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[US] [Event] Launch Tennessee’s Southland Conference To Highlight South’s Top 50 Startup Companies

YoungUpstarts

California’s Silicon Valley and New York tend to hog the headlines as America’s most lauded hotbeds of innovation, but Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) wants to prove that the country’s South also features plenty of innovative startups that can challenge for dominance in the global marketplace.

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Tennessee Innovation, Gonzeaux #6 – Persistence Personifies Nashville

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Nashville,, Tennessee — Saturday May 12, Gonzeaux #6. The chain of franchise stores that came later did not do so well –the market shifted; e-Bay made it easer to do single items, more people had internet connections, and franchise owners found it challenging to bring in enough transactions.

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At SXSW 2017; bots, films and a Vice President

Austin Startup

Many of the sessions this year are covering discussions on virtual reality, influencer marketing and building chatbots for customer relationship. Top brands such as Samsung, Spotify and Bud Light have decided to do highly curated private events for rising cost, cluttered marketing and budget cuts.