Dreamit Ventures, the start-up program, is adding a third focus area. The new 14-week SecureTech program is described as being like a fusion center addressing security across three different dimensions…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another in a series of articles spotlighting companies competing in this year’s “The Works” growth accelerator operated by the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center {KEC}. The teams will have their…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: After this article was written, Mary Trigiani called with the news that she had accepted a new position to champion even more the concept that she advocates for…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA A company that traces its roots to its founding in Chicago nearly 70 years ago has big expansion plans in the Knoxville-Oak Ridge…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The following story is particularly timely with the opening today of Life Science Tennessee’s annual conference in Nashville.) By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, Pershing Yoakley & Associates,…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. Many came from the local community – Tullahoma – or nearby cities like Brentwood, Huntsville, AL, Manchester, and Nashville….

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series covering a recent presentation that Gary Lownsdale made during a recent Advanced Composites Cluster meeting in Oak Ridge.) By Tom…

Hundreds of people convened at the Chattanooga Theatre Center on Tuesday morning for an almost all-day event celebrating the entrepreneurial spirit in the community as well as graduation of seven…