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...
88 Founders Just Showed Up. Here’s What That Means for Nashville.
Danny Glushenkov is flying from Tel Aviv to Nashville this week. His company, Project M, builds causal AI for real-time clinical decisions — not just predicting what might happen to...
Michael Burcham Got 30 Nos from Nashville Investors. Then He Built the Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
Michael Burcham was 31 years old, sitting in the parking lot of one of Nashville’s biggest investors, unable to turn his ignition. The investor’s first words had been: “What the...
He Didn’t Know LaunchTN Existed. Then the EC Made an Introduction.
A student nurse shows up to a hospital for clinical training. She needs to know which building, which floor, which unit, and who her preceptor is. Before she walks through...
The Kid Who Skipped Graduation Now Gives Out Scholarships
Paul Whitten was in makeup school on graduation day. Not because his grades were bad—they were fine, not great, but fine. The problem was attendance. He’d skipped so much school...