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The Very Sweet Entrepreneurial Success of Cocoa Asante
As she looked out at the room of dignitaries, elected officials, nonprofit leaders, family and friends, all of whom came to celebrate her ongoing success as an entrepreneur, businesswoman and luxury chocolatier, Ella Livingston smiled and thought back to the
How Doing What You Know (and Finding Help with What You Don’t) Pays Off: The TESBROS Story
If you’d asked Ji Hoon Heo what he anticipated the next five years to look like when he launched his “Tesla Bros” Facebook group in January of 2019, he likely wouldn’t have shared visions of a nearly 30,000-subscriber YouTube fanbase,
From Brickyard to the Bay: Brev.dev Acquired by NVIDIA
If you pay any attention to the business world, then you are probably at least vaguely familiar with Nvidia, a San Francisco Bay Area technology outfit that earlier this summer harnessed the wave of AI popularity to become the most
Xtelligent: Shaping the Future of Traffic Control
In the bustling landscape of many cities throughout the United States, innovative solutions are vital to keep traffic flowing safely, yet efficiently. At the forefront of this innovation is Xtelligent, an L.A.-based startup reshaping the way we approach traffic control.
A Very Hot Hot Sauce Story:
a decade of startup success Hoff & Pepper is exploding across the nation. The award-winning Chattanooga-based hot sauce producer has committed to fresh, locally sourced peppers – not overprocessed, predictable sauces – and America noticed. With $3 million in total
Paving Equitable Paths: Financial Literacy Member Takeaways
Chattanooga is a tapestry of entrepreneurship where small businesses flourish through top amenities including the world’s fastest internet and a thriving startup ecosystem. Serving as an integral part of that ecosystem, our Chattanooga Chamber launched a five-month Minority Financial Literacy
Member Spotlight: Embracing the Digital Great Unknown
Last month, Google introduced its next-generation analytics and data measurement tool – Google Analytics 4 (GA4). An estimated 38 million websites use Google Analytics to track data, that number is expected to grow in the years to come. GA4 replaces its
INCubator at BDC Awarded $50,000 Microsoft TechSpark Fellowship
Established in 2017, TechSpark is a Microsoft civic program designed to promote digital skills, increase access to broadband, and foster inclusive economic opportunity. Since its inception in seven communities across the country, the program secured more than $125 million in
Closing the Care Gap: Teledermatology Thrives in Tennessee
It was around middle school anatomy class when I first learned that the body’s largest organ is not the liver or the lungs, or even the brain – it’s the skin. In addition to producing new skin cells, regulating internal
LAUNCH Chattanooga, TVFCU Partner to Support Food Truck Startups
LAUNCH Chattanooga, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting underserved entrepreneurs, has partnered with Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union (TVFCU) to bolster Chattanooga’s small business community while also hosting enjoyable lunchtime events. As part of this collaboration, food truck owners from LAUNCH’s
