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NewsBits, February 22, 2011

Feb 22, 2011 at 07:23 am by miltcapps

ECD's Smith Gov. Bill Haslam's Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bill Hagerty appointed Brad M. Smith his assistant commissioner. Smith was previously e.... Read More

NewsBits, February 7, 2011

Feb 07, 2011 at 07:53 am by miltcapps

Bill Evans Bill Evans, CEO and director of St. Jude Children Research Hospital in Memphis, and chairman of the Tennessee Technology Development Corporation (TTDC) boa.... Read More

CEO says Moontoast considers A-round capital raise

Feb 07, 2011 at 07:40 am by miltcapps

Moontoast, the Boston-based and Nashville-linked social-commerce platform that enables "brands" and their owners to generate fan income, may conduct an A-round capital raise t.... Read More

VC Coleman Swenson Booth realized $44MM in 2010; portfolio exits likely to continue in 2011

Jan 18, 2011 at 07:38 am by miltcapps

Coleman Swenson Booth's exits from portfolio firms in 2010 yielded $44 million and further exits lie ahead, said CSB Managing Partner Larry Coleman. Full or partial exits fro.... Read More

'Pinky Gonzales' meets the digital Age of Fanatics

Jan 17, 2011 at 06:01 pm by miltcapps

Editor's note: In a move apparently planned well in advance of this interview, Jansen subsequently relocated to Portland, Ore. The story as it originally appeared follows. Jo.... Read More

Cumberland Center: New University-Business alliance plans to foster 'innovation hubs' in Mid-TN and State

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Updated 2:43 p.m. re financial contributions.-Ed. Local university and business leaders are joining forces in a pro-innovation initiative for Middle Tennessee, supp.... Read More

Nashville, Memphis may have edge over Silicon Valley

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:05 am by miltcapps

Sarah Lacy, the Tennessean who is a senior editor at TechCrunch in San Francisco, says Nashville and Memphis may have an edge over Silicon Valley in nourishing some tech entre.... Read More

iCare EMR sells, so TN e-learning firm re-targets

Jan 03, 2011 at 10:04 am by miltcapps

The University of Tennessee entrepreneurs who sold iCare EMR training software to Lippincott Williams & Wilkins have rebranded and will introduce new e-learning.... Read More

NewsBits, December 20, 2010

Dec 20, 2010 at 10:50 am by miltcapps

Sid Chambless Sid Chambless at Nashville Capital Network (NCN) says the group will soon launch "Angel Office Hours" for entrepreneurs. The program will offer startup.... Read More

Briefly: MyWerx content-copyright e-venture update

Dec 20, 2010 at 09:58 am by miltcapps

MyWerx, a Tim Smith startup that lets content creators establish and manage their works' copyright information using social and wiki tools, has signed marketing partnerships w.... Read More

Deep Cuts: <i>Songness</i> discovers 'invisible' performers

Dec 20, 2010 at 07:25 am by miltcapps

Songness, an online artist-rating and song-recommendation platform, is being upgraded and readied for formal launch, according to CEO Bill Geissler, a Shelbyville entrepr.... Read More

HealthDataSource unveils advisors for health data startup

Dec 19, 2010 at 11:21 am by miltcapps

HealthDataSource (HDS), the Nashville "healthcare service demand" market data and mapping startup, is being promoted by well-placed advisors and preparing to raise capital. F.... Read More

SecureWaters: TN VC's could take ORNL technology global

Dec 19, 2010 at 07:44 am by miltcapps

SecureWaters Inc., a Tennessee startup, is looking for roughly $500,000 in seed capital to make AquaSentinel water-security and monitoring technology ready for production.... Read More

Females in Finance focus of Templeton's UT-C work

Dec 18, 2010 at 06:24 am by miltcapps

Lauren Templeton, a grand-niece of the late Sir John Templeton, directs a new University of Tennessee - Chattanooga program with emphasis on female perspective, leadership and.... Read More

ANOVA: Biomet co-founder, Spires in ortho implant startup

Dec 13, 2010 at 08:30 am by miltcapps

ANOVA Implant Solutions, a Brentwood startup, can become a nationally recognized orthopedic implant brand, according to founder and CEO Walter Spires. That's part of the.... Read More

NewsBits, Dec. 13: Böer, Ivy, TNInvestco and more

Dec 13, 2010 at 08:28 am by miltcapps

Böer MORE BÖER: Owen Entrepreneur Center Director Germain Böer, who had a massive heart attack during the Boulevard Bolt on Thanksgiving Day, told VNC he oversaw a cl.... Read More

Briefly: ORNL, Tennesseans respond to China's supercomputing rise

Dec 13, 2010 at 06:46 am by miltcapps

The Chinese may have provided an incentive to U.S. policymakers to strengthen funding for the nation's supercomputing, according to Billy Stair, communications and external af.... Read More

NewsBits, December 7, 2010

Dec 07, 2010 at 09:00 am by miltcapps

Gov. Bredesen IN A VICTORY lap only a physicist could love, Gov. Phil Bredesen visited Oak Ridge National Laboratory last week to celebrate the opening of the Joint I.... Read More

Ferguson CEO of ClearPractice, backed by VC Doerr

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

Nashville's Gary Ferguson has been named president and CEO of ClearPractice LLC, an electronic medical records (EMR) and revenue-cycle spin-off backed by fabled venture capita.... Read More

Doerr and KPCB: Tennessee ties may be growing

Apr 05, 2010 at 04:28 am by miltcapps

In VNC's accompanying story on CEO Gary Ferguson's launch of ClearPractice LLC, Chairman Frank Ingari seemed to echo themes expressed years earlier by the company's chief inve.... Read More

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