Getting around in Memphis is about to get a whole lot easier, as Explore Bike Share has announced an agreement with B-Cycle to bring a 600-bike system to the Bluff City.

The system, known as the B-Cycle Dash, is expected to launch in the spring of 2018 and include a fleet of bikes equipped with a forward-facing touch-screen GPS that will offer route recommendations and directions. Once implemented, it will the largest bike-share system of its kind in the U.S.

2. Eighteen Startup Teams Set to Begin ‘Summer of Acceleration’ in Memphis - Thursday, May 4, 2017

Eighteen startup teams this week have kicked off the “Summer of Acceleration,” the season of joint accelerator programming across six startup accelerators overseen by the EPIcenter, Memphis Bioworks and Start Co.

3. Busy Season for Start Co. Ramps Up - Monday, March 13, 2017

The Start Co. organization is continuing its busy start to 2017 by playing host to a group of military entrepreneurs later this month, as part of a tour designed to introduce veterans to entrepreneurship resources.

4. Networking Helping Propel Women-Owned Businesses To New Heights - Saturday, February 18, 2017

When Memphis middle schoolers and sisters Madison Star and Mallory Iyana went on “Shark Tank” and secured $60,000 and partnerships with both Mark Cuban and Daymond John, they took their place among the ranks of female entrepreneurs who, in large numbers these days, are showing the business world that they are a force to be reckoned with.

5. Start Co. Accepting Applications for 2017 Accelerators - Tuesday, December 20, 2016

The Start Co. organization in Memphis is once again looking for a few good startups.

The entity that oversees a collection of startup accelerators is taking applications now for the next 100-day program that kicks off May 1 and runs through Aug. 10.

6. Study: Memphis Among Cheapest Cities for Startup Costs - Saturday, September 10, 2016

A newly published national study focused on the cost of launching a startup in the U.S. has given props to the startup ecosystem in Memphis, ranking it one of the lowest-cost cities in which to launch a startup.

7. Memphis Startup Ecosystem Expands With AgLaunch - Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Memphis’ startup ecosystem keeps getting bigger. Four startups have been chosen to participate in the inaugural round of a new agriculture-focused accelerator called AgLaunch. And yet another accelerator is launching soon in a partnership between the Start Co. organization and the city of Memphis focused on minority-owned businesses.

8. Density is Destiny for Memphis’ Creative Economy - Wednesday, May 4, 2016

The lack of density in creative workers has worked against the cultivation of a creative economy in Memphis. Density turns out to play an outsized role in the cultivation of collective knowledge and access to the resources necessary to build creative solutions to power the modern-day economy.

9. Startup Teams Announced for ‘Summer Of Acceleration’ - Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Monday, May 2, marked Day One of Memphis’ first “summer of acceleration,” a joint program of seven startup accelerators running concurrently that have collectively drawn the participation of 18 startup teams and dozens of founders hailing from as far away as Slovenia and Israel.

10. Memphis' Startup Accelerators Teaming Up This Summer - Thursday, April 21, 2016

For several years now, Memphis hasn’t been home to a unified hub of startup companies and activities so much as a collection of startup archipelagos, the disparate factions of activity sometimes duplicating the work of other groups.

11. Memphis Startup Economy Felt Nationally - Friday, April 15, 2016

A couple of years ago you wouldn’t find many Memphians in the startup world crisscrossing the United States over the course of a year, let alone on a single day.

On Thursday, March 10, our community crossed a new milestone as startup ecosystem participants made their way to showcase their work and build new global relationships that would power their businesses into the future. They pitched their businesses. Exchanged best practices. Spoke on panels. Closed deals.

12. Helping Memphis Make the Shift to Startups - Tuesday, January 12, 2016

It’s been quite a year! We saw Memphis’ first joint Demo Day with Start Co. and Zeroto510, graduated 18 startups from accelerator programming and hosted several investors and startup enthusiasts from all over the country here for the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. However, on a national scale, our startup community still has plenty of work to do.

