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Seed Hatchery companies rolling into third week of accelerator push
(Memphis Business Journal) After three years of running their startup accelerators separately, Start Co. is three weeks into its...
Eric Mathews
May 22, 20141 min read
Guilt-Free Pastries: “Good, Real Food”
(Memphis Flyer) A little more than a decade ago, Brandon Thomas dropped from 300 pounds to 175. More recently, he returned home to...
Eric Mathews
May 22, 20141 min read
Memphis is one of top 10 best places to start a business
(Memphis Business Journal) If you're looking to start a business, Memphis is your 10th best option, according to a new report. Memphis...
Eric Mathews
May 15, 20141 min read
Meet Tortuga
Evan Katz and Morgan Steffy are two of the newest members of Seed Hatchery, an information technology accelerator operated by Start Co....
Eric Mathews
May 15, 20142 min read
Entrepreneur Day Spotlights Power of Innovation
(Memphis Daily News) Already in recent weeks, Moziah “Mo” Bridges, the 12-year-old founder of the Memphis-based Mo’s Bows bow tie...
Eric Mathews
May 7, 20141 min read
Start Co. Kicks Off Summer of Acceleration with Four Simultaneous Accelerators
(SouthernAlpha) MEMPHIS, Tenn. (April 30, 2014) - Start Co. today announces the kickoff of the organization’s “Summer of Acceleration”...
Eric Mathews
Apr 30, 20143 min read
Rhodes College Hosts Panel Discussion on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
(Memphis - Action news 5) Rhodes College, in partnership with Start Co., is hosting a free panel program and discussion focused on...
Eric Mathews
Apr 23, 20141 min read
Start Co. appoints Mara Lewis as Managing Director
Memphis, Tenn. (April 22, 2014) – Start Co. today announced that Mara Lewis has been appointed to managing director for the organization...
Eric Mathews
Apr 22, 20142 min read
Library Enhances Offerings at Small-Business Center
(Memphis Daily News) The Memphis Public Library & Information Center has announced enhanced offerings at its Small Business Center on the...
Eric Mathews
Apr 19, 20141 min read
MentorMe Startup, Founder Continue to Thrive
(Memphis Daily News) Memphian Brittany Fitzpatrick ’s startup MentorMe is on a roll, having secured a six-figure round of funding after...
Eric Mathews
Apr 19, 20141 min read
Start Co. bets on Memphis to become a 'venture city'
(High Ground News) Eric Mathews talks fast. Then again, he’s got a lot to say. From window-lined offices on the second floor of 88 Union...
Eric Mathews
Apr 16, 20141 min read
New vision emerges, new horizons beckon
(Startup Memphis) It’s time to start up, Memphis. That’s how I opened this column when it debuted in 2011 and in the years since the...
Eric Mathews
Apr 7, 20141 min read
Memphis hitting back after ranking "black eye"
(Memphis Business Journal) Memphis may be last out of 101 markets across the U.S. when it comes to small business vitality, but check...
Eric Mathews
Apr 3, 20141 min read
Ignite Memphis Doubling Event Capacity
(Memphis Daily News) Ignite Memphis, an event at which Memphis creatives give a series of slide-based presentations on a range of diverse...
Eric Mathews
Apr 2, 20141 min read
Top 5 Benefits of Interning at Start Co.
As I’m nearing the end of my time as an undergraduate I am reminded of a scene from Good Will Hunting. It’s the scene at the bar where...
Eric Mathews
Apr 1, 20142 min read
New Incubator Aimed At Social Entrepreneurs Launches In Washington D.C.
(Startup Memphis) Hollie Slade in a new post at Forbes.com describes an innovative incubator launching in Washington, D.C., aimed at...
Eric Mathews
Mar 25, 20141 min read
Memphis to be EPIcenter of entrepreneurship
(Startup Memphis) The idea is audacious, innovative and perhaps a little crazy, but if it works, brilliant. A coalition of Memphis...
Eric Mathews
Mar 24, 20141 min read
CBU MBA students working with Start Co. companies
(Memphis Business Journal) Christian Brothers University will provide a group of MBA students to work with a group of entrepreneurs...
Eric Mathews
Mar 21, 20141 min read
Embracing Startups as the Key to Our Future
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...
Eric Mathews
Mar 20, 20143 min read
Start Co. moves office to downtown Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 13, 2014) – Start Co. today announced the organization’s move to 88 Union Ave. at the corner of Main St., nearly...
Eric Mathews
Mar 18, 20142 min read
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