How’s your health?
Early in Thursday morning’s latest “In the Room” session at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (KEC), Gera Grinberg asked Phil Stuckey, Founder of FC Renew, “Are you in good health?” His response was, “I think so.”
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Harry Boston shares his “reluctant entrepreneur” journey, aspirations for the region
Describing himself as a “reluctant entrepreneur,” Harry Boston, Founder of Boston Government Services LLC (BGS), shared his journey since launching the company 17 years ago with attendees during Thursday afternoon’s Innovation Crossroads Founders’ Forum.
Find out how drones help Oak Ridge lab researchers
Flying cameras and remote sensors through the air, drones provide a bird’s-eye perspective of events difficult to detect at ground level. In addition to their military applications, drones are used to meet civilian needs such as traffic surveillance, power-line inspection, aerial home inspections and post-disaster search-and-rescue operations.
Eonix making great progress six years after relocating to Knoxville
The start-up was in the second cohort of the Innovation Crossroads program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.Don DeRosa, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Eonix, is not from around here, but the transplant from New York has established roots in the community, and one can imagine that it would take a lot for him to
Harvesting the future: Here are nine companies disrupting the industry
The 2024 Cultivate Appalachia Bootcamp came to a close on Thursday evening, as ag-tech founders pitched their businesses to a room full of industry partners and community members.
UT Research Foundation spotlights impact of Uday Vaidya
If you are a regular reader of teknovation.biz, you have read on several occasions about the impact that Dr. Uday Vaidya has made on the start-up community in Knoxville.Three of his graduate students — Hicham Ghossein of Endeavor Composites, Alex Stiles of Vitriform3D, and Ryan Spencer of ThermaMatrix — have either gone through or are currently part of
America’s Top GreenTech Companies 2024
The booming green-technology sector has emerged as a beacon of hope, not only for investors—it’s predicted to grow to $9.5 trillion by 2030—and for the many workers it employs, but also for the planet at large. Greentech companies leverage innovation and new business models to curb greenhouse-gas emissions, displace unsustainable materials, and reduce the demand
Kevin Bacon of Composites: How a UT Professor Impacts Startups
“He encouraged me to do a startup; If he hadn’t encouraged me, I probably wouldn’t have done it,” says Pritesh Yeole, as he reflects on his career journey. The “he” Pritesh is referring to–Uday Vaidya, aka the Kevin Bacon of Composites–has a knack for connecting talent and inspiring entrepreneurs.
Additive Enhances Lost Foam Casting Process for Metal Manufacturing
Skuld LLC brings a new, 3D printing-enabled version of lost foam casting to market via its turnkey package for metal manufacturers. Additive Manufacturing Evaporative Casting (AMEC) enables metal parts made with sustainability and efficiency in mind.