(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first article in a three-part series spotlighting Knoxville native Joe Fox and his entrepreneurial journey, the latest being Blühen Botanicals that opened a retail location…
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We were in Johnson City Thursday for the “Pitches & Pints” event and took the occasion to drop-in on Shannon and Jose Castillo, the power couple behind Spark Plaza. We…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is another article in a series spotlighting participants in the recent “What’s the Big Idea 48-Hour Launch” coordinated by the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center for The Development Corporation…
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By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA Nearly 40 years to the day since he graduated from Oak Ridge High School (ORHS), renowned artificial intelligence (AI) pioneer Kai-Fu Lee returned…
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By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA “There’s way more capital than projects,” Peter Truog, Founder of The Opportunity Exchange, told a group of local individuals who attended a Pathway…
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Johnson City’s Spark Plaza co-working space is celebrating its 10th anniversary next Friday. When the dynamic husband and wife team of Jose and Shannon Castillo opened it in 2009, their…
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By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYA “We have worked to be first to market with a product that has not been seen in the Knoxville area,” Rick Chinn, a…