Eric Mathews

Play Bigger – Dave Peterson, Al Ramadan, Christopher Lochhead, & Kevin Maney Creating something new is great but if you want to build a high growth company it is no longer enough to create great new products.  Startups and innovative companies must create whole new categories that destroy old ones.  That’s how Unicorns are made and this

At Start Co. many founders need not raise capital to keep advancing their businesses.  In fact that is the ideal.  If they are looking for outside capital we try to not candy coat the reality of how hard it is to raise money.  We instruct them that they will need to take 50 serious investor

If people are the hardware of an ecosystem, then culture is the software.  As an innovation community we ascribe to a set of unwritten rules and norms that lower transaction costs and empower our culture.  This software is important to our success, locally and beyond.  It enables the assimilation of our startup ecoysystem members seamlessly

Memphis Ecosystem Pact I am joining a growing tribe of innovators, entrepreneurs, and their supporters in a growing startup and innovation ecosystem that brings an economic vibrancy to Memphis, Tennessee that will last well beyond my lifetime. The Memphis ecosystem consists of people who share a common faith in the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship

Many people walk in our doors with ideas they believe will change the world and make them rich. The problem they invariably have is that they can’t build it. 95% of these potential founders have an idea for an mobile app or web app and they want the Start Co. team to play matchmaker to a