Claire Coulter

Racher Fuller was studying elder law when she became aware of a serious problem. “A lot of these agencies have a 90-percent employee turnover rate,” Fuller said. “Talking with the senior care agencies, we realized that they have such a human problem as far as finding the right match for their clients and caregivers.” So Fuller co-founded […]

Memphis will be the kick-off site for the Delta Challenge Pitch Competition which aims to redirect venture capital from the East and West coast into the hands of 36 regional entrepreneurs and organizations. The series of six pitch competitions are hosted by the Delta Entrepreneurship Network, a sub-group of federal-state partnership Delta Regional Authority. The Delta Challenge

The U.S. Small Business Administration announced at the White House Demo Day the 80 winners of the Start Small Model prize in its Startup in a Day competition, and three accelerators in Tennessee won $50,000 each to support entrepreneurial growth. Chattanooga’s CO.LAB was one of them, and the city is excited. “As a soon-to-be-anchor organization

The Memphis-based startup accelerator Start Co. has won a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund. The winners were announced Tuesday afternoon at the first-ever White House Demo Day. Start Co. got the award for the second time after being named one of the 50 inaugural competition winners in 2014. Read the full

A $50,000 prize delivered to Memphis by the U.S. Small Business Administration will support efforts to develop an online portal for business information, licensing and registration for startups. The “Start Small Model” prize won through the SBA’s Startup in a Day Competition is for online tools that will help entrepreneurs learn about business startup processes, including how to

Memphis-based startup accelerator Start Co. received a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund. Tuesday, during the first ever White House Demo Day, the grant recipients were named. It started with a pool of 400 applicants who were all seeking funding for their program. A panel of 40 judges narrowed it down to 80 companies.

The Delta Entrepreneurship Network is seeking its second round of fellows to join the inaugural class of DEN fellows through six Delta Challenge pitch competitions across the region this fall. Delta Regional Authority Federal co-chairman Chris Masingill announced the six Delta Challenge pitch competitions today to be held throughout the eight-state Delta region, with the

Small Business Administration award will be presented at the first-ever White House Demo Day Memphis, Tenn. (Aug. 4, 2015) – Start Co. today announced a $50,000 award from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Growth Accelerator Fund, a competition between more than 400 applicants, of which 80 received the funds. The winners are being announced this

While one person may come up with a fantastic concept or innovation, it’s unlikely he or she will go all the way from drawing board to capitalization to market all alone. Collaboration is one of the foundational aspects of entrepreneurialism, and it’s an area where the robust entrepreneur network in Tennessee continues to shine. In some cases, collaboration

Memphis will be the first site of six regional startup pitch competitions aimed to take a piece of the enormous amounts of venture capital poured into the East and West Coasts. The pitch competitions are conducted by the Delta Entrepreneurship Network, which is part of the Delta Regional Authority. DEN is seeking a group of