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Memphis-based Start Co. To Present 16 Startups At Demo Day

YoungUpstarts

Memphis, Tennessee-based nonprofit venture development organization Start Co. managing director Mara Lewis and founder & CEO Eric Mathews. Events & Happenings accelerator program Demo Day incubation program Memphis Start Co startup' will be presenting 16 new startups at its Demo Day on 21 August at Orpheum Theater.

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Attention: Female Founders on the Rise

The Startup Magazine

The research suggested the best states for startup activity included New York, Memphis and Dallas. These small groups in confidential settings help dynamic female founders collectively ask questions for feedback to solve difficult issues when growing revenue. Contact dianemiddlebrooks@itascabank.com for more information.

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SXSW Pitch Finalist: Plantible Foods

Austin Startup

Tony Martens , Co-Founder at Plantible Foods , moved his company to San Diego from the Netherlands The Forrest Four-Cast: March 3, 2020 Plantible Foods wants to contribute to a more sustainable and responsible future while meeting the food needs of a hungry planet. All SXSW Pitch events take place at the Hilton Austin Downtown.

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Foodtech Trends That Are Here to Stay

View from Seed

Co-founders Bowie Cheung and Chetan Narain spent years helping restaurants leverage technology and data to improve their operations as part of the leadership team at Uber Eats. Memphis Meats recently raised $161 million in funding, and I anticipate continued interest and competition in this space going forward. Dairy Alternatives.

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5 Meetings That Changed The World

YoungUpstarts

The founders of Apple Inc. On 4 December 1956, four of the biggest names in rock ‘n’ roll came together for an impromptu jam session in Memphis: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. I can’t tell if that’s beautifully symbolic or slightly creepy… perhaps a bit of both? Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

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Developer hiring startup Work for Pie to shut down on August 31, points users to Coderwall and Pitchbox

The Next Web

Work for Pie’s two co-founders, Cliff McKinney and Brad Montgomery, thanked their investors for allowing letting them “try to make our dreams come true,” their clients for “taking a chance on us,” and its users “for joining, for providing feedback, and for helping us grow.”

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The Secret History of Silicon Valley Part VI: Every World War II.

Steve Blank

Every movie I had seen – 12 O’clock High, Memphis Belle, etc. – assumed that there were no electronics other than radios on these bombers. to get acquired to raise money or get their founders and investors liquid. Every one of them. (To To someone who had grown up with reruns of WWII war movies on TV, this was a shock.)