NASHVILLE, TN (October 2, 2019) – Jane H. Allen, entrepreneur and founder of Counsel on Call and Hanner Clarke, will take over as the CEO of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC). Her experience taking a business from the idea phase to a fully scaled, successful company will help the EC strengthen its role as a significant support system for the vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in Nashville.
Edtech startup Possip took home $60,000 at the LaunchTN 3686 Entrepreneur Festival pitch competition last week, beating out eight startups for both the $10,000 crowd favorite award and the $50,000 main competition prize.
Our ecosystem's greatest resource is the people that call Nashville home, and minority chambers of commerce are among the front lines of making our city a more equitable place for those people to shine. Four minority chamber directors joined us at the EC for a live Navigate podcast recording at Nashville's Startup Shindig.
While many people may think of success as avoiding failure, healthcare leader and innovator Marcus Whitney thinks success is more about having courage and taking action even in the midst of failure.
Be Our Guest is a feature on the EC blog highlighting thought leadership from our community - advisors, entrepreneurs, members, and more.
Today’s post is by EC advisor Kevin Christopher. Kevin Christopher is the principal of Rockridge Venture Law, Tennessee's first B Corp® law group and a 2018 Best for the World Honoree for community impact. Kevin is a registered patent attorney, active entrepreneur, and National Science Foundation (NSF) advisor for the research hub Center for Green Solid-State Electric Power Generation and Storage (CEPS). His practice areas include: patent and trademark prosecution, licensing and litigation; corporate law, with an emphasis on benefit corporations, socially responsible businesses and high-growth emergent companies; government contracts, with an emphasis on innovation funding; corporate and investor financing; and, technology commercialization. Kevin is a Tennessee Bar Association Leadership Lawyer, and board member to several environmental and social impact nonprofits.
One of the best parts of Nashville’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is the way organizations work together to connect individuals with the tools that will help them the most.
At the EC, we do this in part through our free Navigation Assessment, which recommends the best resources to help entrepreneurs get where they want to go.
One of the resources we often refer people to is Pathway Women’s Business Center, which provides mentoring, education and other tools to help entrepreneurs across Tennessee, especially women and minority business owners.
If you’ve been paying attention to Nashville’s growth, you already know Middle Tennessee is no longer only about music.
But what many people may not know is that the region has one of the fastest growing technology sectors in the country.
Be Our Guest is a feature on the EC blog highlighting thought leadership from our community - advisors, entrepreneurs, members, and more.
Today’s post is by EC advisor Greg Born. Greg began his career as an Air Force Pilot, then held leadership roles in both Operations and Mergers and Acquisitions at businesses such as GE, Oracle, Comcast, as well as a in health and health-tech businesses – including Change Healthcare in Nashville. In all roles, his focus has been improving operational teams, connecting strategy and growth, and leading transformation. Helping it operate better. You can read his other entrepreneurship and leadership articles here.
While the healthcare industry's revenue is incredibly important to Nashville's economy, people are at the heart of the equation. In this episode of Navigate we hear several entrepreneurs, mentors and investors share their reasons why Nashville is the nation's healthcare capital.