While some startup communities are in their earliest stages of development, Memphis’ ecosystem is going on six years old. One of the biggest drivers of that startup community is Eric Mathews, who’s Launch Your City organization has been at the center of Memphis’ entrepreneurial community for over six years. Launch Your City is the organization
One of my favorite interviews with TechStars co-founder David Cohen, is when he is being interviewed by a woman who’s asking great questions. They get into talking and Cohen says something to the effect of, “ya know that startup, that one where all these great ideas are listed and people can just buy them”, the
Nothing will stop the Tennessee Startup Bus, not even ice. Or, as our hosts at Start Co say: #neverstop
Follow on funding allows these 3 companies to keep searching for product/market fit in ebooks, music collaboration, and mentorship.
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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.
Jumpstart Inc, inks new partnership with Memphis’ StartCo.
Memphis woman Brittany Fitzpatrick won herself a place in the invite only NewMe Accelerator starting next week in Silicon Valley.
The NewMe accelerator program is a critically acclaimed accelerator in San Francisco that specifically targets women and minority startups and founders. They launched their Silicon Valley program in June of 2011, and recently announced an abbreviated “pop up” accelerator tour, coming to cities across the country. The NewMe pop accelerator will make it’s way to
EmergeMemphis, the incubator and technology hub in downtown Memphis, has named Carlton Crothers as the new President and CEO. Crothers has 14 years experience in cultivating, developing, and bringing early stage technologies to market. Most recently Crothers was a Principal at Innovation Ecosystem Design based in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. According to his LinkedIn profile,
The NewMe accelerator program is a critically acclaimed accelerator in San Francisco that specifically targets women and minority startups and founders. They launched their Silicon Valley program in June of 2011, and recently announced an abbreviated “pop up” accelerator tour, coming to cities across the country. The NewMe pop accelerator will make it’s way to
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.
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