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Electrifying Urban Mobility: Embracing E-microtransit for a Sustainable Memphis

Blog, Digital City, Digital Inclusion, Startups / Eduardo Bengoa

E-microtransit represents a new era in urban transportation, featuring electric-powered services designed specifically for city environments. This innovative mode of transit employs a range of electric vehicles, from vans to bicycles, tailored to operate with high efficiency. Its core advantages lie in its adaptability and eco-friendly nature, catering to the evolving needs of urban commuters. […]

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Drive Electric Tennessee’s Ambitious EV Goals: A Shift Towards Sustainability

Blog, Digital City, Startups / Arshia Taqi

Drive Electric Tennessee (DET), a coalition encompassing state agencies, electric utilities, various cities, universities, vehicle manufacturers, businesses, and advocacy groups, is setting an ambitious target. Their goal is to see 200,000 electric vehicles (EVs) cruising along Tennessee’s roads by 2028. This initiative reflects a broader commitment to enhance environmental sustainability and modernize the transportation infrastructure

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Nailing The Memphis Challenge Application

Blog, Digital City, Startups / Arshia Taqi

The Ford Urbanite Challenge invites proposals for mobility solutions in Memphis. Funding will be allocated to pilot projects that address the community’s mobility needs. The application is now LIVE on F6S: https://www.f6s.com/urbanite-challenge-memphis . Here are some tips on how to ace your application: Read the explore report: Before beginning the application, take time to go

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The Memphis Mobility Challenge Launches

Blog, Digital City, Startups / Arshia Taqi

BIG NEWS! THE MEMPHIS MOBILITY CHALLENGE LAUNCHES An exciting collaboration led by Ford Urbanite to bring new innovative mobility solutions to life in Memphis. With Start Co. serving as the local anchor in concert with 12 local partners, we are bringing a shared vision of mobility innovation to ignite change in our community. $600,000

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Focus Groups To Understand the State of Black Business in Memphis

Digital Inclusion, Blog, Startups / Eric Mathews

Start Co. along with the City of Memphis, Christian Brothers University, Black Business Association, the Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Memphis Commission, and Heartland Forward are doing data analysis on the state of Black businesses that goes beyond revenue and paid headcount. We are looking at: the complexities of starting a business out of

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Our Reading Recommendations for Innovators

Blog / Eric Mathews

Play Bigger – Dave Peterson, Al Ramadan, Christopher Lochhead, & Kevin Maney Creating something new is great but if you want to build a high growth company it is no longer enough to create great new products. Startups and innovative companies must create whole new categories that destroy old ones. That’s how Unicorns are made and this

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Memphis Tech Company Otto Announces Breakthrough in Machine Learning for Malware Detection

Blog / Eric Mathews

When there is a global shortage of cybersecurity staff and now record-high cyberattacks we all need help. Thankfully, a tech company that was built right here in Memphis, Tennessee, called otto, announced the release of its automated JavaScript security platform, ottoBox. It uses machine learning to combat sophisticated attacks coupled with

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Start Co. Partners with Elastic

Blog, Digital City, Newsroom, Startups / Carter King

Start Co. is happy to announce that Elastic is joining our family of partners that are digitally advancing our community of entrepreneurs and innovators. Elastic is a software company that allows thousands of companies worldwide, including Uber, Netflix, and Microsoft to explore and analyze their data differently using the power of search. Their

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ROI: Return on Internship at Start Co.

Blog, Digital City, Newsroom / Danny Brown

When searching for an academic internship for the fall semester this year, the career services staff at Rhodes College (based in Memphis, TN) presented me with many options, and I found it very hard to narrow down what I really wanted to spend my time doing for an entire semester. That’s when I came across

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The Digital City Memphis Discussion Panel

Newsroom, Blog, Digital City / Rachel Reilly

Memphis’ Digital City Smart People & Smart Tech Transform a Community On October 19, 2021, Start Co. joined the Downtown Memphis Commission and the Greater Memphis Chamber to share details about the Digital City and how local leaders will harness its capabilities to drive positive social change and economic growth. This conversation took place at

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Electrifying Urban Mobility: Embracing E-microtransit for a Sustainable Memphis

Drive Electric Tennessee’s Ambitious EV Goals: A Shift Towards Sustainability

Nailing The Memphis Challenge Application

The Memphis Mobility Challenge Launches

Focus Groups To Understand the State of Black Business in Memphis

Our Reading Recommendations for Innovators

Memphis Tech Company Otto Announces Breakthrough in Machine Learning for Malware Detection

Start Co. Partners with Elastic

ROI: Return on Internship at Start Co.

The Digital City Memphis Discussion Panel

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