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...
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...
You Missed the Future of Work (And It Happened Over Free Lunch)
While you were eating a desk salad, a room full of EC members watched someone casually ask AI to remote into a Raspberry Pi and generate a motion graphics video....
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...
You’re Not Too Late: Why Now Is the Best Time for Founders to Actually Start Using AI
Last year, Luke Thompson found a process one of his clients didn’t even know they were running. It was costing them $400,000 annually. The fix? A $200-per-month tool. They had...