Darrell Freeman has just three months to flesh out the plan for a business incubator at one of Nashville’s historically Black colleges and universities.
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Nashville Inno: Tech Bytes: Freeman leads pursuit of Fisk incubator; Amazon hosting a hackathon at downtown tower
Nashville’s tech scene is about to radically change with the arrival of Oracle and as Amazon and other firms fill their downtown hubs. But there’s plenty of action right now. Tech Bytes is a recurring roundup highlighting news on startups, capital raises, acquisitions and other activity in the region’s tech sector. Darrell Freeman is spearheading an effort to open a business incubator and innovation center at Fisk University, one of the city’s four HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities).
Fierce Telecom: Tennessee uses $400M of federal funds to boost broadband
Tennessee’s broadband deployment is getting a leg up with expanded funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development (ECD) will award up to $400 million to service providers for broadband infrastructure projects.
Nashville Inno: Freeman, Cooper detail vision for business incubator and innovation hub at Fisk University
Darrell Freeman has just three months to flesh out the plan for a business incubator at one of Nashville’s historically Black colleges and universities.
Nashville Inno: She started a business after her son’s choking emergency. Now this CEO is moving her headquarters to Madison
Felicia Jackson’s two-year-old son was choking in the back seat of her car. She knew exactly what to do: She worked in the medical field and she had CPR training.
Nashville Business Journal: Autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI conducts ‘mapping mission’ in Nashville
Argo AI, a Pittsburgh-based autonomous vehicle startup, is testing two cars in Nashville.
Memphis Inno: Memphis startup Bite Ninja secures first HQ, on Appling Farms
A local startup focused on “virtual workforce” solutions for restaurants is placing its headquarters in Memphis.
The Tennesseean: Tennessee Voices, Episode 262: Ebonee Davis-Ifeobu, Bridgestone Americas DEI vice president
As employers contend with recruiting and retaining workers in the time of the Great Resignation, human resources professionals find that a key component to meeting employees’ wants and needs is creating an environment that invites them to be their “whole selves” at work.
Nasvhille Inno: Launch Tennessee hires alum Lindsey Cox as new CEO
The new CEO of a statewide organization aimed at fueling startups is one of its own.
Chattanooga Times Free-Press: How tech could help out endangered languages like Cherokee
By itself, being able to read smartphone home screens in Cherokee won’t be enough to safeguard the Indigenous language, endangered after a long history of erasure. But it might be a step toward immersing younger tribal citizens in the language spoken by a dwindling number of their elders.
