The Demo That Changed the Diagnosis
Richard MacKinnon didn’t expect to walk out of The Room as Ian Nott’s next investor. What happens there doesn’t always stay there. The Room is invitation-only — reserved for Nashville...
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How a Broken Toe Led to a Marketing Platform That Solves a Major Pain
Pamela Wilson had spent 2025 doing the work she loved: building marketing strategies for growing companies that needed to compete. The strategies were solid. The positioning was sharp. The problem...
54 Sundays and Counting
A new user emailed Justin Gray in March 2025 with a few questions about how Potluck worked. He wanted to try something: a dinner party every Sunday with the people...
Ron Samuels Started a Bank at 60. Here’s Why He Waited.
“They wouldn’t give me the money when I was 50.” When someone asks Ron Samuels why he waited until he was 60 years old to start a bank, that’s his...
Manuel Cuevas Has Been on Vacation for 85 Years
The fashion designer who dressed Elvis, Johnny Cash, and the King of Morocco — and says he’s never worked a day in his life Manuel Cuevas is sitting at his...
The Best Pitch I Heard Last Week Came from a High Schooler
Ashanti Was Eating Nachos and Pitching Her Bakery She had maybe two minutes between investor rotations. Enough time to refuel, check her notes, and get ready to explain why Ashantii’s...
Healthcare founders keep solving the wrong problem
Three advisors, 22 companies, one room. Here’s what actually got said. Most startup advice is recycled. Know your customer. Find product-market fit. Tell your story. You’ve heard it. The problem...
What Building a Healthcare Company Taught 30 Founders in One Morning
Saurabh Sinha didn’t bring a deck. He walked into the Nashville Entrepreneur Center on February 27 and sat down with 22 healthcare founders — people building burnout platforms, causal AI...
Meet the InFlight Spring 2026 Cohort
The Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s growth-stage accelerator — 19 companies scaling what works. Meet the Spring 2026 Cohort Chase Michalek has founded multiple companies since 2019, including one sold to a...