Business Stories That Connect

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA For many Knoxvillians, Greenville, SC is an aspirational city. Some just love to visit the dynamic community, perhaps taking advantage of Swamp Rabbit Trail, a popular 23-mile walking/biking trail during the day. Others admire its vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. Some love the dynamic downtown…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA In the April edition of the “Economic Conditions Outlook” (ECO) report, financed by First Horizon Bank, the Knoxville Chamber offered its usual survey of businesses in the manufacturing, retail, and service sectors, and added an additional survey on gas prices. Nearly 80…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a roundup of business news from throughout the Knoxville region. If you have some business news that you would like to be included in Teknovation Weekend, please email us at news@teknovation.biz.) Harold T. Conner receives prestigious award from AIChE Harold T. Conner, former Director of the Oak…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center’s (KEC) “The Maker City” initiative will be part of the festivities in today’s opening celebration for the 40th Anniversary of the 1982 World’s Fair. Members of the Mayor’s Maker Council will also be in attendance. Maranda Vandergriff, Creative…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Much of the attention surrounding the new stadium in downtown Knoxville has been focused on the excitement about the return of minor league baseball to the east side of the city but, as Phyllis Nichols told us recently, “There’s a human story that…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA The “Women in Tech Leadership” series continued with its second webinar earlier this week, “Having a Seat at the Table.” The Knoxville Technology Council’s Women in Tech group joined with Women in Technology of Tennessee for the event, which was the second in a series…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a roundup of business news from throughout the Knoxville region. If you have some business news that you would like to be included in Teknovation Weekend, please email us at news@teknovation.biz.) CGI announces that Knoxville will be home of new headquarters CGI, an information technology (IT) and…

Investment Monitor, which publishes business intelligence about foreign direct investment (FDI), recently published its guide for investors about the 10 states that the publication defines as in the Southeast. They include the ones that you would expect – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Not included is Kentucky…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA Around three years ago, MCGI, the parent company of Jewelry Television (JTV), allocated a team of 30 software engineers, product owners, and quality engineers to build a new marketplace platform. Chris Meystrik, Chief Technology Officer of the company, said they thought about…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a roundup of business news from throughout the Knoxville region. If you have some business news that you would like to be included in Teknovation Weekend, please email us at news@teknovation.biz.) PooPrints dog DNA identification platform expands to the United Kingdom PooPrints announced last week that it…