entrepreneurship

Metro Nashville seeks Manager, Entrepreneurship & Economic Development

Aug 26, 2024 at 05:57 pm by miltcapps

FYI: To apply, visit this Metro Nashville site, put word entrepreneurship in search field. For quick review, copy of particulars below.-Editor Manager, Entrepreneurs.... Read More

Metro Mayor, VU Chancellor seek traction for Nashville Innovation Alliance

Jun 21, 2024 at 08:24 am by miltcapps

Daniel Diermeier Freddie O'Connell VOWING TO SERVE the public interest through collaborative efforts, the Nashville Innovation Alliance has been launched to.... Read More

Tom Noser: 'When to broaden product offerings at early-stage companies'

Aug 05, 2023 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

There are five instances in which leaders of an early-stage company should expand their product offerings: ❶ When an outside factor produces a remarkable opportunity or threat.... Read More

ECD-LaunchTN's 3686 could spike capital, entrepreneurial velocity

Sep 27, 2022 at 05:30 pm by miltcapps

Alto Solutions CEO Eric Satz ERIC SATZ, co-founder and CEO of Nashville's early-growth fintech AltoIRA (Alto Solutions Inc.), hopes that the LaunchTN 3686 Festival pa.... Read More

Tennessee's innovators rally toward NSF Regional Innovation Engines

Aug 11, 2022 at 02:23 pm by miltcapps

THERE ARE AT LEAST 10 teams with strong Tennessee roots that have signaled they are prepared to compete for major, potentially transformative grant funding through the Nationa.... Read More

Gov. Lee samples major 2021 feats -- no entrepreneurial gains highlighted

Jan 04, 2022 at 05:09 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Lee recently published his sample of 38 of the state's "major" legislative accomplishments and government investments in 2021. The roundup included an expr.... Read More

LaunchTN: Van Tucker steps down as CEO, Abby Trotter to serve interimly

Aug 06, 2021 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

TENNESSEE Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe announced today that CEO Van Tucker will step down from her role as president and CEO of Laun.... Read More

TN entrepreneurship allies launch AIM HIGH for Appalachian Highlands

Jul 29, 2021 at 05:07 pm by miltcapps

JOHNSON CITY-based entrepreneur Heath Guinn, founder of Sync Space, has joined with ETSU Research Corporation and Kingsport-based TSG Innovation Group to launch a broad entrep.... Read More

Venture Notes - July 14, 2021

Jul 14, 2021 at 05:15 pm by miltcapps

TODAY: OrcoGuard | MBV | AgLaunch | AccelUp | Courseflow | Opya | Harbert | Claritas | 1stAve | Wendal | Vets | Paper | MSRural | Resources | Twende Laurence Zwiebel Ph.... Read More

Mike Bradshaw named EIR in UTC Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Jul 09, 2021 at 10:15 am by miltcapps

MIKE BRADSHAW, who has operated for decades at the intersection of technology and knowledge-sharing businesses, is now entrepreneur in residence (EIR) at the Center for Innova.... Read More

Lindsey Cox building head o' steam at CoLab in Chattanooga

Jun 24, 2021 at 08:00 am by miltcapps

LINDSEY COX is simultaneously shaping strategy, expanding her team, advancing a new $5MM fund, and preparing to buff the brand of The Company Lab, aka CoLab, in Chattanooga. C.... Read More

Tennessee economy tied to cities' tech-weighted industry expansion

Feb 19, 2021 at 04:15 pm by miltcapps

TWO handfuls of Tennessee cities saw their rankings rise up or down in the Milken Institute's Best Performing Cities (BPC) report on U.S. metropolitan regions. The BPC report.... Read More

Venture Notes - December 18, 2020

Dec 18, 2020 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

Today: EC | ACG | CoLab | CP | Cicayda | Levo | Curex | 3R | Innova | JSF | JSCap | VRH | PEN | Ed | Sabil | HBR | OR | Equi | Lepi | Hemp | Seiko | SRC | HCap | BU | Equity |.... Read More

Oasis Venture entrepreneurship program for 'often marginalized'<br>Nashville teens folds after budget review

Oct 09, 2019 at 04:35 pm by miltcapps

OASIS VENTURE, the social-enterprise program for "highly capable but often marginalized" Nashville youth, which was formed by a partnership between the nonprofit Oasis Center.... Read More

LaunchTN sets Startup Policy Workshops to boost regional entrepreneurship

Oct 07, 2019 at 01:05 pm by miltcapps

LAUNCH TENNESSEE is scheduling at least seven policy-oriented regional workshops this autumn, ahead of its next "Day on the Hill," which is set for Feb. 25, 2020. The eight or.... Read More

JourneyPure preps $20MM raise ahead of larger private equity round

Sep 11, 2019 at 04:17 pm by miltcapps

JOURNEYPURE LLC, the five-year-old addiction treatment and support services company with corporate offices in Nashville and Murfreesboro, is raising up to $20MM equity and deb.... Read More

Nashville EC tells 2019 NEXT Awards finalists + Hall of Fame inductees

Sep 06, 2019 at 05:00 pm by miltcapps

[Updated 7 Nov 2019 scroll down for winners] THE Nashville Entrepreneur Center this week publicly disclosed its 2019 NEXT Awards Finalists and its latest Entrepreneurs.... Read More

SSM Partners quietly files for Growth Equity III raise;<br>Exec sees Nashville edge in youthful exhuberance

Jul 30, 2019 at 01:45 pm by miltcapps

SSM PARTNERS based in Memphis is unlikely to comment for some time on the Growth Equity III raise for which they filed last week -- with no target specified. Meanwhile, Ventur.... Read More

Commentary: Nashville Entrepreneur Center<br> search committee chair on EC CEO search

Jul 25, 2019 at 01:00 pm by miltcapps

Beth Chase Beth Chase is chair emeritus of the board of directors of Nashville Entrepreneur Center and chair of the EC search committee charged with finding a success.... Read More

Project Music: Musicians Council preps capraise for lead experts platform

Mar 18, 2019 at 04:30 pm by miltcapps

SERIAL entrepreneur and advisor Micah Johnson confirmed he's had some early discussions with potential investors in Musicians Council LLC, the startup that is just now steppin.... Read More

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