Category: Press Releases

  • Successful People Know the Value of Advice

    Successful People Know the Value of Advice

    The most valuable lessons any entrepreneur can learn are from the successes and failures of others. As Confucius said, “Study the past if you would define the future.” For some people, it’s not so easy. A study by Harvard Business School professor, Francesca Gino, says that because our views of our own competence are often overly…

  • Six finalists to compete for $10,000 at Startup Day 2018, Traction Award nominees announced

    Six finalists to compete for $10,000 at Startup Day 2018, Traction Award nominees announced

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Innov865 Alliance has selected six East Tennessee startups as pitch competition finalists and three Traction Award nominees for Startup Day 2018. The winners of the pitch competition and Traction Award will be announced on Sept. 25 during the signature event of Innov865 Week, an annual celebration of Knoxville’s thriving entrepreneurial community…

  • Atlatl Releases bCommerce™: The Power of Visual Configuration on Your Website

    Atlatl Releases bCommerce™: The Power of Visual Configuration on Your Website

    Atlatl Software, which offers the QuoteBooks Cloud, CPQ and Visual CPQ products geared towards the unique manufacturer and distributor relationship, announces a new product offering: bCommerce™ Visual Configurator. Building on the success of their manufacturing-specific Visual CPQ platform, bCommerce™ gives users access to Atlatl’s 3D Visual Configurator from their web browser. “The dramatic change in…

  • K4Connect Enlists Voice and Artificial Intelligence Expert as SVP of Engineering

    K4Connect Enlists Voice and Artificial Intelligence Expert as SVP of Engineering

    K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company that creates connected-life solutions for older adults and those living with disabilities, announced today that Kuldip Pabla has joined the company as the Senior Vice President of Engineering. In his role, Pabla will oversee the continued development of K4Community, the Company’s solution designed specifically for and with the residents and…

  • G2Crowd Ranks InsureSign No. 1 E-signature Software for Usability

    G2Crowd Ranks InsureSign No. 1 E-signature Software for Usability

    G2Crowd, the world’s leading business solutions review website, released its Summer 2018 Report on e-signature software – InsureSign ranks No. 1 for its usability and customer support. InsureSign is currently the highest rated e-signature tool for overall satisfaction on G2Crowd, with 4.9 out of 5 possible stars (a 97 percent satisfaction score). “We’ve always focused…

  • SE Healthcare Creates New Software Platform to Enhance Reimbursement for Healthcare Providers

    SE Healthcare Creates New Software Platform to Enhance Reimbursement for Healthcare Providers

    CHARLESTON, SC, June 4, 2018 – SE Healthcare is excited to announce the official rollout of the Reimbursement Effectiveness Platform, the newest component of the company’s Physician Empowerment Suite, created for 26 individual specialties. SE is a healthcare technology company offering solutions to healthcare organizations through data analytics tools designed to improve safety, quality, reputation, risk…

  • Call for Startups Announced by DIG SOUTH Tech Conference

    Call for Startups Announced by DIG SOUTH Tech Conference

    Early- to Growth-Stage Companies Invited to Present to the South’s Top Investors April 27 at Charleston Gaillard Center DIG SOUTH Tech Conference has announced its call for startups to join DIG SOUTH Wild Pitch 2018, sponsored by SCRA, on Friday, April 27 at the Charleston Gaillard Center. Held on the third day of the DIG…

  • Queen City Fintech Welcomes Spring Accelerator Cohort

    Queen City Fintech Welcomes Spring Accelerator Cohort

    Charlotte, NC – Of nearly 150 applications from 18 countries and 20 states, only ten fintech companies were selected for the Queen City Fintech Spring 2018 Cohort. The twelve-week accelerator program begins work with Class 8 on March 26th and concludes with the Fintech Generations Conference on June 13th. Fintech Generations Presented By Oracle, the premier fintech event in…

