How Tennessee Startups Are Killing It
Three big announcements show Tennessee startups have lots of momentum heading into 2014.
Three big announcements show Tennessee startups have lots of momentum heading into 2014.
Memphis entrepreneur Audrey Jones caught the entrepreneurial bug at Everywhereelse.co The Startup Conference in February, now she’s in an accelerator and preparing to exhibit a Everywhere Else Cincinnati.
Memphis woman Brittany Fitzpatrick won herself a place in the invite only NewMe Accelerator starting next week in Silicon Valley.
We’ve been to several Startup Weekends, Angel Hacks, 48 Hour Launch events, and other hackathons. On the surface they attract a similar “type” of person: the guy or gal who sits around and codes around the clock eating pizza, drinking beer, and keeping their eyes open with 5 Hour Energy and RedBull. Justin Mendelson, the
We’ve got an employee number one and she’s a bad ass startup chick, like a boss.
We’ve been tracking the progress of Memphis startup MentorMe. Here’s Brittany Fitzpatrick’s investor day pitch at Seed Hatchery 2013.
Memphis entrepreneur Richard Billings pitches Screwpulp a disruption to the self publishing industry.
Norfolk startup, “The Pitch” is a place entrepreneurs and founders can go online to vet their startup idea, pitch and get feedback from a panel of experts.
Memphis startup ScrewPulp launches disruptive self publishing platform.
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This entrepreneur from Mississippi moved to Dallas to launch his startup, University Passion, a collaborative community for college students.
On Tuesday at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2013, Alexia Tstotsis got some of the more influential names in the tech/vc community to talk about women entrepreneurs and venture capital. David Tisch offered this tidbit in regards to what really pisses him off when VCs are talking to women. Aaref Hilaly (Sequoia) offered this opinion on why
Our latest Bad Ass Startup Chick is Mentor Me’s founder Brittany Fitzpatrick. Community minded Brittany Fitzpatrick left one of the most prestigious non-profits in the country, Ronald McDonald House Charities, to found her own social entrepreneurship startup, Mentor Me. She’s just about to finish the Seed Hatchery accelerator in Memphis, TN.
The umbrella organization that oversees Launch Memphis, Wolf River Angels, Seed Hatchery, UpStart and Memphis Venture Mentors, Launch Your City, has graduated out of the Emerge Memphis accelerator. Launch Your City was situated in Emerge Memphis where they grew the Launch Pad co-working space and successfully put on the first two sessions of Seed Hatchery.