By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Back in April, we posted this article on teknovation.biz about Avrio Analytics and its plans to develop training using augmented reality (AR). Last…

SPARKZ Inc., a battery start-up with exclusive licenses from Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was featured recently in a CNBC report on cobalt extraction. The chemical element has been getting a…

Want to relive a portion or all of two recent events in Knoxville? If so, the sponsors have provided you with the opportunity. The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center hosted an event…

By Kailyn Lamb, Marketing Content Writer and Editor, PYA As industries begin to recover from the pandemic, some have weathered the storm better than others. With remote work becoming more…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA The City of Kingsport and a number of its partner organizations announced on Wednesday an expansion of its Innovation Village as key component…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC) held an in-person celebration Tuesday night honoring area private enterprises that made the latest “Inc. Magazine 5000” listing…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Carson Bone has clearly embraced the proverb from the early 1800s that says, “If you don’t succeed, try, try again.” We first connected…

Emerson Electric has revealed plans to boost its corporate venture capital investment, saying it expects to provide $100 million to early stage companies over the next five years. It will…