13. Ready for Launch - Saturday, November 21, 2015

Five hundred new companies in 10 years. That’s the idea that founded EPIcenter, short for Entrepreneurship-Powered Innovation Center, an organization looking to catalyze the entrepreneurial movement in Memphis.

14. Memphis Poised to Become Regional Anchor for Entrepreneurs - Tuesday, September 22, 2015

A federal agency’s attention to Memphis’ entrepreneurial ecosystem could bring stronger investment and resources for startups.

On Friday, Sept. 18, Memphis was the kick-off site of the Delta Challenge pitch competition, a six-city tour organized by federal-state partnership Delta Regional Authority to identify and support exceptional startups.

15. Demo Day Brings Together Start Co., ZeroTo510 Entrepreneurs - Friday, August 14, 2015

The entrepreneurial ecosystem was more abundant than ever at Demo Day 2015, where Start Co. and ZeroTo510 worked in conjunction for the first time to present graduates of their business accelerator programs to investors and community leaders.

16. Start Co. Expands Its Downtown Space - Wednesday, February 18, 2015

The organization helping startup founders launch new ventures in Memphis will soon have more elbow room for the space where it holds events, teaches and provides a co-working environment for startup teams.

17. Local Business Executives Upbeat as 2015 Gets Underway - Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The latest Memphis Economic Indicator, a quarterly survey measuring general business sentiment, presented something of an upbeat trend in sentiment to kick off 2015.

The survey, which includes a set of six questions, asks participants to consider via a number scale, from positive to negative, how optimistic they are about the coming quarter.

18. Start Co. Leaders Heading to Coasts - Friday, November 7, 2014

The leadership of Memphis’ Start Co. organization is fanning out to both coasts next week – looking to, among other things, exchange best practices and to spread a little taste of Memphis along the way.

19. Connecting Creatives - Saturday, October 11, 2014

In a body of water, an undercurrent is something that moves beneath the surface and which, though it might be unseen, is unwise to ignore, especially when it flows in the opposite direction of currents visible on the surface.

20. Start Co. Post-Acceleration Efforts Help Startups - Thursday, September 11, 2014

Graduation from a Start Co. startup accelerator and making a pitch to investors at the organization’s “Demo Day” is no longer the last stage to cross before entrepreneurs head out into the wild to sink or swim.

21. New Logistics Venture Lands $250,000 Investment - Thursday, August 7, 2014

Start Co.’s “Summer of Acceleration” already has proven a success for at least one startup that’s participated in one of the organization’s accelerators this year.

22. Synk Brings ‘Rock & Sand’ Model to WKNO - Monday, August 4, 2014

WKNO-TV is airing a business special later this month featuring business educator and coach Michael Synk, who will present a televised version of the “Rock & Sand” business model upon which he’s already built workshops and a book.

23. Start Co. Steers Accelerators Toward Demo Day - Monday, July 28, 2014

Memphis’ startup community is in the throes of its busiest summer in memory.

The Start Co. organization is running four startup accelerator programs at the moment simultaneously, compared to past undertakings that involved one accelerator at a time. The four programs underway now include Seed Hatchery, Upstart, SparkGap and Sky High, and they include the participation of more than two dozen teams, some of which hail from Memphis and others from around the country.

24. Partners Drive Startup Ecosystem - Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Building startups is tough work that requires the engagement of money, mentorship and professional support.

Back before there were incubators, accelerators and formal platforms to systematically assist startup companies, there were critical trusted advisers in the community to help guide entrepreneurs as they started up. Those advisers were local bankers, lawyers, marketers, accountants and others where entrepreneurs could turn for support and guidance. While new startup infrastructures have sprung up to provide knowledge, capital and other resources, professionals continue to be the backbone driving entrepreneurial growth.

25. Start Co. Launches ‘Summer of Acceleration’ - Tuesday, May 6, 2014

This summer, Downtown Memphis is entrepreneur central. For the first time, Memphis’ venture development organization Start Co. will be running all of its startup accelerators at the same time.

