(EDITOR’S NOTE: We continue our annual “Investor Outlook” series with another important question for our panelists.) Related to the previous question, the East Tennessee region has important scientific assets at its public universities and federal enterprises like Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) that are generating inventions. Here’s a two-part question.

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has announced that non-profit organizations, state and local agencies, and institutions of higher learning are eligible to compete for funding of up to $300,000 to deliver entrepreneurship training to women service members, women veterans, and women military spouses. According to a recent SBA news

The North Carolina Biotechnology Center and the University of North Carolina Wilmington’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship are joining forces to launch the “NC BIONEER Venture Challenge.” The event, which kicks-off March 5, culminates with a public pitch competition by the finalists May 19. The challenge will present grant awards

Florida Power & Light Co. (FPL) will launch a start-up incubator to spur innovations in the fields of energy and water. Under the new initiative, FPL will set aside space on its Juno Beach campus for entrepreneurs from around the world. Inventors with compelling ideas can apply for a package of

The Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) will present more than 70 of the Peach State’s most innovative and market-disrupting technology companies at its annual “ATDC Start-up Showcase” on May 7. The event, which will also include a celebration of ATDC’s 40th anniversary, is Georgia’s largest annual spring technology activity where

(EDITOR’S NOTE: We continue our annual “Investor Outlook” series with another important question for our panelists.) We read a good deal about the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, Blockchain and other financial technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and AR/VR (augmented reality and virtual reality). Which ones of these, if any, are

Another start-up founded by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) student is headed for the “Stu Clark Investment Competition” next month at the University of Manitoba. This year, it is Eric Grant, Founder of Quantum Lock Technologies LLC. She’s a doctoral student in the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate

Apologies to Mike Benn and the team at Songboarding.com. When we posted this article listing the seven finalists for the upcoming “What’s the Big Idea 48-Hour Pitch Competition,” we somehow managed to truncate part of the company’s name while simultaneously having the correct hyperlink. The article has been updated with

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) announced yesterday that the two organizations had signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate a new generation of flexible, cost-effective advanced nuclear reactors. Under the agreement, ORNL and TVA will collaborate on ways to

What’s your perception of an innovation center? Maybe 3D printers and TVs. Ally Financial has turned your perception on its head with the company’s TM Studio in North Carolina. The facility doesn’t identify itself as a “high-tech innovation lab.” Rather, the company calls it a “concept development studio.” The center,