Category: Press Releases
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Elevator Pitches Now LIVE for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Elevator pitches are online for each competitor in this year’s Innov865 Alliance Startup Day contest. Each short video gives a glimpse of the technology and innovation currently developing in Knoxville’s robust startup scene. The minute-long proposals are compiled here by media sponsor WATE. Pitches range from technology for fighting climate change to…
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Thought & Action – Mental Wellness in the Workplace with Mary Jo Romeo
Zoom Interview: Flegal & Romeo Thought and ActionRecorded August 26, 2020 A Conversation on Wellness with Mary Jo Romeo, Executive Coach MJR Coaching and Consulting Thank you all for joining us for this edition of Thought and Action. We’re very pleased to have Mary Jo Romeo join us. She is an executive coach with MJR…
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The Center for Creative Economy Announces 10 Finalists for the Velocity Creative Accelerator
The Center for Creative Economy has selected 10 creative entrepreneurs to participate in the organization’s fifth creative accelerator. Velocity is an intensive high impact program that helps creative entrepreneurs discover their target customers, develop business models, and develop a go-to-market strategy. Top startups in this 9-week program will split a pool of $50,000 in seed-stage…
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Startup Atlanta Releases the 2020 Guide to the Ecosystem
ATLANTA, GA – August 19th, 2020 – Startup Atlanta, a community non-profit focused on connecting, curating and promoting the region’s startup ecosystem, today announced the digital release of the fourth edition of the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Guide. Presented in partnership with Invest Atlanta, the city’s official economic development authority, the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem Guide serves as a vital resource for…
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Competitors for Innov865 Week’s 2020 Startup Day Pitch Competition Announced – Six Knoxville Startups Vie for $10,000
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Some of the pitches shooting for $10,000 at Innov865’s Startup Day this year include predictive software for heart attacks, an untraceable password generator and glowing human cells to deliver medicine, among other ideas. Those are among six rising stars from Knoxville’s startup scene that the Innov865 Alliance chose for its 2020 Startup…
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The Man Who Made the Carolina Reaper on Pushing an Industry Forward
A “chile head” in the truest sense of the word, Ed Currie – the man behind the Carolina Reaper, the world’s hottest pepper – knows hot enough is never hot enough. His journey began in the 80s when he started growing peppers at his house in South Carolina. By the 90s, his 800+ plants covered…
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Startup Atlanta Bolsters Executive Board with Five New Members
Startup Atlanta Bolsters Executive Board with Five New Members Board Additions Include Leaders from Across Atlanta’s Startup Ecosystem ATLANTA, GA – August 11th, 2020 – Startup Atlanta, a community non-profit organization focused on connecting, curating and promoting the Atlanta Startup Ecosystem, has announced the addition of five new executive board members. Joining the board of…
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ROK Technologies Named to Esri’s Partner Advisory Council
Today ROK Technologies, LLC announced the nomination and acceptance of Alex Coleman to Esri’s Partner Advisory Council (PAC). Alex Coleman, CEO of ROK Technologies will serve as a representative for a 3 year term. The PAC, established in 2010, serves as a Board of Directors for Partnering at Esri. This is an esteemed community offered…
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ROK Technologies is the First Esri Silver Partner Awarded ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty
Esri awarded ROK Technologies, the premier global provider of GIS Managed Cloud Services, with their latest designation, the ArcGIS Cloud Services Specialty. This designation is exclusively reserved for those who have expertise in deploying and managing ArcGIS in cloud environments; providing services for deployments, system architecture design, managed cloud services, and the implementation of integrated…
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Southern Coastal Cities Need to Attract More Resources For Entrepreneurs and Tech Talent Will Follow
Friends in the southern entrepreneur ecosystem and economic development got into a discussion on a Spring pandemic day about a recent headline where a coastal city in the South was offering $2,000 to incentivize people with tech talent to move to the city. Is $2,000 going to attract the kind of talent that good tech…
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Forbes names Headspring a 2020 Small Giant
Headspring, a software strategy and development company, has been chosen as a 2020 Forbes Small Giant. This recognition acknowledges the top 25 purpose-driven companies in the United States. Every year, Forbes teams up with the Small Giants Community to identify and recognize organizations that choose greatness over growth and invest in their people and their…
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Venture Asheville Raises $25,000 to Launch 5 Startups with Asheville Impact Micro Grant Fund
Venture Asheville, the entrepreneurship initiative of the Economic Development Coalition for Asheville-Buncombe County and Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, announced that $25,000 has been raised in support of the Asheville Impact Micro Grant. Now in its second year, the Asheville Impact Micro Grant will help launch five new startups by seeding each of them with…
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Brian Alwine Joins Redwood Valuation
Brian M. Alwine, CPA, ASA joined Redwood Valuation as a Director in early 2020. Alwine brings 20 years of business valuation experience to Redwood, having worked with hundreds of clients across the USA. His projects have ranged from valuing entrepreneurial startups to working with publicly traded enterprises in a wide range of industries. Alwine is…
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Investors Pour Money Into Next Glass, K4Connect, SC Dept of Unemployment Chat Bot, BestFit, CureMint, + Interloop on Wild Pitch Wednesday!
