Here’s your weekly roundup of business news from throughout the Knoxville region.

A little more than a year after launching as part of the the “Veterans in Residence” program, the start-up has made changes such as increasing the minimum engagement to six months. "“It’s about lifestyle, not simply a 12-week diet," says Bridget Manners.

The goal is not to just foster innovation but rapidly mature new technologies through the proverbial "valley of death."

Columnist Jes Averhart writes in a recent WRAL TechWire column that individuals "don’t have to stay the course - especially not if somebody else chose it for you."

Five finalists, five pitches, one grand prize winner.

"I think once we built it and they saw it was happening, they're like, no pun intended, but 'we want a piece of the pie.'"

Other items include a Johnson City start-up being selected for the "gBeta Indiana Energy and Sustainability Accelerator" and a new name for a long-standing program operated by the UT Center for Industrial Services.

It’s called planning. Specifically, land use and transportation planning, and Knox County’s plan hasn’t been updated in 20 years. A process happening right now is working to fix that.