As noted in a Thursday post, Commissioner Randy Boyd helped cut the ribbon on the new Sizzle TechStart facility in Roane County. One of the organizations supporting the effort is the…
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By Tom Ballard, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. Steve Getley had worked in 20 countries before he agreed to at least take a quick…
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The latest version of the “Empowered Teen Entrepreneurial Camp” launched yesterday at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). More than a dozen high school students were scheduled to arrive at…
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Carbon fiber technology is a hot topic today, but there’s a family-owned company in rural Oakdale, TN that has been in the sector for nearly 30 years, serving a domestic…
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a two-part series about local business executive and entrepreneur Mike Carroll.) Local business executive Michael Carroll freely admits that he has a habit…
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Two events occurring on Wednesday within an hour of each other at opposite ends of the Innovation Valley underscored the increasing emphasis being placed in the region on renewable and…
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Materials in general and ceramics in particular have been passions of Dick Nixdorf and an integral part of his professional life since his days as an undergraduate student at Vanderbilt…