The application for the new Propel Accelerator is now open! Propel is a 12-week minority business accelerator run by the partnership of Start Co. and The City of Memphis Office of Business Diversity and Compliance. It focuses on the enhancement of business models through hands-on programming, mentor opportunities, technical resources and more with an objective […]
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More than 50 startup founders and students will build businesses in downtown core MEMPHIS, Tenn. (May 2, 2016) – EPIcenter, hub of the greater Memphis entrepreneurship movement, and Start Co., a member of the Global Accelerator Network, together with ZeroTo510, have today announced the teams that will participate in this year’s groundbreaking ‘Summer of Acceleration.’
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More than 50 startup founders and students will grow their businesses through seven accelerators in joint partnership MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Apr. 19, 2016) – For the first time, EPIcenter, Start Co. and ZeroTo510 are today announcing a partnership of six industry-specific startup accelerators and one student accelerator that will host more than 20 technology-based teams from
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We often hear that startups are the key to future economic growth. That is mainly because all net new jobs in the last 30 years have come from high growth entrepreneurial companies five years in age or less. I think many times people don’t believe this because our country was established in agriculture, followed by an industrial
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We should begin asking ourselves where we want to be in 20 years as a community, and who will be the leaders at the helm. The leaders of today will be retired and we do not have a succession plan to ensure the vibrance and growth of the Memphis community. The Memphis succession plan
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In December of 2012, I joined the Memphis startup ecosystem as a first-time founder. I pitched my startup idea, “an eHarmony for mentoring,” at Upstart’s 48 Hour Launch in a room full of strangers with nothing but a bundle of nerves and an idea written on a sheet of paper. This was a huge step
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They listen to him as if a quiz will follow. As he speaks with his hands, attempting to project an imaginary graph on something about “money flow” and “potential costumers,” two women sit across from him. Their yellow notebooks are tattooed with information he’s shared. “…And this is when you’ll want your company to look
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Two and a half years ago, Start Co. (LaunchMemphis at the time) was having difficulty raising social, political and financial capital in the Memphis area. Actually, most of its support was coming from outside the region, from Nashville, with the exception of a few gracious sponsors here locally. We were a 100% volunteer organization with
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Start Co. and JumpStart Inc. announce new partnership and vision for Memphis entrepreneurial ecosystem MEMPHIS, TN (Aug. 6, 2013) – Start Co. announces their partnership with JumpStart Inc., a nationally recognized nonprofit venture development organization, on a project aimed at enhancing the existing efforts to connect Memphis startup businesses with the resources they need to succeed.
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Start Co. Launches New Name and Visual Identity Tied to Advancing High-Growth Startups: Growing Venture Organization Promotes Memphis as Startup Destination LaunchYourCity, Inc., an economic development organization that focuses on building startup companies and their founders, today announced the transformation of its organizational identity to Start Co. The new name and identity better reflects the
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