Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the third of three articles from an interview with Grady Vanderhoofven, co-manager of Meritus Ventures and the Southern Appalachian Fund.) As 2003 came to an end, Grady Vanderhoofven had witnessed the first stage of a regional transformation – going from no local venture monies to creation of the Southern Appalachian Fund (SAF) that was making investments...

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The article that follows describes a comprehensive vision for Knoxville’s Dowell Springs Business Park that is being implemented by the Provision Health Alliance. It is the first in a series of stories that will appear in the next month on the parks in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley and their unique roles in accelerating the growth of technology-based enterprises...

The Alabama Economic Development Alliance has added three new members to its board and begun the process of implementing the state’s ew three-year economic development plan.....

A conversation with biopharma entrepreneur Shannon McCool about his strategy for growing RxBio, Inc. evokes memories of a Frank Sinatra song that was later covered by Elvis Presley. The song, titled “My Way,” aptly describes the non-traditional path that the seasoned pharmaceutical industry executive turned consultant has adopted to bring his product to market. He’s doing it from Johnson City,...

Is New York City the next big location for an entrepreneurial explosion? A number of articles have appeared recently suggesting this fact, including this one that appeared recently in Crain’s New York Business....

Two seemingly unrelated concerns – one about idle time and another about drinking water safety – led Ray Slatton of Soddy Daisy to found Secure Waters, Inc., nearly two years ago. In a recent interview with teknovation.biz, Slatton, who serves as Chief Executive Officer of Secure Waters, described the two concerns that provided the impetus to found the company. He...