26. EmergeMemphis Unveiling New Look, Plan - Wednesday, March 19, 2014

EmergeMemphis, the organization formed in 2001 that serves as an incubator for high-growth companies, is preparing to roll out a new logo and a new brand image as it lays out its plan for the next few years.

27. Start Co. Moves Back Downtown - Monday, March 17, 2014

With a new home, new programming and expanded leadership, among other things, this summer finds the Start Co. entrepreneurship organization in the midst of one of the more consequential periods in its history.

28. Start Co. Forms New Investment Partnership - Thursday, January 23, 2014

Andre Mouton, director of investment at the Singapore-based boutique investment firm Angaros Group, traveled to Memphis last year to participate in the “Investor Day” for Seed Hatchery, the startup accelerator whose programming culminates with participating startups to make funding pitches to investors.

29. Start Co. Joins Global Accelerator Network - Thursday, December 19, 2013

Start Co., the Memphis-based venture development group focused on grooming startup companies and their founders, is itself about to do some starting anew.

30. Start Co. Gearing up for Trio of Entrepreneurial Events - Friday, November 8, 2013

Global Entrepreneurship Week is around the corner, and Memphis’ Start Co. organization – a hub of related local entrepreneurial initiatives – is gearing up to participate in its own way in the international week-long celebration and support of entrepreneurs.

31. Start Co. Retools Website in Push to Evolve - Monday, September 23, 2013

Start Co., a nonprofit working as a hub of public-private efforts to kick-start new entrepreneurial ventures in Memphis, has launched a new website as the group continues to shift from serving as a local startup resource to becoming a more robust venture development entity.

32. New EmergeMemphis Head Brings Big Ambitions - Wednesday, June 5, 2013

On his first day as the new president and CEO of EmergeMemphis, Carlton Crothers talked about a grand vision of “creating an innovation ecosystem” in Memphis.

Crothers is the new head of an organization formed in 2001 that serves as an incubator for high-growth companies. He comes to Emerge from Innovation Ecosystem Design in Dallas, with a long career of entrepreneurship-related endeavors behind him.

33. EmergeMemphis Taps new President and CEO - Monday, June 3, 2013

EmergeMemphis has new leadership at the top.

The tech company incubator has chosen Carlton Crothers, previously with Innovation Ecosystem Design in Dallas, as its new president and CEO.

Former Pinnacle Airlines CEO Phil Trenary led the search to fill the role previously held by Eric Mathews, who recently left the post to focus on his leadership of the entity now known as Start Co. To fill the spot at EmergeMemphis, a search was conducted that included local and national candidates with the help of the National Business Incubation Association.

34. Couple Moves to Memphis to Launch Startup - Monday, May 6, 2013

Pam and Tom Cooper are the co-founders of Boosterville, a Memphis-based startup with an app that helps school fundraisers raise money by connecting them with local businesses.

35. Entrepreneurial Spirit Thriving in Memphis - Saturday, March 16, 2013

In recent years, there has been a civic pushback against the relentless downing of Memphis that over a long period of time came to dominate any attempt to have a purposeful discussion about the city’s future.

36. Launching Pad - Saturday, March 16, 2013

Eric Mathews sounded a little emotional in early February as he described what was about to happen to the organization he leads that’s at the vanguard of spurring entrepreneurship and startup activity in Memphis.

37. LaunchYourCity Programs Soon Leaving Downtown - Saturday, February 16, 2013

The LaunchYourCity entrepreneurial platform, which includes elements like Upstart Memphis and the Seed Hatchery startup accelerator, is getting set to leave the EmergeMemphis building Downtown and move to Playhouse on the Square in Midtown.

38. LaunchYourCity Programs Soon Leaving Downtown - Monday, February 11, 2013

The LaunchYourCity entrepreneurial platform, which includes elements like Upstart Memphis and the Seed Hatchery startup accelerator, is getting set to leave the EmergeMemphis building Downtown and move to Playhouse on the Square in Midtown.

