(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first article in a series spotlighting the participants in the inaugural cohort of the 100Knoxville initiative. What better person to launch the series that Sterling Henton, a former Tennessee Volunteer football player now known as “Sterl The Pearl.”) By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA As noted in this mid-April article in teknovation.biz, the Inventor’s Network KY held “InventorCon ‘21” virtually at the end of last week, and we had the opportunity to join a couple of the sessions on two of the three days. Both we focused on

The Cumberland Business Incubator, operated by Roane State Community College at its Crossville campus, is bringing back the “Verizon Innovative Learning” program. Focused on young women from rural communities – sixth through eighth graders, the initiative starts with a three-week summer camp beginning July 12 followed by one session per

The Small Business Development Center at East Tennessee State University has announced that it is sponsoring Proof Incubator’s “Restaurant Resilience” program. The four-week virtual course for owners and operators of restaurants and food-service businesses is focused on helping them stabilize and grow their operations. The course covers everything from navigating

The University of Tennessee’s Center for Industrial Services is holding a three-hour webinar on May 24 focused on the federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Offered by the organization’s Procurement Technical Assistance Program, the session runs from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. EDT. Registration is free.

Miami University of Ohio is moving forward with plans to transform a dilapidated three-story building in uptown Oxford into an entrepreneurial center that has the potential to reinvigorate the city’s business corridor. The institution has issued a request for qualifications seeking a design-build firm to lead its College@Elm incubator project.

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA There’s some really good news for Knoxville-based NellOne Therapeutics Inc. The company that is housed in the Fairview Technology Center in the Solway area of deep West Knox County has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Stephen Benjamin, Mayor of Columbia, SC, was in town on Friday to deliver the keynote address at the 2021 “Mayors’ Leadership Luncheon” organized by Leadership Knoxville. Several hundred people gathered under a large tent on the World’s Fair site to hear the 36th

Six student start-up businesses at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville have been awarded cash prizes in the Spring 2021 edition of the “Graves Business Plan Competition.” Hosted by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Haslam College of Business, the business plan and pitch contest took place virtually.

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center‘s next “Pitch for Good” will cast the spotlight on healthcare start-ups. The event, set for 1 p.m. EDT May 27, will feature three entrepreneurs in the “Launch” category and three in the “Up and Coming” grouping. Application deadline is 11:59 p.m. CDT May 20. For more