EVRCool was the first place winner of the Ballard Innovation Award and recipient of a $50,000 package, also securing the $1,000 Executive's Choice Award, voted on by attendees.
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InfluenceHer Summit capitalizes on time management as a superpower
The InfluenceHer Summit concluded on Thursday, March 27 at the Knoxville Botanical Gardens.
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The Pro2Serve President and CEO has spent decades making Oak Ridge feel like a small town. Now she's running one of its most essential federal contractors.
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First Horizon SVP Brooke Lawson and 60 employee volunteers are bringing hands-on financial education to more than 500 East Tennessee children this April through Teach Children to Save Day events at Muse Knoxville, Boys and Girls Clubs, and local schools.
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The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Tennessee District Office has named six state-level winners ahead of its 2026 National Small Business Week, celebrated May 3–9.
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The company's first power-producing reactor will supply up to 50 megawatts to the TVA grid by 2030, fulfilling the first delivery under its landmark deal with Google.
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The centerpieces of the afternoon are a $100,000 investment opportunity from Market Square Ventures (MSV) and the U.S. Department of Energy's Lab-Embedded Entrepreneurship Program (LEEP) Demo Day.
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The 2025 awards hosted 600 business leaders and provided trophies to 19 founders in the Middle Tennessee region.
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Rise Alarm and The Henry BnB took home the top awards in their respective categories.
