Andre Fowlkes

For this edition of Founder Spotlight, intern Jonah Baer had a chance to sit down with Jeff Chininis, the founder and CEO of Fairway Biomed. Jeff and his company are a part of the ZeroTo510 Accelerator this summer on the road to FDA clearance.   Fairway Biomed is a medical device company improving surgical oncology. […]

For this edition of Founder Spotlight, we had a chance to sit down with Joe Shiraz, the Founder and CEO of ServiceBot. ServiceBot is currently participating in the Launch Delta Home Services accelerator program. Because of his experience in launching multiple startup companies, he gives us a fresh outlook on how failing is ultimately what

For this week’s Founder Spotlight, we spoke with LawnTap founder and CEO, Wilkinson Egwu. LawnTap was founded about a year ago and is focused on automating the entire lawn care process. By combining an on-demand platform with a smart lawn sensor, LawnTap allows its users to take care of their lawn completely hands-free.   Q:

On a Monday evening in April 2003, Jay Myers read an article in INC. magazine titled “A Thief Within.” The article told the story of a pair of brothers who owned a business in Chicago and eventually discovered that one of their most trusted employees was stealing from them for years.   Myers, the founder

Today we had the chance to sit down with Please Assist Me CEO, Stephanie Cummings. Stephanie is from Nashville, TN and received her Masters in Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University. She previously worked for HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) Healthcare and Cerner in healthcare IT and has a background in IT and product

Brian Monaghan never thought he would end up in Memphis, but he couldn’t be happier with his decision to come here. When it comes to being accepted into the Summer of Acceleration, it doesn’t matter where you come from. If you have a killer business idea that solves pressing problems in the home services industry,

What are the most important aspects for a company to be successful in a startup accelerator? Eric Mathews, the CEO and co-founder of Start Co., a venture development organization in Memphis, TN, believes that at the heart of every community are entrepreneurs driving economic development. With the beginning of the 2018 Summer of Acceleration, 12

For this week of our Founder Spotlight, I met with CEO Aayush Thakur and Business Development Manager Deme Yuan to talk about their company Truckish. Aayush and Deme are trying to level the playing field for small to mid-sized carrier fleets by creating a blockchain and AI based SaaS platform for the trucking logistics industry.

For this edition of Founder Spotlight, I had the chance to sit down with Kristian Kimbro Rickard, founder and CEO of doyenne360. Kristian is a social entrepreneur who is looking to solve the lack of STEM education with her creative market solution. Kristian’s company doyenne360 is a social impact, technology startup. They are solving problems