By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA “There’s no better place to live and work than East Tennessee,” says Brad Maul, the newly named President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency (ETEDA). The Nebraska native succeeds Allen Neel who held the position for 26

The U.S. Department of Energy’s newly named Chief Commercialization Officer will be one of the featured speakers at next month’s annual meeting of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC). Vanessa Chan also serves as the Director of the Office of Technology Transitions. She came to the Biden-Harris Administration from

Oak Ridge National Laboratory announced two new Associate Lab Directors this week. Balendra Sutharshan, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Operational Systems at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), has joined ORNL as Associate Laboratory Director for the Isotope Science and Engineering Directorate; and Stan Wullschleger has been selected as the Associate

We could not help but think of three locally-produced podcasts in Knoxville when we read this article from Charlotte Inno. William Bissett started “Charlotte Angel Connection” in 2016 to help empower the city’s founders and draw in new investors. Now, after nearly five years, it’s drawing national attention with Feedspot

Thirty years of investment in university research and entrepreneurship is paying big dividends for the State of Georgia, according to metrics released by the Georgia Research Alliance (GRA). Every $1 the state has invested in GRA’s programs has generated nearly $12 in research grants to public and private universities and

The life science sector of the economy has been one of the bright spots through the now nearly year-long COVID-19 pandemic, and there’s no greater example than in our neighboring state to the east. The annual year-end analysis by the North Carolina Biotechnology Center’s Life Science Intelligence team revealed that

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is final article for now in our series reviewing 2021 plans for the Entrepreneur Centers in our region that are also partners in the Launch Tennessee network. Today’s spotlight is on Sync Space, based in Kingsport and serving Northeast Tennessee. The format of today’s article is a

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA We clearly subscribe to the belief that the more visibility start-ups can secure, the more likely that are going to be in successfully attracting investment capital, paying customers, and talented employees. That belief was underscored by FoundersForge in Johnson City that hosted a

Next up is the finale that will wrap-up the Spring edition of the “Vol Court Speaker Series & Pitch Competition.” After four sessions including one Tuesday evening focused on the pitch, University of Tennessee, Knoxville students will compete next week for prize money and other services. Top prize is $1,500

In a significant move to expand access and improve health care for all children, Anytime Pediatrics has announced its first major innovations toward a complete virtual care portfolio. The company that was founded in Knoxville but later moved to Nashville has launched two new offerings – Anytime Pediatrics Premier and