How Entrepreneurship is Different in the South–And Why That’s Great
The South is a unique place to do anything–especially startup. But, that’s not a bad thing.
The South is a unique place to do anything–especially startup. But, that’s not a bad thing.
StartupBus focuses on community and startup networking, with a healthy dose of competition thrown in for fun.
Startup buses are launching around the country, and as always, Tennessee does it in style.
No more wondering how to get into a top accelerator. They’re right here to tell you!
There’s an accelerator bubble. Accelerators, except for Ycombinator/TechStars, are irrelevant. We should get rid of the Demo Day. If you’ve been in the startup space for more than a minute, you’ve probably heard someone say something like this. Founders and startup advocates have naturally critical minds; it’s why we can solve complex problems in innovative
Last year August was Demo Day month in Tennessee. During the month of August (on consecutive Thursdays no less), Chattanooga’s GigTank, Memphis’ Zeroto510, and Nashville’s Jumpstart Foundry all held their demo days. The month of August was a true testament to the strong commitment to startups and entrepreneurship that exists across Tennessee. We were fortunate
Launch Tennessee and the Blackstone Foundation are looking for Tennessee’s best accelerated startups.
On Saturday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer ran a guest post by Dr. Jeffery Canter. Canter is a retired professor of molecular physiology and biophysics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and a consultant for many healthcare startups in Nashville. Apparently Canter lived in Ohio before Nashville. In his piece Canter criticizes Ohio as a whole and offers a
Drive Capital’s Mark Kvamme calls The Brandery one of the best accelerators outside Silicon Valley.
Bob Metcalfe the inventor of Ethernet, founder of 3Com and Professor of Innovation at University of Texas, Austin, to keynote GigTank demo day in Chattanooga
The inaugural Southland conference is less than a month away. With that they’ve selected the first 20 startups in their startup village of 50 which is a great reflection of the awesome startups across the landscape of the southeast.
The Entrepreneur Center in Nashville Tennessee is a pretty awesome space as it is right now. It sits directly across the legendary Broadway street in Nashville, from the Hard Rock Cafe. The entire second floor serves Nashville’s startups and entrepreneurs. The current Entrepreneur Center has always been a temporary location after opening in May 2010.
MedSolutions is partnering with Nashville’s tech accelerator Jumpstart Foundry to offer one startup that has an “innovative idea to help consumers improve healthcare decisions”, the opportunity to be a full fledged member of the summer 2013 cohort. They are taking applications from healthcare focused startups now through April 12th. “When you combine MedSolutions’ leadership in
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