2026 NEXT Awards Recap: Twelve Winners, Three Hall of Famers, and a Conga Line (Again)
NEXT Awards 2026 winners: 630+ guests, twelve winners and three Hall of Fame teams celebrate Nashville founders. Meet them in their own words.
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The 2026 NEXT Awards Finalists
Meet the 2026 NEXT Awards finalists: 24 Middle Tennessee companies, and what this class says about who is building in Nashville.
She Built the Go-To Agency for Influencer Strategy — And She’s in Nashville
How Tiffany Hardin built Gild Creative Group — from a Marcus Collins moment at Translation to Zoom's Hard Stop Burger Shop, the Nashville Creator Summit, and the Zoombassador Program she's standing up with Zoom.
Mark Deutschmann Built Neighborhoods Before Anyone Wanted Them
In 1993, Mark Deutschmann went door to door with flyers in Belmont. “I’ve already sold 40 homes, and yours could be next.” He had a hunch about Nashville neighborhoods nobody...
At 90, Rosetta Miller-Perry Is Still Building Nashville
Rosetta Miller-Perry stood on stage at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center on October 20 and made an announcement. She’s building an apartment complex on Jefferson Street. Not for low-income residents—that’s her...
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...
Get Ready for the 2024 NEXT Awards & Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame
This October, Nashville’s entrepreneurial community is set to shine at the much-anticipated 2024 NEXT Awards & Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame, generously presented by Amazon. Mark your calendars for October 21st...