What a wonderful way to celebrate my 74th birthday! If you read yesterday’s edition of teknovation.biz and many of you did based on emails and texts that I received, you are aware that PYA, my employer in career #3 for just one month short of nine years, has bestowed on me

The team at The Social Brand, a marketing and branding company serving East Tennessee small businesses, has developed a unique and creative way to help small businesses support each other during this season of giving. The “12 Days of Christmas” initiative launches its sign-up process today in two East Tennessee

The seventh edition of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s (EC) “Pitch for Good” series is focused, appropriately enough, on Nashville start-ups. The event is scheduled for 1 p.m. EST/12 noon CST of December 17, and the EC is particularly interested in entrepreneurs focused on solving Nashville-centric problems like transportation, tourism, and

One of the upsides of so many events moving to virtual delivery is the opportunity to “attend” some that you would not normally be able to do. One of those opportunities is coming-up Thursday when Stanford University, internationally known for its start-up prowess,  showcases some of its early stage, student-run

In a sign of both corporate assistance and collaboration, three Charlotte area non-profits focused on serving distinct populations have come together to share a 3,000 square foot programming space. Named Innovation Alley, the facility includes a workshop and maker space, 3D printing lab, classroom, shared storage space, and active tool

Ballard Innovation Award competition gives emerging companies the opportunity to compete for a $50,000 investment of capital and in-kind services to support their emerging, innovative ideas.

Knoxville’s Shora Foundation has kicked off its peer-to-peer crowdfunding campaign for The Roots Collective Growth and Development Center for small business entrepreneurs in Black communities. As described in this September article in teknovation.biz, Tanika Harper, the driver behind the initiative, describes the Center as an in-between space that would serve those

What do 814 and 865 have in common? Both are area codes – the former for State College, PA, home of Penn State University; the other obviously here. In the case of Penn State, two students have launched a clothing line named 814. “We’re not just ‘814’ on a shirt,”

Only four Tennessee companies made the latest “2020 Technology Fast 500TM” list published by Deloitte. For the past 26 years, Deloitte has been honoring the most innovative public and private technology companies from cities across North America. The “Technology Fast 500TM” was created to recognize the passion and dedication it takes

The road to Georgia Tech’s “2021 InVenture Prize” will be different for sure, but the pandemic won’t stop the 13th edition of the university’s signature invention competition from recognizing the best new ideas from students across campus. As described here, the preliminary and semifinal rounds will be virtual, using two