  • Health IT in the Deep South Represents at #HIMSS18

    Health IT in the Deep South Represents at #HIMSS18

    It’s tradeshow season, which means every sector of technology produces its own acronym-laden superbowl that tens of thousands of vendors, integrators and buyers flock to. For consumer electronics, it’s CES. For cybersecurity, it’s RSA. And for health IT, it’s this week’s HIMSS. Unlike other tech sectors, the Southeastern United States arguably has the strongest presence…

  • Blinktbi Announces Appointment of Harvey W. Schiller to Board of Directors

    Blinktbi Announces Appointment of Harvey W. Schiller to Board of Directors

    Brigadier General Harvey W. Schiller, USAF Ret., Ph.D., was recognized by Sports Business Journal as a pioneer and innovator in sports business who has shaped the future of the industry. Throughout a long and prominent career, Schiller has demonstrated the ability to build successful organizations through both acquisition and talent development, education, innovation, and successful…

  • Ceterus Enhances SaaS Accounting Solution with Forecasting Functionality to Help Franchise Business Owners Project Revenue

    Ceterus Enhances SaaS Accounting Solution with Forecasting Functionality to Help Franchise Business Owners Project Revenue

    Ceterus, a done-for-you accounting and benchmarked reporting solution for small businesses, announces the availability of a new forecasting feature that allows franchise business owners to project cash inflows, outflows and balances into the future. Ceterus added the forecasting functionality to assist small business owners, who need to plan ahead but often have trouble projecting cash flow.…

  • K4Connect Introduces Next Generation Content Creation, Management and Publishing Solution for Senior Living

    K4Connect Introduces Next Generation Content Creation, Management and Publishing Solution for Senior Living

    K4Connect, a mission-centered technology company creating solutions that serve and empower older adults and individuals living with disabilities, today announced the availability of its groundbreaking Content Management Module (CMM), an optional add-on to its flagship connected-life solution, K4Community – built specifically for senior living community residents, staff and operators. The K4Community CMM content creation, management…

  • Charleston E-signature Software Team Releases Unique Premium ‘InsureSign Pro’ Features

    Charleston E-signature Software Team Releases Unique Premium ‘InsureSign Pro’ Features

    InsureSign, the simple & secure electronic-signing software, today announced the release of its “InsureSign Pro” plan that includes three new premium features: SMS/text message delivery, custom landing pages, and email integration. The Charleston-based development team built the new, unique features based on customer feedback. The seven full-time developers operate out of the Pacific Box and…

  • Danny Morrison Joins Advisory Board of Novel Concussion Diagnostic Device

    Danny Morrison Joins Advisory Board of Novel Concussion Diagnostic Device

    Charleston,​ ​SC​ ​​-​ ​Danny​ ​Morrison,​ ​former​ ​President​ ​of​ ​the​ ​NFL​ ​Carolina​ ​Panthers,​ ​is​ ​the​ ​latest​ ​to​ ​join​ ​the advisory​ ​board​ ​for​ ​Blinktbi,​ ​Inc.​ ​based​ ​in​ ​Charleston,​ ​South​ ​Carolina.​ ​Blinktbi​ ​has​ ​developed​ ​the​ ​world’s first​ ​patented​ ​device​ ​to​ ​objectively​ ​monitor​ ​concussions​ ​using​ ​the​ ​blink​ ​reflex. Morrison​ ​came​ ​to​ ​the​ ​Panthers​ ​in​ ​September​ ​of​ ​2009​ ​and​ ​was​…

  • Charleston’s newest app is changing the way we communicate with local businesses

    Charleston’s newest app is changing the way we communicate with local businesses

    Charleston’s newest app is changing the way we communicate with local businesses Wystle lets customers text take-out restaurants, salons, dog groomers & more November 7, 2017: Charleston, SC: A new B2C app has just launched in Charleston, South Carolina. Wystle is an easy-to-use text messaging platform that lets customers chat with businesses at the touch…