NOTES FROM THE GAROFFICE Ready for the rebound? Good. Then buckle up. This week we’re sharing more joyful news – Next Glass is more than half full as the Wilmington, NC-based company raised an undisclosed round from Providence Strategic Growth. We also have stories about K4Connect, an AI-powered bot you can chat up at the SC…
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From Raleigh RIoT Goes Global
Guest post submitted by Raleigh-based economic development organization RIoT Many involved with tech and entrepreneurship in the South are aware of RIoT, an economic development organization headquartered in Raleigh that helps startups and companies utilize data and capture Internet of Things (IoT) opportunities. RIoT has taken both the tech and startup world by storm, expanding…
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Of Note Releases Podcast Mini-Series: “Power of Vulnerability”
In a special mini-series from “Of Note”, appropriately dubbed “The Power of Vulnerability,” season one innovators are asked how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting their personal, professional, and business lives. Listeners will learn how these South Carolina leaders are staying productive, optimistic and effective during this historic time of disruption. In the first episode, Jon-Michial…
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ROK Technologies Announces COVID-19 Emergency Cloud Relief to Enable Remote GIS Workforces
ROK Technologies, the premier global provider of GIS Managed Cloud Services, announced their Emergency Cloud Relief Solution to help GIS organizations thrown into crisis mode in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. With this solution, organizations can quickly launch applications and data in the cloud thereby enabling a successful remote workforce. The Cloud Relief Effort…
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Enabling the Spirit of Invention in Times of Crisis: RIoT Launches MISSION-R
Hidden within every crisis are a myriad of opportunities – opportunities to choose giving over self-serving, compassion over fear, to utilize our talents and skills in unique and practical ways. Crises create opportunities to solve acute problems and explore new business ideas and technologies that can accomplish all of the above. Those who chase opportunity…
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Last Mile Holdings and Gotcha Mobility Officially Merge
Last Mile Holdings, formally OjO Electric, announced it has officially merged with Gotcha Mobility (a DIG SOUTH sponsor), making it one of the largest micro-mobility companies in the United States. Last Mile Holdings will acquire Gotcha’s portfolio of exclusive long-term contracts featuring 35 universities and 42 municipalities. Throughout 2020, the adjoined companies plan to launch…
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Gotcha Mobility Supporting Local Businesses During Covid-19 by Offering Electric Vehicles
Gotcha Mobility announced it will offer its electric vehicles to local restaurants and merchants in an effort to help meet the demand for delivered products such as takeout meals and light groceries. The company is pivoting its business model in the face of coronavirus to support local businesses and their employees and customers. Gotcha will maintain…
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S.C. Department of Commerce Office of Innovation to Launch Scribble Event Series
COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina Department of Commerce’s Office of Innovation announced the launch of the Toolkit Talk series celebrating innovators across S.C. The interactive three-day series, which is part of the Scribble online resource, provides opportunities for idea sharing and collaboration between innovators of all industry sectors and experience levels. The series will…
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Tech in the South: PlayOn! Sports (ATL) Raises $25M + Ecobot (ASV), Clutch (DUR), Givful (NSV), REIN (Chapel Hill)
???? ATLANTA – Student athletes. PlayOn! Sports, an Atlanta-based company that streams live and on-demand high school sporting events across the U.S., has announced that it has raised $25 million in a Series B funding round led by venture investment firm BIP Capital, with participation from Jeff Vinik, Teall Capital, and Crossover. The company plans to use the capital…
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Tech in the South: Creative Bootcamp Kinetic Launches (Winston-Salem) + Alex Gonzalez on South Pod, Ecobot (Asheville), Brava (Austin), Makeswift (ATL)
Is it time to turn your creative idea into a business? Winston-Salem-based Center for Creative Economy announced the launch of Kinetic, a bootcamp designed for creatives and artists who are ready to launch a business. Creatives will learn how to: Validate your creative idea Develop a business model Identify who your customers are and start talking to them Build a…
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OjO Electric Announces Acquisition of Charleston-Based E-Mobility Company, Gotcha
Oxnard, California and Vancouver, British Columbia – November 19, 2019 – OjO Electric Corp. (the “Company” or “OjO”) (TSXV: OJO; OTC: AZNVF) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding letter of intent (the “LOI”) with Gotcha Mobility, LLC (“Gotcha”) pursuant to which OjO will acquire 100% of the equity of Gotcha (the “Acquisition”) in a transformational combination…
