Mike Paulus
Angels gas-up Iridium's SmartFuel,<br>but the venture's trip has just begun
Jun 19, 2011 at 10:49 pm by miltcapps
George Sibble, the 28-year-old founder, president and CEO of Iridium Development, got about 24 friends and Angels to put $500,000 into his startup's gas tank to launch its Sma.... Read More
Solidus' Venture Incite options ORNL technology<br>to bring its start-up 'assembly line' to life
Jun 19, 2011 at 02:32 pm by miltcapps
VENTURE INCITE (VI), based in Oak Ridge and thus far funded by Nashville-based Solidus, has secured an option to license Oak Ridge National Laboratory technology that is likel.... Read More
Dan Hammond whets VCs' appetites<br>for 'Just A Pinch' media spin-out
May 11, 2011 at 09:22 am by miltcapps
Dan Hammond, the Nashville media-culture entrepreneur, has apparently consulted his heartland gut and decided to keep 'dancing with the one that brung him'.
Hammond, the 51-y.... Read More
NEXT TN: Research-industry-capital links are key<br>to state's intellectual-property commercialization
May 10, 2011 at 07:54 am by miltcapps
Too few Tennessee-born ideas are translating into start-up businesses, but stronger outreach and collaboration could improve upon the state's "mixed record of entrepreneurial.... Read More