Listen Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center, a nonprofit that acts as the city’s technology hub, has picked a venture capitalist with strong ties to the healthcare industry as its new CEO. Stuart McWhorter is co-founder of a Brentwood investment firm, Clayton Associates, that works with early-stage companies. The firm runs an investment fund which operates in the […]
Scientific Research Award At Vanderbilt University Goes To … A High Schooler
A recent award for scientific research at Vanderbilt University was given to someone who doesn’t even go there. Listen Hillsboro High School senior Alex Jolly was named a national semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for his work in a Vanderbilt chemistry lab. He worked with professor Brian Bachmann, whose lab is in the business […]
Scientific Research Award At Vanderbilt University Goes To … A High Schooler
A recent award for scientific research at Vanderbilt University was given to someone who doesn’t even go there. Listen Hillsboro High School senior Alex Jolly was named a national semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search for his work in a Vanderbilt chemistry lab. He worked with professor Brian Bachmann, whose lab is in the business […]
Pando Daily Settles Feud With Launch Tennessee Over Upcoming Nashville Tech Conference
Listen A frosty relationship between the organizers of two upcoming technology conferences in Nashville has resulted in another out-of-court settlement. The dispute began after San Francisco tech publication Pando Daily threatened legal action against Launch Tennessee, an agency partly funded by the state that invests in startups.
We Dare You To Take Cooler Pictures Than This Tennessee Astronaut
Updated March 12: Butch Wilmore returned to Earth yesterday from the International Space Station, landing in remote Kazakhstan. He has spent a total of 178 days in space. Meet Barry “Butch” Wilmore, your friendly local astronaut. Wilmore grew up in Mt. Juliet and went to Tennessee Tech University and the University of Tennessee. Then he enlisted in the Navy, […]
Will Google Fiber Bring Benefits Beyond High-Speed Internet? Nashville’s Tech Folks Think So
Updated Jan. 28 to include statements from competing internet providers A few minutes before noon Tuesday at Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center, a wall partition lifted and revealed a sign on stage: “Nashville, Fiber is coming.” Google Fiber’s long-anticipated announcement brought a flurry of excitement from Nashville entrepreneurs, who hope it could thrust the city’s technology industry […]
Will Google Fiber Bring Benefits Beyond High-Speed Internet? Nashville’s Tech Folks Think So
Updated Jan. 28 to include statements from competing internet providers A few minutes before noon Tuesday at Nashville’s Entrepreneur Center, a wall partition lifted and revealed a sign on stage: “Nashville, Fiber is coming.” Google Fiber’s long-anticipated announcement brought a flurry of excitement from Nashville entrepreneurs, who hope it could thrust the city’s technology industry […]
Nashville Techies Get Hyped As Google Fiber Plans Big Announcement
Updated Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.: Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Google Fiber will expand to four metro areas — Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Nashville. WPLN’s Emily Siner will be live tweeting Nashville’s press conference at noon. Follow @SinerSays for more.
Nashville Techies Get Hyped As Google Fiber Plans Big Announcement
Updated Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.: Citing unnamed sources, the Wall Street Journal is now reporting that Google Fiber will expand to four metro areas — Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh-Durham and Nashville. WPLN’s Emily Siner will be live tweeting Nashville’s press conference at noon. Follow @SinerSays for more.
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