By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. “Haere mai” is a Maori phrase meaning “welcome” that is commonly used in New Zealand. In about a month,…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first article in a three-part series exploring a successful university-private partnership that recently won a major National Science Foundation grant.) By Tom Ballard, Director of…

By Tom Ballard, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. In 2007, I met two business executives from Kansas who were on a mission related to…

By Tom Ballard, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. Long before many of today’s young entrepreneurs were born, there was a slogan for Timex watches….

By Tom Ballard, Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurial Initiatives, Pershing Yoakley & Associates, P.C. We periodically follow-up with entrepreneurs whom we have previously profiled on teknovation.biz, particularly if they have…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second article in a two-part series that focuses on a South Knoxville business and its team that provided the foundation for the winner of this…

(EDITOR’S NOTE: Local entrepreneur Doug Speight begins a new journey at the beginning of next month, joining the QC FinTech accelerator in Charlotte. It’s a three-month program. Ahead of that…