom'? Digital Nashville initiative believes it can make a difference in breeding community for folks in interactive media, streaming, design, other fields. Milt Capps Update 12:16pm / Published Tuesday, July 15, 2008 11:44 am
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| 85. | Digital Nashville launches innovation mentorship service DN's new service is aimed at corporate innovators and freelancers, as well as entrepreneurs, and leaves the capital-raising to others By Milt Capps Last Updated 6:33 AM Oct. 27, 2009 / Published Monday, October 26, 2009 11:01 am
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| 86. | PassAlong Networks names VC to Presidency Deep into its latest capital raise, one of Nashville's most active digital-entertainment companies puts a new hand on the tiller Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, December 30, 2008 3:50 pm
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| 87. | Nashville Tech Council wants more to 'Feel the Beat' Last night's awards bash at the Schermerhorn drew nearly 400, but NTC CEO says it's a launch to build upon By Milt Capps Last updated 6:30 p.m. Oct. 28, 2009 / Published Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:08 am
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| 88. | Tazzle founder slips into town to capitalize on technology An accomplished young entrepreneur tackles his next venture in Music City, starting with moving photos from your cellphone, perhaps ending in healthcare By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, August 6, 2009 11:40 am
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| 89. | Law ventures simmer in Nashville Deloitte just announced its new E-Discovery center at Nashville, while other Law-related ventures also bubble-up Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, August 12, 2008 9:49 am
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| 90. | 'Mobile' startups targeted by incubator in Chattanooga Pace of startup's investments will be determined by success of FFA round now underway By Milt Capps Last updated 5:02 a.m. Dec. 8, 2008 / Published Monday, December 7, 2009 10:25 am
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| 91. | TTDC predicts venture-cap program will be 'over-subscribed' There may be fences to mend, but now it's time for the state's VCs to Cowboy Up and make a move By Milt Capps Last Updated July 17 10:40 a.m. / Published Thursday, July 16, 2009 3:13 pm
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| 92. | UK exec views Nashville's 'unrivalled' pool of health execs Briton observes Nashville healthcare execs as they contemplate their fates, amid an uncertain economy By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:29 pm
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| 93. | Nashville 'Startup Weekend' for tech ventures is still a long shot Could Nashville 'capture lightning' in a bottle with a Startup Weekend? In other cities, this technology-oriented endurance test has produced stronger venture communities, new businesses -- but, thus far, no one seems to have claimed the lead to win one for Nashville. Milt Capps / Published Monday, June 9, 2008 10:57 am
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| 94. | Medaxion goes mobile to capture medical charges HealthStream co-founder's latest technology play aims to awaken sleeping value in medical niche By Milt Capps Last updated 10:55 a.m. / Published Monday, December 14, 2009 7:03 am
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| 95. | STHS Ventures 'accelerates' companies reshaping healthcare From his Nashville vantage-point, Jason Dinger works to find opportunities that produce a plus for the community's healthcare By Milt Capps / Published Thursday, February 5, 2009 10:39 am
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| 96. | VCs: Nashville 'doesn't exist' in minds of many healthcare, tech investors Former U.S. Sen. Bill Frist (left) predicted 'we're going to spend more on healthcare', but four VCs told local execs that few investors know much about Nashville's healthcare track record -- unwelcome news for Kin Clinton's Woolsthorpe Technologies. By Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, May 21, 2008 8:55 pm
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| 97. | Gordon-Wamp give fresh push to Mid-TN Tech consortium Although slow to crystallize, the Mind2Marketplace technology initiative has won support from a growing number of participants, as it attempts to become a formal organization Milt Capps / Published Tuesday, September 2, 2008 6:57 am
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| 98. | Universal Robotics sets VC round, plants flag in N'ville UR has a tight grip on its Vanderbilt technology license, as it prepares to go to market, globally By Milt Capps Last updated 3:42 p.m. Dec. 8, 2009 / Published Monday, December 7, 2009 2:45 pm
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| 99. | Update: VGT's Yarbrough investing along twin paths There's a job open at Video Gaming Technologies, where entrepreneur is investing $100MM By Milt Capps Updated 11:01 a.m. June 18, 2009 / Published Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:12 am
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| 100. | 'Magazines.com' hires for expansion, eyes Canada Time Warner and a giant East Tennessee media marketer have stakes in Jay Clarke's Franklin-based e-commerce venture Milt Capps / Published Wednesday, December 10, 2008 5:31 am
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