In a virtual event beginning at 2 p.m. EDT today, the Nashville Entrepreneur Center will formally introduce the inaugural cohort of its expanded and rebranded “Project Music & Entertainment” accelerator. Launched in 2015 as “Project Music” and developed in partnership with the Country Music Association, the program was designed to

Text Request, a Chattanooga-based business texting platform, has been selected as a recipient of a “Stevie” in the 19th Annual “American Business Awards®” competition. Officially known as the “Gold Stevie® Award,” the recognitions will be virtually presented to winners during a live event on June 30. The name of the award

Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, has announced the “Techstars Equitech Accelerator,” a new Baltimore-based program focused on driving an inclusive innovation economy. The accelerator is a collaboration with UpSurge Baltimore, a recently launched Public Benefit Corporation aimed at propelling Baltimore into the top tier of innovation cities.

A Richmond, VA consulting firm is launching an accelerator program with a unique goal: to “savify” start-up founders. According to this article in Richmond Inno, the first “Covintus Tech Tank” will kick off in June, inviting five to seven founders to take part in a 10-week virtual program. The program’s coordinator

Add CVS Health Corporation to the list of companies launching their own ventures funds. CVS Health Ventures will invest in and partner with early stage companies focused on making healthcare more accessible and affordable. Starting with $100 million, the initial focus will be on tech-enabled and digital healthcare companies. Click

“A New Path Forward: Place-Based Solutions for a Stronger Workforce Ecosystem” is the title of a new playbook created by Accelerator for America with funding from the Kauffman Foundation. The main conclusion is the belief that America’s current system of training, preparation, and matching workers with jobs has failed to

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA You’ve no doubt heard the saying, “When it rains, it pours,” and that’s certainly the case in a good way for the team at Winter Innovations. It was less than a month ago that we posted this teknovation.biz article reporting on significant progress

WalletHub is out with its latest surveys of the best 100 large and 1,337 small cities in which to start a business. In the first category, three of the top seven are in the neighboring state to our east. Durham comes in at #2, Charlotte at #6, and Raleigh at

Chattanooga’s CO.LAB is recruiting for two key positions – an Operations Coordinator and a Director of Communications. In the case of the Operations Coordinator, duties include office management, finance and human resources support, and support for both the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and organizational events. The full job description can

A University of Tennessee (UT) technology is helping address a major problem that affects about a fourth of the patients who have major abdominal surgery. The affliction, called gastrointestinal impairment (GII), is an acute paralysis of the GI tract beginning two to seven days after the surgery. GII puts patients