Andre Fowlkes

FounderDating touts itself as “the premiere online network for entrepreneurs to connect with cofounders.” The concept is simple but powerful: create a network of entrepreneurs – of differing talents and experience – who are eager to take on a new venture or project. Best case, you find the cofounder of your dreams- or at least […]

Are you an artrepreneur? Design can help build a business from the ground up. Is yours? Find out how your talent could be influencing way more than logos and letterheads — and meet the newest tech startups that want to make it happen. See what happens when a wickedly talented design community meets an on-fire

A defining characteristic of modern Memphis is a sense of hustle, or as our local NBA team, the Memphis Grizzlies have described it, “Grit and Grind.” This ethos, while difficult to nail down, captures the no-nonsense attitude folks in Memphis have toward creating great things. — Patrick Woods The Wall Street Journal publishes a blog

by Andre Fowlkes, co-president of LaunchYourCity, Inc. full editorial available here in the Commercial Appeal For years, Memphis has been among the nation’s top 20 cities, ranked by population. But measured by total economic output — a gauge known as the Gross Metropolitan Product — metro Memphis (the city and its suburbs) ranks an anemic

by Eric Mathews, founding CEO of LaunchYourCity, Inc. The headline above probably sounds more like something you would find on top of an Onion article, but the fact is LaunchYourCity and our sister programs in other cities like Chicago, Nashville, Austin, Cleveland, and Chattanooga have already cracked the code on job creation. While economic development

Did you know that Tennessee led the nation yet again with the most Global Entrepreneurship Week events? And we were proud to contribute to that achievement through a week’s worth of new programming that welcomed new entrepreneurs, provided resources to our existing network and further developed our innovation ecosystem. On Monday we introduced Pitch Perfect,

by Eric Mathews, founding CEO of LaunchYourCity 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

As part of our new Upstart Memphis initiative to empower more women through our entrepreneurial ecosystem, we’re hosting a special edition of our 48 Hour Launch. On December 7-9 we invite you to help launch women’s startups over a single weekend. Pitch ideas. Collaborate. Develop products. Launch companies. Not your average, ordinary weekend. Are you

“Cloud for Good” is a local cloud consulting firm quickly becoming a familiar name nationwide for organizations looking to develop their own solutions on top of the Salesforce platform. CEO & Founder Tal Frankfurt first had the idea to start his own business when working for a non-profit in Israel. He discovered Salesforce as a