There’s a lot going on behind the scenes at convenience stores these days as technologies evolve to meet customer demand, competition continues to heat-up, more and more of the profits come from instore sales, and new federal regulations are looming. As a result of those trends, there are new opportunities

Sync Space, the newest member of Launch Tennessee‘s Entrepreneur Network, is recruiting participants for its inaugural accelerator program cohort. The program begins May 1, and the application deadline is March 15. For more information and to apply, click here.

Two top executives at MedTech Innovator, a non-profit global competition and accelerator for medical device, digital health, and diagnostic companies, share their thoughts of why healthcare start-ups fail. You can click here to read the top 10 reasons in the views of Paul Grand, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, and

Want to build your brand on Instagram? If so, here are three tips to do so, courtesy of the Atlanta Tech Village.

The South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA), the Palmetto State’s agency responsible for promoting the innovation economy which we spotlighted last year in a teknovation.biz series (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3), recently made a series of announcements. Three client companies have been accepted into SC Launch, SCRA’s entrepreneurial support

An idea that started incubating 16 or 17 years ago has come to fruition with the official opening of the new SH Data Technologies facility just east of Knoxville’s Old City. The Tier IV data center – one of only five in the country – represents a multi-million dollar investment

Seven finalists have been selected from nearly 100 applicants to compete in the annual “What’s the Big Idea 48-Hour Pitch Competition” organized by the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) for The Development Corporation of Knox County. The event kicks-off at 6 p.m. February 28 and runs throughout the weekend at KEC’s

Pretty impressive company for TCPoly Inc., one of the five start-ups that comprise Cohort 2 of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s “Innovation Crossroads” program. The company, co-founded by Matt Smith who also serves Chief Executive Officer, is the world’s first supplier of 3D-printed parts made of heat conducting plastics for the

Add another Commissioner of a State of Tennessee department to those speaking at next month’s annual meeting of the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council. David Salyers, Commissioner of Environment and Conservation, joins Commissioner Bob Rolfe of the Department of Economic and Community Development for the annual meeting. The event runs

Memphis-based AgLaunch is hosting its latest “Demo Day” for participants in the organization’s accelerator program on the evening of February 27 at the Central Station Hotel Ballroom, 545 South Main Street (2020 Gin Show Demo Day). The event, which begins at 5:30 p.m. CST, precedes the Mid-South Farm & Gin