The last few weeks have brought explosive growth to a healthcare start-up we first spotlighted just two years ago. Anytime TeleHealth Inc., the parent of Anytime Pediatrics which we featured in the April 2018 article, was founded in Knoxville by Mick Connors, a Pediatric Emergency Physician, and his wife Angie.

The Tennessee Valley Corridor (TVC) has announced new dates for its annual Summit. Originally scheduled for the end of May at Milligan College in Johnson City, the 25th anniversary event is now set for July 15 and 16 at the College. The date change is in response to the COVID-19

The Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry announced yesterday that it has launched “TN Creators Respond,” a program to help connect manufacturers with the capability of producing personal protective equipment and needed medical supplies with hospital systems and medical centers in need. The website (click here) has separate questionnaires for

It’s clearly a tough time for entrepreneurs, and three of the support organizations in the region have announced various ways to support start-ups during this time when we are encouraged to stay at home. Those programs vary by region. For example, The LITE House in Athens has announced a free two-hour

Teams in Cohort 6 of the “Joules Accelerator” in Charlotte will participate entirely through virtual tools when the program kicks-off April 6. The twice-a-year 90-day program focused on cleantech start-ups announced the decision last week at the same time it named the eight participants, three of whom are from outside

According to a recent notice in the Federal Register, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking to expand the network of Manufacturing USA centers for innovation, providing pathways for participation from external industry organizations. The initiative, as described in a recent issue of the SSTI Weekly Digest, would

(EDITOR’S NOTE: We asked Jim Biggs, Executive Director of the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center {KEC}, how things were going in terms of operations and for the start-ups that depended on KEC’s services. Here is what he told us in his own words.) I guess what we’ve been seeing/hearing from companies breaks

PYA, the power behind teknovation.biz, has produced an on-demand webinar on the CARES Act, officially known as the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security” Act. You can access it here and also two white papers (this one and a second one) on the “Paycheck Protection Program.”      

A Tennessee-China Network event yesterday that was originally scheduled as a face-to-face discussion in Memphis became a virtual meeting after the rapid evolution of the coronavirus precluded large gatherings. Titled the “Update on COVID-19: Global and Local Impact,” the event featured mostly Memphis-based panelists since it was intended to be

Knoxville’s Maker Community has decided to take its meet-ups into the virtual world during the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting tomorrow, the group will launch something called the “Thursday Maker Meet-in,” a weekly video meet-up. The inaugural program feature Samantha Lane, Creator of Origami Day, the local start-up that we spotlighted in