Launch Tennessee announces speaking engagement by Walmart CTO at 36|86, along with final selection of presenting Village 36 startup companies Walmart Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Jeremy King will speak at 36|86 Entrepreneurship and Technology Conference June 4-7 in Nashville. King joins FedEx Founder and CEO Fred Smith, AOL Co-founder Steve Case, Tennessee […]
Walmart CTO Jeremy King to Speak at 36|86 Entrepreneurship & Tech Conference
Launch Tennessee announces speaking engagement by Walmart CTO at 36|86, along with final selection of presenting Village 36 startup companies NASHVILLE (April 13, 2017) – Launch Tennessee announced that Walmart Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Jeremy King will speak at 36|86 Entrepreneurship and Technology Conference June 4-7 in Nashville. King joins FedEx Founder […]
FedEx CEO Frederick Smith Joins Speaker Line-up At 36|86 Tech Conference
Logistics and startup maverick joins innovators in venture capital, healthcare technology and mobile app development to speak at 36|86 in Nashville in June Nashville, Tenn., March 14, 2017 – Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) is proud to announce that Frederick Smith, Founder and CEO of FedEx, will take the stage at the 36|86 technology conference to talk […]
FedEx CEO Frederick Smith Joins Speaker Line-up At 36|86 Tech Conference
Nashville, Tenn., March 14, 2017 – Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) is proud to announce that Frederick Smith, Founder and CEO of FedEx, will take the stage at the 36|86 technology conference to talk corporate innovation in a fully connected global economy. FedEx recently launched FedEx Fulfillment, a logistics network that allows small and mid-sized businesses to […]
Can We Scale Economic Opportunity?
Scalability – it’s a hot topic these days. An idea’s ability to scale is often a huge indicator of its success. More and more, entrepreneurs are discovering creative ways to scale everything from food delivery to the self-driving car. In Memphis, the big thinkers at Let’s Innovate through Education are applying the idea of scalability […]
What to Expect From Launch Tennessee in 2017
As Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and state economic-development officials work to build on the state’s economic gains and become “the Tennessee we can be,” the for state’s business community must continue cementing Tennessee’s reputation as a terrific place to live and work. The state’s diverse and growing entrepreneurial community already sees the tremendous growth potential […]
Southeastern Pride, the entrepreneurial spirit, and doing business “the old fashioned way.”
In speaking with Wayne “Butch” Gilliam of West Texas Investors Club during the 2016 edition of 36|86, it was not all whiskey and honky tonk- although those topics were definitely breached. He spoke of Southeastern pride, the entrepreneurial spirit, and the importance of relationships in business. We learned quite a few things. The most important? […]
Notes from the 2017 TENN Roadshow
Launch Tennessee’s TENN Master Accelerator cohort of eight companies recently wrapped the Tennessee leg of its annual Roadshow. The startup founders met with investors, mentors and business leaders around the state, providing a warmup for upcoming trips to New York and San Francisco in March that will provide critical exposure to capital resources and other […]
Specialist program preps tomorrow’s business leaders
Want to hear from other Specialists about their experience? Discover how Launch Tennessee’s Specialist Program gave college students a valuable window into entrepreneurship. Launch Tennessee is accepting applications until Feb. 20 for the next Specialists cohort, a 13-week paid summer internship that pairs university students with Entrepreneur Centers and startups, to teach students how the […]
Launch Tennessee hits the road with master accelerator class
NASHVILLE — Launch Tennessee (Launch TN) is gearing up to take members of The TENN, its master accelerator program, on a Roadshow that will put them in front of investors, customers and business leaders in Tennessee, San Francisco and New York. The current TENN cohort, announced in October 2016, is composed of eight startups that […]