A company co-founded by a graduate of Farragut High School announced this week a $1.4 billion majority acquisition by Vista Equity Partners. The company is TripleLift that was launched in…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA For many companies, the COVID-19 pandemic meant simply trying to keep their heads above water. For Oak Ridge-based IB3 Global Solutions, it was…

Chattanooga has one of the most well-known and frequently spotlighted innovation districts in the country. Now comes word that eight organizations in Austin, TX, one of the nation’s entrepreneurial boomtowns,…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA If entrepreneurship is defined by persistence and a deep, personal commitment to a mission, Nashvillian Nielah Burnett clearly qualifies. The self-described “athletic and…

The Biz Foundry in Cookeville has announced another edition of its “Start Up Your Start-up” program. Offered from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. CDT every Thursday between every Thursday from March…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another in our series reviewing 2021 plans for the Entrepreneur Centers in our region that are also partners in the Launch Tennessee network. Today’s spotlight is…

By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Jonny Price has a passion for helping start-ups raise capital, and he’s now serving as the Nashville-based Director of Fundraising for Wefunder which…

A week ago today, Jonathan Gruber, Ford Professor of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, delivered a fascinating and insightful 20-minute speech based on a book that he co-wrote…