Y-Combinator Is NOT The Guarantee Some Think, Two 2011 Startups Close Up Shop
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Two 2011 YCombinator startups close their doors within days of each other.
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2 Memphis Startups, Mobilizer And Boosterville Get Attention From Major Press
Tennessee Prepares For Accelerator Week
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
Startups In The Fastlane: Flashstarts Startup RegulatoryBinder
In this startups in the fastlane interview we talk with Richard Arlow who is solving a major problem for clinical researchers.
Launch Tennessee And The Blackstone Foundation Are Looking For The TENN Best Startups
Launch Tennessee and the Blackstone Foundation are looking for Tennessee’s best accelerated startups.
Nashville Is Great. Ohio Is Too. This Guy Is Oblivious.
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
Bob Metcalfe, Inventor Of The Ethernet, To Keynote Chattanooga’s GigTank Demo Day
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
Memphis Seed Hatchery Investor Day Draws Global Audience
Brittany Fitzpatrick, founder of MentorMe and the other Seed Hatchery startups drew a global audience for Seed Hatchery’s investor day in Memphis last week.
Nashville’s Jumpstart Foundry Announces Summer 2013 Class
We told you today was going to be a big day for summer startup accelerator classes. Earlier today we reported on Memphis’ highly successful medical device accelerator Zeroto510 and their summer class. Before that we reported on Techstars Boulder class for summer 2013. Now we turn to Nashville Tennessee and the Jumpstart Foundry. This startup
Are VC’s Bypassing Early Stage Health Deals?
Success stories, like the one of Memphis’ medical device accelerator Zeroto510, where 80% of their first class received follow on funding, seem to be growing scarce on a national scale. In their first class of six startups at the ZeroTo510 program 5 of the startups received follow on funding, with one, Restore Medical Solutions, going
Dreamit Health Announces Inaugural Class
You may think that today is all about accelerators and healthcare, well we didn’t intend it to be that way but there’s major startup news on the accelerator and healthcare front. DreamIt Ventures, the multi-city startup accelerator brand, announced late last year that they would be teaming up with Independence Blue Shield and Penn Medicine
Minnesota Startup Mardil Medical Raises $6M From Malaysia
In a bit of interesting funding news, Mardil Medical, a medical startup from the Twin Cities has received a $6.125 million dollar round of funding led by Agensi Inovasi Malaysia (AIM). Some may find that this investment from AIM is a rather risky endeavor. Mardil is in the process of going through the most capital
Dogfish Accelerator For Film Makers Announced At Sundance
With all this talk lately about “catfish”, it’s only appropriate that we report on Dogfish, a new accelerator launching in New York for film makers. For starters we love the idea of attaching the accelerator model to independent film. We’ve seen the success of a cohort based accelerator in the medical device field with ZeroTo510.
Greenville’s Iron Yard Expands Into Digital Health & Education
Mike HoffmeyerThe Iron Yard is a startup accelerator, co-working space, incubator and educational hub in Greenville South Carolina. They’re also a member of the Global Accelerator Network. We covered their first session at the Iron Yard accelerator extensively as they neared completion of the first cohort this summer. Companies like Trucky Love (now Locally.fm), MoonClerk, Spent,