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Regional Entrepreneur Centers

Launch Tennessee provides connections.

Regional Entrepreneur Centers

Launch Tennessee provides connections.

Regional Entrepreneur Center Partners

From Memphis to the Tri-Cities, Launch Tennessee and our Network Partners aim to touch all 95 Tennessee counties.

Regional entrepreneur centers serve as front doors to entrepreneurship.

Epicenter

Epicenter leads the Memphis region’s entrepreneurship movement by supporting tech startups, creative and community-based businesses and student entrepreneurs across multiple industries and growth stages.

theCO

theCO supports West Tennessee as a resource, collaborative community, and support system for everyone from serial entrepreneurs to founders taking the first plunge into business ownership, problem-solving, and innovation.

Nashville Entrepreneur Center

The NEC supports Nashville’s entrepreneurial and small business communities and represents a partnership of local and state government support, private interests and the region’s business community.

The Biz Foundry

The Biz Foundry helps businesses start and thrive in the Upper Cumberland, fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration through business resources, community programs, and one-on-one work.

CO.LAB

The Company Lab (CO.LAB) accelerates early-stage startups in the greater Chattanooga region and beyond, with a focus on sustainable mobility, including electric and autonomous infrastructure, freight logistics and quantum technology.

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is a business accelerator built to serve as a bridge for entrepreneurs in East Tennessee through mentorship opportunities, classes, events, and cohorts to help every kind of entrepreneur at any stage.

NOVA Entrepreneur Center

The NOVA Entrepreneurship Center drives rural economic growth in Southern Middle Tennessee through LaunchTN’s pillars of Connection, Commercialization, and Capital.

The Mill

The Mill, Located in Dyersburg supports the Northwest region by helping businesses start and grow. It serves entrepreneurs through business support, mentorship and other resources.

FoundersForge

FoundersForge is dedicated to amplifying the startup community in the Appalachian Highlands and beyond. Through free coaching, events, and a network of experienced mentors, FoundersForge helps aspiring founders validate their ideas, access resources, and launch companies faster and more successfully.

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Epicenter leads the Memphis region’s entrepreneurship movement by supporting tech startups, creative and community-based businesses and student entrepreneurs across multiple industries and growth stages.
theCO team at Capital Conversations

theCO supports West Tennessee as a resource, collaborative community, and support system for everyone from serial entrepreneurs to founders taking the first plunge into business ownership, problem-solving, and innovation.

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The NEC supports Nashville’s entrepreneurial and small business communities and represents a partnership of local and state government support, private interests and the region’s business community.
Capital Conversations with The Biz Foundry
The Biz Foundry helps businesses start and thrive in the Upper Cumberland, fostering entrepreneurship, innovation, and collaboration through business resources, community programs, and one-on-one work.
The Company Lab team at Capital Conversations Chattanooga
The Company Lab (CO.LAB) accelerates early-stage startups in the greater Chattanooga region and beyond, with a focus on sustainable mobility, including electric and autonomous infrastructure, freight logistics and quantum technology.
Knoxville Entrepreneur Center team

Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is a business accelerator built to serve as a bridge for entrepreneurs in East Tennessee through mentorship opportunities, classes, events, and cohorts to help every kind of entrepreneur at any stage.

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FoundersForge is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to amplifying the startup community in the Appalachian Highlands and beyond. Through free coaching, events, and a network of experienced mentors, FoundersForge helps aspiring founders validate their ideas, access resources, and launch companies faster and more successfully. FoundersForge hosts the annual Startup Mountain Summit and authored the Avante Startup Bootcamp, a licenseable, turnkey curriculum that helps communities build and grow their own startup ecosystems.

The Mill entrepreneur center staff and founders on a panel
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Located in Dyersburg, The Mill supports the Northwest region by helping businesses start and grow. It serves entrepreneurs through business support, mentorship and other resources.

Panel photo from Pulaski Capital Conversations

The NOVA Entrepreneurship Center drives rural economic growth in Southern Middle Tennessee through LaunchTN’s pillars of Connection, Commercialization, and Capital.

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