Stories of Technology, Innovation, & Entrepreneurship in the Southeast

The increase is at least a partial response to the Maryland Innovation Competitiveness Study, which found that Maryland’s overall economic growth rate is slowing and if it continues, could negatively affect job opportunities and the fiscal health of the state.

This Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union-sponsored competition provides $75,000 to Chattanooga small businesses and $50,000 to similar companies in Cleveland and Northwest Georgia.

PitchBook reports that a decline in funding was most dramatic for retail and healthcare IoT start-ups.

Thursday night's event officially kicked off the first-ever combined "Scipreneur Challenge" and "Smart Mobility Challenge" for college students, postdocs, and others. The focus was on helping find the best pathway to commercialization.

We spotlight two events - one tomorrow and another in late April - along with an interview with Bo Wilkes, President of Ballad Ventures, and The Wond'ry's newest initiative.

Economist Chen Yeh ponders whether the four decade decline in entrepreneurial activity has been reversed as a result of COVID-19 or temporarily stopped.

Loci Robotics is a business making large-format hybrid additive and subtractive manufacturing equipment in the heart of downtown Knoxville.

The keynote speaker for the half-day event on March 24 is Mark Vitner, Chief Economist at Piedmont Crescent Capital and former Senior Economist at Wells Fargo Bank.