  • theClubhou.se Accepts $499,760 Grant from the Kauffman Foundation

    theClubhou.se Accepts $499,760 Grant from the Kauffman Foundation

    CONTACT: Danielle Wong Moores, Media Relations, (706) 496-5956 November 6, 2017 theClubhou.se Accepts $499,760 Grant from the Kauffman Foundation Second-largest grant in nonprofit’s history to support business accelerator program  Augusta, GA—theClubhou.se, Augusta’s innovation center and technology incubator, has received its second-largest grant from the Kauffman Foundation to fund Startup Life, a uniquely designed, year-long zero barriers business accelerator…

  • Solar Site Design is First Graduate of Tennessee’s Energy Mentor Network

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2017 Solar Site Design Is First Graduate Of Tennessee’s Energy Mentor Network Tennessee entrepreneurs gain advantage in trillion dollar global advanced energy market with new program Contact: Allie Rapkowicz, Piper Communications, Allison@piper-communications.com, 865-329-0553 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Energy Mentor Network, a mentorship program that supports energy entrepreneurs and startups in…

  • Complete Pitch Lineup Announced for Southeast Fintech Venture Conference

    Charlotte, NC – The inaugural Southeast Fintech Venture Conference Committee has announced the complete pitch lineup for November 20th. The first eight companies were announced on October 23rd. The ten additional fintech companies and Accelerator Partner MACH37 complete the lineup of seventeen companies and three Accelerator Partners. The companies have various stages of funding and will be pitching at Barings in…

  • Solar Site Design Is First Graduate Of Tennessee’s Energy Mentor Network: Tennessee entrepreneurs gain advantage in trillion dollar global advanced energy market with new program

    KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Energy Mentor Network, a mentorship program that supports energy entrepreneurs and startups in Tennessee, has announced its first graduate, Solar Site Design. The Energy Mentor Network is run by the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council in partnership with Launch Tennessee. The goal of the Energy Mentor Network is to foster the…

  • Queen City Fintech Class 6 Alumnus Edquity accepted into the Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator.

    Four Fintech Startups Become the Latest to Join the Wells Fargo Startup Accelerator Program Edquity, Hurdlr, Redrock Biometrics and SimSpace explore new approaches to college finances, taxes, biometrics, and cybersecurity October 23, 2017: SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced today four early stage fintech companies – Edquity, Hurdlr, Redrock Biometrics, and SimSpace –…

  • InsureSign makes the digital signing process even easier with faster, simpler web-based version, enhanced features

    InsureSign makes the digital signing process even easier with faster, simpler web-based version, enhanced features

    E-signature software offers increased flexibility for new and existing users CHARLESTON, S.C.— Everybody hates paperwork. And complex software. That’s why InsureSign has been growing by leaps and bounds with its super easy-to-use, electronic-signing solution. Since its inception six years ago, the brand has grown from a family business’s proprietary tool to a service with tens…

  • Want to Create a Top Workplace? Let Your Employees ‘Drive the Ferrari’

    Want to Create a Top Workplace? Let Your Employees ‘Drive the Ferrari’

    Editor’s note – this article originally appeared on Inc. It’s a great feeling when your business is growing fast and going gangbusters. Entrepreneurs know how sweet it can be to see all your hard work coming to fruition. As a fellow startup co-founder, I want to talk about a recent milestone for my company, Terminus. We made Inc.’s Top 50 Best…

  • Charlotte Hosts Southeast Fintech Venture Conference

    On November 20th the top Southeast fintech companies and venture capital firms from across the country will gather at Barings in Uptown Charlotte for a day highlighting the top fintech innovation happening in Charlotte, Atlanta, and throughout the Southeast. The inaugural Southeast Fintech Venture Conference is an all-day event drawing prominent VC and growth firms such as sponsor Frontier Capital and…

  • Charleston Digital Corridor Announces Six New Companies At The Flagships

    The Charleston Digital Corridor announced that six tech companies have commenced operations at the Flagship tech-focused business incubator facilities located in downtown Charleston over the past three months. Of the six companies, five have expanded to Charleston from across the United States. These companies join twenty-five other companies currently in residence at the Flagships and include: Workiva (Ames,…