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...
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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...
Mental Health Is a Leadership Skill — And She Has the Experience to Prove It
“You’re either going to slow down on your own or your body is going to slow you down.” Dr. Courtney Williams says this often. She says it to therapy clients,...
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....
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...