By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Jennifer Skjellum is no stranger to the entrepreneurial and tech commercialization space, having previously served as President of TechBirmingham, an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Birmingham-Southern College, a co-founder and senior executive in several tech start-ups, and Program Director for Chattanooga’s CO.LAB. For the past year,

  A technology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville lies at the heart of a start-up company creating next-generation medical devices for flexible endoscopy. Founded by Caleb Rucker, an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering, EndoTheia is ramping-up operations in Nashville. The technology harnesses the power

No student entrepreneurs from Tennessee colleges and universities are among the 54 selected to compete in the prestigious “Rice Business Plan Competition.” The 54, selected from more than 440 applicants, will compete April 6 through 9. Like last year, the event will be virtual. Southeaster Conference schools did place a

A new lab at the University of Wisconsin–Madison is mobilizing the entrepreneurial ecosystem by working to identify the conditions that foster student entrepreneurship. Distinct from other campus programs that foster entrepreneurship through means such as coursework, business plan competitions, or commercializing innovations, the Entrepreneurship Science Lab is developing data-based insights

Techstars, which is launching an accelerator in Knoxville, has named the Executive Director of Ecosystem Development for its Hampton Roads, VA project. Aazia Mickens-Dessaso assumes the position after serving as Director of the Office of Innovation for Zel Technologies LLC. As Executive Director, she will work to enhance collaborations within

Austin, TX-based Founderpath has launched a new way to help bootstrapped founders of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) start-ups secure cash without selling equity or wasting time with banks. According to this article, the firm helps the companies convert monthly recurring revenue into upfront cash. Founderpath raised a new $10 million fund to

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA Spencer Payne, an MBA student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), won first place in the spring edition of the “Vol Court Speaker Series and Pitch Competition” on Tuesday night. Payne, a former Blackhawk pilot, pitched Brotallion, an apparel company

Wonder why the Knoxville area housing market is so tight? One of the reasons, which we have noted in several recent articles, involves the relocation of people who can work remotely from high-cost locations like California, Chicago and New York. Now, we find further evidence in the latest edition of

T-Mobile and Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, in collaboration with the Georgia Institute of Technology, have announced the creation of the “5G Connected Future” incubator program designed to support the growth and development of entrepreneurs and start-ups as they work to build the next big thing in 5G. The new

The 4th annual “HudsonAlpha Tech Challenge” (HATCH) will be virtual this year. The unique life sciences hackathon, scheduled for April 16-25, brings together college and high school students and professionals from across the State of Alabama. It is an initiative of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology and the Urban Engine, both