NEXT Awards

Rod McDaniel Receives Inaugural Darrell Freeman Award at the 2024 NEXT Awards

At the 2024 NEXT Awards, Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) celebrated one of its most meaningful moments yet by presenting the inaugural Darrell Freeman Award to local entrepreneur and community leader...

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2024 NEXT Awards: Nashville’s Innovators Take Center Stage

Presented by Amazon, Middle Tennessee’s entrepreneurs honored for driving innovation and city growth Nashville, Tenn. (Tuesday, October 22, 2024) – Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) unveiled the 2024 NEXT Awards...

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2024 NEXT Finalist Toast

Finalists for the 2024 NEXT Awards

Backed by Amazon, the annual NEXT Awards returns to honor Middle Tennessee entrepreneurs for their growth and impact on the city. Nashville, Tenn. (Aug 22, 2024) – Nashville Entrepreneur...

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2024 Entrepreneur of The Year Finalists

Entrepreneur of 2024 NEXT Finalists

STARTUP FINALISTS Paul Oakley Tiny Mighty Communications After 20 years in corporate America, Paul recognized the gap in agencies equipped to serve the industrial and technical B2B sectors. Fueled by...

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2024 Products & Services Finalists

2024 Products & Services NEXT Finalists

STARTUP FINALISTS Flora Aabesh De florasense.com Flora is an all-in-one plant care platform revolutionizing the $71 billion dollar gardening industry. Founded in 2012, Flora combines AI-powered monitoring devices with a...

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2024 Hospitality & Retail Finalists

2024 Hospitality & Retail NEXT Finalists

STARTUP FINALISTS Creative Soulz Printing Thomas Kelly creativesoulzprinting.com Creative Soulz Printing provides affordable, high-quality custom printing solutions, focusing on branding for small businesses. Products include business cards, banners, labels,...

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2024 Healthcare Finalists

2024 Healthcare NEXT Finalists

STARTUP FINALISTS LIFE COORDINATED Inc Nancy Everitt & Peter Kapolas lifecoordinated4u.com LIFE COORDINATED provides a holistic approach to elder care, allowing individuals to age at home rather than in...

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2024 Real Estate & Contruction Finalists

2024 NEXT Real Estate & Construction Finalists

STARTUP FINALISTS Ojas Elam Freeman ojaspartners.com Ojas is a boutique commercial real estate advisory firm that helps shape neighborhoods by intentionally leasing and merchandising ground-up and adaptive reuse mixed-use...

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Music, Sports, Gameing & Entertainment Finalists

2024 Music, Sports, Gaming, & Entertainment NEXT Finalists

STARTUP FINALISTS Absolutely Ridiculous XX absolutelyridiculous.com Absolutely Ridiculous, a creative endeavor envisioned by award-winning artist X, reimagines sporting goods as functional art. The inaugural concept, a baseball glove designed...

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