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Gov. Haslam announces $29.7MM Fed funding for INCITE push

Aug 16, 2011 at 02:37 pm by miltcapps

Aug. 16, 2011: Gov. Bill Haslam and ECD Commissioner Bill Hagerty today announced the Feds came through with $29.7 million in funding for an array of innovation- and venture-o.... Read More

Memphis' Epicenter meets FedEx challenge, nets $40M for entrepreneurship

Sep 26, 2018 at 02:00 pm by miltcapps

THE EPICENTER brand under which Vibrant Memphis Inc. pursues its entrepreneurship and economic development goals was burnished further today by word that the nonprofit has suc.... Read More

CEO Charlie Brock announces departure from Launch Tennessee

May 17, 2018 at 02:40 pm by miltcapps

Update 4:13 pm: Search leader Tom Ballard said after our article appeared that the group will be actively searching nationally and accepting other applicants, with no candidat.... Read More

Margaret Dolan named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Launch Tennessee

Oct 09, 2018 at 09:21 am by miltcapps

MARGARET DOLAN CPA MBA of Nashville has been named to succeed Charlie Brock as CEO of Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC), which operates as Launch Tennessee..... Read More

[ ! ] TN's JumpStart Foundry aligns with TechStars Net

Jan 31, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps

JumpStart Foundry, the Solidus-led microfund and venture incubator based in Nashville, is aligning with TechStars, the celebrated Boulder, Colo.-based startup accelerator, in.... Read More

Burcham 'virtually certain' he will resume his entrepreneurial path,<br>now drives Nashville Entrepreneur Center toward inflection point

Jul 28, 2014 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Update 17 Dec 2014: Michael Burcham, who has for months said in public forums he was exploring healthcare startup addressing end-of-life stage care, is indeed going to leave,.... Read More

CEO Davidson updates Nashville Entrepreneur Center priorities, possibilities

Mar 20, 2024 at 04:45 pm by miltcapps

EIGHT MONTHS after accepting the tiller of Nashville Entrepreneur Center from predecessor Jane Allen, EC CEO Sam Davidson is weighing 2024 priorities related to revenue growth.... Read More

Tech Commercialization Notes - April 28, 2021

Apr 28, 2021 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

HUMAN + FINANCIAL CAPITAL: SSTI reports on an NBER study that shows that for those attempting to commercialize technology, "a munificent environment" and proximity to s.... Read More

Judges like 'Nashville: Where Innovation Sings' for city branding

Jun 12, 2009 at 02:20 pm by miltcapps

During the annual Owen Accelerator competition this morning, "Nashville: Where innovation sings" topped seven other brand themes for marketing Nashville. Students in the Acce.... Read More

Tennessee's innovation, econ-dev allies again free to pursue US EDA grants

Jan 03, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Updated, Feb. 29: Applicant webinar here. Feb. 19, 2020: A Two-step grants app process is mandatory, deadlines and other details are here. Feb. 13, 2020 - US EDA announ.... Read More

Denenberg departs LaunchTN, state mentor networks for new industries set

Apr 21, 2016 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

Jason Denenberg LAUNCH TENNESSEE will launch a recruitment effort for a successor to Jason Denenberg, its current director of entrepreneurship and capital formation..... Read More

Tough Love: Local VCs and Silicon Valley<br>consultant work separately to keep it real

Mar 13, 2011 at 05:09 pm by miltcapps

Menlo Park-based Sramana Mitra says Tennessee startups can raise the odds of success by adopting the bootstrap guidance and the window onto Silicon Valley that she offers. Re.... Read More

Media: NVille's Ayumi Bennett preps launch of regional Startup Southerner

Jan 27, 2016 at 03:45 pm by miltcapps

AYUMI Fukuda Bennett plans to go-live Feb. 1 with Startup Southerners, a site devoted to the Southeast's tech and entrepreneurial scene. Founder and Editor-in-Chief Bennett, 3.... Read More

VentureNotes: Mike Carroll licenses PYA tech; Joy Fisher eyes UT assets

Dec 03, 2015 at 11:00 am by miltcapps

Mike Carroll Ken Woody MIKE CARROLL, a Knoxville-based serial entrepreneur who was instrumental in founding the Knoxville En.... Read More

BioTN: Entrepreneurs Lynch, Elmquist rally midstate<br>to lifescience and healthIT incubator, STEM prep

Apr 24, 2017 at 09:15 am by miltcapps

FRANKLIN's nonprofit BioTN Foundation has expanded its STEM-centric charter to encompass entrepreneurship, tech commercialization and biomedical business incubation, augmentin.... Read More

SaaS: ESG Impact exits beta, seeks capital, opts for VU Wond'ry Founder

May 03, 2022 at 03:14 pm by miltcapps

Update Nov. 7 2022: The company rebranded to Atmos AI Inc. as of Oct. 1, 2022. ESG careers link here. ESG IMPACT Inc. (ESGi) Co-founder Max Mona confirmed that his revenue-gen.... Read More

Public Service: Thistle Farms' entrepreneurship heals lives, but needs sales

Dec 19, 2011 at 09:03 am by miltcapps

Shopping this week? Thistle Farms, the nonprofit venture founded by Magadalene program founder Rev. Becca Stevens, needs sales acceleration now to meet its goals in 2012, Stev.... Read More

Venture Notes -- October 18, 2019

Oct 18, 2019 at 10:45 am by miltcapps

Venture Voices: Julie Samuels of TECH:NYC shares views with Nashville

Aug 14, 2018 at 03:30 pm by miltcapps

JULIE SAMUELS JD is 2.5 years into her job as executive director of TECH:NYC and 13 years out of Vanderbilt University Law School. Samuels works to build relationships between.... Read More

2019 Mayoral Candidate Cooper on questions posed by Venture Nashville

Aug 21, 2019 at 09:30 am by miltcapps

Below are verbatim responses to questions posed by Venture Nashville via respective campaign staff for the candidates seeking election as Mayor of the Metropolitan Government.... Read More

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