Boston’s HackFit Puts A Healthy Spin On The Startup Building Hackathon

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

Memphis Answers Call To Task On Women Entrepreneurs With Upstart Accelerator

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

Bad Ass Startup Chick: Mentor Me’s Brittany Fitzpatrick

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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.

Launch Your City Graduates Out Of Memphis Incubator

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.