39. Lighting the Spark - Saturday, February 9, 2013

Somewhere, there’s an entrepreneur scribbling an idea on little more than the back of a napkin. Someone else has all the pieces of a new company in place, and now they’re ready to dial for dollars. Entrepreneurs are a talented bunch, but that talent doesn’t always include a knack for management or finance – skill sets that plenty of experts in Memphis stand ready to help explain.

40. LaunchYourCity Moving to Playhouse on the Square - Friday, February 8, 2013

The LaunchYourCity entrepreneurial platform, which includes elements like Upstart Memphis and the Seed Hatchery startup accelerator, is getting set to relocate out of the EmergeMemphis building Downtown.

41. Startup Conference Billed as ‘Must Attend’ - Friday, February 1, 2013

Scott Case, the founding chief technology officer of Priceline.com and Startup America CEO, had some words of praise for Memphis and Tennessee while on a panel at November’s Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Forum in Palm Springs, Calif.

42. Six New Seed Hatchery Teams Chosen - Thursday, January 31, 2013

Six new teams have been lined up for the 2013 Seed Hatchery cohort.

Seed Hatchery is Memphis’ high-growth tech startup accelerator and puts entrepreneurs through a 90-day boot camp, with a crash course in customer discovery, business development, go-to-market strategies and investor pitches. And this year’s cohort marks the third collection of founders to go through the program.

43. Tech Talk - Tuesday, January 29, 2013

It is a pleasant lunchtime hour on a recent weekday, and a small gathering of technologists has huddled at Panera Bread in the Laurelwood shopping center for their monthly confab.

They’re participants in a recurring series of “Tech Lunches” spearheaded by Brian Swanson. He’s a software developer and the founder of Purple Ant Software, which focuses on Web and desktop software development.

44. Ray Rico Freelance Moves Into Cooper-Young - Saturday, January 12, 2013

Ray Rico Freelance has inked a lease for 550 square feet in the heart of the Cooper-Young Historic District after working for six years as a freelancer out of his nearby home and hiring strictly contract labor.

45. Ray Rico Freelance Moves Into Cooper-Young - Monday, January 7, 2013

Ray Rico Freelance has inked a lease for 550 square feet in the heart of the Cooper-Young Historic District after working for six years as a freelancer out of his nearby home and hiring strictly contract labor.

46. Cloud for Good Releases Synagogues Application - Tuesday, November 27, 2012

A Memphis-based startup company that harnesses the power of cloud computing technology to help nonprofits has released a new product aimed at synagogues.

Cloud for Good this week is announcing the release of SynagogueCloud, a comprehensive management application tailored for synagogues and built in the cloud on the Salesforce.com platform.

47. Tigers Weather Elements, Past to Give Fuente First Victory - Friday, October 12, 2012

If the first victory of the Justin Fuente Era proves to be something of a turning point for the University of Memphis football program, it will be remembered differently in the days and years ahead.

48. Synk Coaches Businesses, Helps Them Grow - Friday, October 5, 2012

Michael Synk is like a professor, salesman, evangelist and coach all rolled into one, prodding and supporting the community of executive leaders in Memphis via In-Synk, the business education and coaching firm he founded.

49. Entrepreneurial Ecosystem - Monday, October 1, 2012

Maybe you’re a startup founder who wants to rub shoulders with your peers, pitch investors in the hope of landing venture capital and talk to a lawyer about drawing up paperwork.

Maybe you’re a veteran researcher who’s got a side project that looks like it could turn into something big. Or maybe you’ve got little more than an idea on the back of a napkin.

50. National Tech Media Site Relocating to Memphis - Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Nibletz.com, which bills itself as “the voice of startups everywhere else”, is moving its base of operations to Memphis, after considering a few other cities – and even sweeter incentives elsewhere.

51. Raleigh Office Complex Sold To Local Entity - Friday, August 3, 2012

An office complex in Raleigh has traded hands after being under the same family ownership for more than 30 years.

