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Get to Know The Pop-Up Project: Chattanooga’s Nonprofit Dance Performance Art Company
Local nonprofit The Pop-up Project inspires Chattanoogans to expand art initiatives and fall in love with performance art. To learn more about their vision and mission we sat down with Pop-up’s co-founder and director Mattie Waters to learn more about how they're
The Mad Priest: More Than a Coffee Shop
Lizzie Williams The food and beverage industry generated 39 million tons of food waste in 2015, a statistic that is only increasing. Motivated by the amount of waste caused by the food and beverage industries, as well as refugee crises
Small Business, Big Deal: Office Furniture Warehouse
Amanda Ellis When an Atlanta architecture client faced the prospect of spending $40,000 to trash $1.2 million of office furniture, JJ Jerman instead found a buyer. This eliminated disposal costs and kept waste out of landfills. He then founded Office
Small Business, Big Deal: HR Business Solutions
Amanda Ellis HR Business Solutions began in 2012 with Lynn Talbott’s laptop, helping heart and knack for numbers and efficiencies. With a background in human resources, Talbott came to Chattanooga from Seattle for her husband’s work as a physician and
How This Entrepreneur Uses Her Hemp Business to Fund Her Passion
David Martin After experiencing the positive effects of hemp-based CBD personally, Elisha Millan opened Grass Roots Health to bring those benefits to more people. Now she uses funds from her stores to combat the opioid epidemic. Thanks to its newly
American City & County: A View from the Front Seat
Christy Gillenwater Smart cities: once science fiction, now the foundation of community success. Every day, economic developers ask how they can swiftly engage smart city stakeholders as cities rapidly advance. As technology transforms the global economic landscape, cities like Chattanooga,
The Wall Street Journal: Will Truckers Trade Futures? A New Market Seeks to Draw Freight Bets
Alexander OsipovichM775hmYTLAE The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports that the first futures tied to the cost of trucking goods across the U.S. launched in Chattanooga today, with the debut by Nodal Exchange of 11 futures contracts linked to trucking costs. Will an
These Second Generation Entrepreneurs Are Bringing the Family Business Into Your Home
David Martin Their family owns one of the most high-profile facilities management companies around. But Jae and Janie Yu thought, “Why can’t we offer the same services for homeowners?” Now they do. Ah, the joys of homeownership. There are few
What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid?
Alexis Willis, Director of Small Business and Entrepreneurship at the INCubator What would you do if you weren’t afraid? It’s an oldie but goodie from Sheryl Sandberg’s book “Lean In” and one of my favorite quotes. Anytime I’m making
InfoSystems Celebrates 25 Years of Solving Technology Challenges
InfoSystems celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. 25 years ago, mobile devices barely existed. The mass adoption of laptops and smartphones has completely changed the way people work. Other big influences on IT services include physical document digitization, automation of manual processes
