Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

The event will feature panels on innovation and how Chief Innovation Officers are helping lead change in their organizations, a "Nashville's State of Industry + State of Workforce Jobs Report," and a networking EXPO and happy hour.

Other notables include an announcement from the Atlanta Hawks about a new $50 million early-stage venture fund, and South Carolina holding a month-long celebration of innovation.

Texas-based non-profit Lemonade Day is focused on helping "prepare youth for life through fun, proactive, and experiential programs infused with life skills, character education, and entrepreneurship."

Scott Ewing says that the impact on those in the heartland will make access to capital – especially to debt capital, but also equity funding – likely to be more difficult for some time to come.

Five finalists, five pitches, one grand prize winner.

The $8 million initiative is good news for undergraduate students in the university's rapidly growing aerospace concentration in the mechanical engineering program.

The start-up's technology is focused on trauma surgeons, providing them with a way to rapidly gain targeted control of abdominal hemorrhages.

Tennessee places #30 on the list while neighboring states North and South Carolina and Georgia are in the top 10.