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: 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.
Nashville Inno: Greater Nashville Technology Council honors 16 people and companies at annual awards program
Nashville’s technology industry held one of its largest parties of the year on Thursday night, honoring everything from fast-growing startups to the city’s largest public company. The Greater Nashville Technology Council’s annual awards program drew a crowd of 550 people, representing 130 tech companies and other organizations, to downtown’s Wildhorse Saloon.
Lexington Progress: Commission Approves 10% Match for Broadband
The Henderson County Commission met on Thursday evening, February 10, 2022. The Budget Committee met at 6:30 p.m. and began the presentation from Lexington Electric System Manager Jeff Graves on the LES and City of Lexington project to expand broadband to LES customers. A representative from Southwest Tennessee Electric also said that their company would be applying for some of the same grants and would want to extend broadband into the southwest and western portions of Henderson County where they are the provider.
Nashville Inno: Tech Bytes: Execs join unicorn and startup; quarterly record for i3 Verticals; details on grants and pitch contests
Built Technologies, Nashville’s newest unicorn, issued a recap of its record-breaking 2021. The company raised $213 million from new and pre-existing investors, at a $1.5 billion valuation. Built doubled headcount to 330 employees, “and expects to continue on that pace in 2022,” the company said in a press release. Built also brought on executives Bob Van Nortwick as president, Bob Elliott as chief revenue officer, as well as vice presidents for sales, finance, marketing and other spots.
