Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

Meet the 7 innovators competing for $10,000 and the future of Knoxville’s startup scene.

The companies span three tracks Project Healthcare, TakeOff, and InFlight and represent a wide mix of experience levels and industries.

This expansion will create more than 130 jobs and invest nearly $30 million in the area.

Now operating a sattellite office in Knoxville, Mathew Grell has represented more than 700 clients – from Fortune 500 giants down to independant inventors and machinists.

Recticel Group's U.S. facility will create nearly 80 jobs and invest almost $50 million throughout Maury County.

“The impact of this is massive,” said the founder Ian Nott. “This one program could go on to affect well over a million opioid risk patients in the U.S. over the next year.”

The eco-friendly cleaning supply company is growing from a Johnson City base, supplying dish soap, laundry, and dishwasher detergent solutions.

How local entrepreneurs are moving past survival mode by mastering the core numbers that drive growth.