ReTickr: Day 104 could bring the stress some entrepreneurs pray for

Nov 21, 2011 at 09:43 am by miltcapps

If the founders of ReTickr are lucky, today they'll experience clenched teeth and hyperventilation, along with another spike in downloads of their still-evolving content-filte.... Read More

Lifestyle startups are focus for Lipscomb Center for Entrepreneurship;<br>Joe Ivey prepares to recruit leaders, mentors and internships

Nov 21, 2011 at 03:45 am by miltcapps

Family-owned and "lifestyle" businesses that seek organic growth, rather than rapid scale-up and entrepreneurial exits are the focus of Lipscomb University's Center for Entrep.... Read More

Ideas: Vandy student's sly EYES|ONLY service re-mixes upscale experience

Nov 09, 2011 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

Founder Patrick Widen describes the first EYES|ONLY offerings from his Blend LLC startup as amounting to "lifestyle espionage," a way to get premium perqs delivered with a tou.... Read More

Life Science Tennessee sets priorities, rallies industry,<br>leverages support of Gov. Bill Haslam for commercialization

Nov 07, 2011 at 07:49 am by miltcapps

Life Science Tennessee has fewer than 80 corporate members today, but will soon be knocking on doors of nearly 700 non-member firms within the state, as well as strategizing t.... Read More

BIONewsTN, Nov. 7, 2011

Nov 07, 2011 at 06:29 am by miltcapps

 Pitt Hyde ► University of Tennessee Research Foundation is host for "Invention to Venture" Friday, Nov. 11, for those interested in entrepreneurship i.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Nov. 7, 2011

Nov 07, 2011 at 05:48 am by miltcapps

Erik Carlson Streamweaver may be in self-avowed "stealth" mode, but LinkedIn indicates the TNInvestco-backed company is the result of an acquisition and it has a new.... Read More

Commercialization: UTSC's Dale reviews Vaxent's progress on Strep-A vaccine

Nov 06, 2011 at 02:25 pm by miltcapps

Memphis-based Vaxent, the vaccine-development company focused on Group A streptococcus (GAS), is likely to seek a commercialization partner or raise capital by 2014, said co-f.... Read More

Entrepreneurs: If you're still 'thinking about doing a startup', get a job instead

Oct 31, 2011 at 09:54 am by miltcapps

Entrepreneurs of the world, Get Busy: You have nothing to lose but your income and your family. You've probably already lost your mind. Okay, so Solidus partner Vic Gatto did.... Read More

NewsBits, Oct. 31, 2011

Oct 31, 2011 at 07:48 am by miltcapps

Previous NewsBits and Regional Roundup Oct. 26, 2011 Gov. Haslam ► Gov. Bill Haslam celebrated Wacker, Amazon and Whirlpool wins in Cleveland, Bradley County, and sai.... Read More

ORNL's Ballard joins PYA, hands-off portfolio to scientist Roberto

Oct 31, 2011 at 06:40 am by miltcapps

OAK RIDGE National Laboratory partnerships director Tom Ballard's duties will be assumed Jan. 1 by ORNL Associate Director James Roberto, Ph.D., as Ballard joins management at.... Read More

TNT: Hagerty's state economic-development portfolio gets heavier

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:55 am by miltcapps

HASLAM Administration efforts to open new cross-border markets for Tennessee goods and services, launch a new trade website and conduct one or more Asia trade missions are und.... Read More

VenturePeople: Kate O'Neill of Metamarketer

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

METAMARKETER founder Kathleen "Kate" O'Neill, a 37-year-old Chicago-area native who's happily spent nearly a decade in Music City, acknowledges that the Nashville talent pool.... Read More

Regional Roundup, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

VENTURE Capital has a new face in Tullahoma: Marcum Capital, its TNInvestco NEST-TN and other entities are now operating beneath the brand umbrella of Relevance Capital.... Read More

NewsBits, Oct. 26, 2011

Oct 26, 2011 at 10:54 am by miltcapps

NELSON'S GREEN BRIER DISTILLERY's recently launched $500K capital raise promises to rekindle the Nelson's Green Brier Tennessee Whiskey brand, now led by founder Charles Nelso.... Read More

Economist: Innovation campaign driven by pragmatism is crucial

Oct 20, 2011 at 12:25 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEANS who want to advance the state's economy and its citizens' standard of living must not "become fixated on gridlock in Washington" and must realize that the fate of.... Read More

VentureNotes: Change|Healthcare, XMi High Growth,<br>Shareable Ink, StreamWeaver

Oct 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by miltcapps

Update: Nov. 19, 2014 11:15 a.m. - Emdeon announced it has acquired Change|Healthcare for $135MM+. Our October 2011 item is below.-Ed. CHANGE|HEALTHCARE, which provides consum.... Read More

IP imperative: MyWerx, Cumberland Center<br>and Universities ally for iExchange

Oct 19, 2011 at 10:32 am by miltcapps

A partnership between tech entrepreneur Tim Smith and nonprofit CEO Scott Massey seems likely to ensure that the fledgling Cumberland Center becomes an action tank, rather tha.... Read More

ShareableInk CEO 'not yet convinced' he can build techco in Nashville

Oct 11, 2011 at 07:58 am by miltcapps

Shareable Ink, the startup that digitizes physicians’ handwritten documentation for electronic health records, relocated here from Boston mainly because of Nashville's h.... Read More

Briefly: NEXT Nashville Legacy Entrepreneurs named

Oct 07, 2011 at 10:20 am by miltcapps

The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and Nashville Entrepreneur Center announced today they've named the five individuals who will be honored during their Oct. 18 NEXT Award.... Read More

Nashville Entrepreneur Center gains Galen Partners as lead Healthcare sponsor

Oct 07, 2011 at 08:06 am by miltcapps

Galen Partners, the Stamford, Conn.-based private-equity firm specializing in healthcare, has become the Nashville Entrepreneur Center's 2012 healthcare sector sponsor. Galen.... Read More

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