(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another in a series of articles focused on the history of the Tennessee Valley Corridor and its series of Summits. The next two articles come from a recent conversation with Darrell Akins and John Crisp. Twenty-five years after the inaugural event in Oak Ridge, the silver

Twenty companies, including three that are participants in Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s “Innovation Crossroads” (IC) program, have received Phase I Release 2 grants under a solicitation from the Building Technologies Office of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. The 20 grants were part

The Sky City Entrepreneur Center in Maryville has announced a “virtual happy hour” for June 4. The event begins at 4:30 p.m. To register, click here.

The State of Tennessee announced on Friday that the annual “Governor’s Conference on Economic and Community Development” (GovCon) has been cancelled for 2020. The decision was announced in the weekly email update from the Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD). “Due to the challenges presented by COVID-19, we believe

SoundCorps, a Chattanooga non-profit dedicated to growing the music economy in the area, is now accepting applications for its upcoming “Craft Masters” eight-week music industry intensive course. Ten class members will be accepted into the music business accelerator program which will convene via video conference starting June 8. “Live shows

Cincinnati has a vibrant start-up ecosystem that has provided some good ideas for the Knoxville entrepreneurial community. The most recent example was the “Startup Knox Ecosystem Guide” that was the brainchild of Brandon Bruce and former Cincinnati businessman John Bruck (see our recent teknovation.biz article). There was also the 2017 “Future865” event

There’s nearly $100,000 in prize money up for grabs later this week at the “Heartland Challenge,” and Knoxville’s Erica Grant, Founder of Quantum Lock Technologies LLC, is one of a dozen competitors in the event. She launched the start-up to develop the most secure locks for every door, using quantum

Local start-up mobius is one of six new ventures focused on agriculture technology solutions that have been invited to join the seventh cohort of the “Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2).” Funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, IN2 provides each company up to $250,000

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced last week that the University of Texas – San Antonio (UTSA) will lead its newest big manufacturing institute, this time focused on the issue of cybersecurity. UTSA’s President is Taylor Eighmy, a former Vice Chancellor for Research and Engagement at another UT –

Grid Fruit, one of the participants in Cohort 3 of the “Innovation Crossroads” (IC) program, has been selected for the Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) “Incubatenergy® Labs Challenge.” EPRI and three other organizations including TVA will be hosting demonstration projects with 10 start-ups that start June 1. Both EPRI and Ameren