Commercial Real Estate Network LLC, a local investor, has purchased the 40,756-square-foot Raleigh Center Office Complex at 2974 Austin Peay Highway from Charles R. Averwater Living Trust for $299,000.

52. Seed Hatchery Participants Prep for Investor Day - Tuesday, April 24, 2012

For months, the entrepreneurs behind six new startups have refined their concepts, listened to mentors, learned from each other – and counted down the days.

In a little more than a week, that counting will be over. For the enrollees in this year’s Seed Hatchery program — an intense boot camp-style, mentorship-driven seed stage investment program – May 3 is the day they’ve been working toward.

53. Cloud for Good Connects Nonprofits With Technology - Monday, April 16, 2012

From an office on the second floor of the EmergeMemphis building at 516 Tennessee St., a small company called Cloud for Good is harnessing the power of cloud technology to help nonprofits develop customized, cost-effective solutions, advance their missions and raise the social return on their investments.

54. Haversack CEO Kept Going Until He Found What Works - Friday, April 13, 2012

Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a six-part series on entrepreneurs in the current round of Seed Hatchery’s “cohort” boot camp.

Josh Bell, an avid hunter and fisherman, is so pumped about Haversack, his new outdoors-themed startup that’s taking shape, that he at times finds himself unable to break away from making plans, tweaking this and researching that.

55. St. George’s to Host Symposium - Thursday, April 5, 2012

The public is invited to learn about the importance of entrepreneurial citizenship during St. George’s Independent School’s 2012 Educational Symposium, slated for April 14 at Memphis Bioworks Foundation, 20 S. Dudley St.

56. Leadership Change - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Eric Mathews, long at the center of a variety of tech ventures and entrepreneurship projects in the city, is taking the reins at EmergeMemphis.

57. EmergeMemphis Names Mathews As Executive Director - Monday, February 13, 2012

Eric Mathews, long at the center of a variety of tech ventures and entrepreneurship projects in the city, is taking the reins at EmergeMemphis.

58. Growing Innovation - Tuesday, August 2, 2011

The investors have been courted. Early-stage companies are about to enroll in the next round of a local training program.

Customers for newly formed companies are being targeted, and new apps that promote fresh uses for everything from quick response (QR) codes to virtual graffiti are rolling out to the public.

59. Seed Hatchery Helps Local Startups Spring to Life - Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Springtime gardening isn’t just for farmers anymore. The new Memphis venture group Seed Hatchery hopes to plant six innovative new companies into home soil.

Financial investments, mentorship and a business-owners’ Boot Camp are part of a 90-day process of entrepreneurial training.

60. ATTN: Mayor Wharton - Monday, January 10, 2011

Memphians sound off on city’s most pressing needs.

Aaron Shafer
Founder of Skatelife Memphis; scientist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hosp.
Develop and promote a citywide mentoring campaign. We must heavily invest in the positive development of our children. Many of our Memphis children suffer not from a material poverty, but a poverty of healthy relationships and ultimately a poverty of possibility – of reaching their full potential. Each of us has had supportive network of mentors (“the village”) in our lives, be they our parents, teachers or friends, that have come along side of us to build our self-esteem and to help us navigate a path that moves us closer to realizing our potential.

61. Mark’s Menus Brings Ease to Restaurant, Menu Searches - Monday, November 22, 2010

Scott Brown, head of technology for Microplace.com, eBay’s microfinance initiative, left Silicon Valley in July 2008 and returned to his native Memphis to launch a technology start-up.

62. Ignite Night to Highlight Memphis’ Creative Side - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

A self-described “geek” event that’s already swept cities from Helsinki to New York to Sydney makes its Memphis debut at 7 Tuesday evening at Playhouse on the Square.

IgniteMemphis invites pre-registered speakers to sell their idea to a hometown crowd in exactly five minutes. Each speaker is given 20 slides, each shown for just 15 seconds.

63. FedEx CIO Carter to Highlight Leadership Academy Luncheon - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

In May, longtime FedEx CIO and executive vice president of information services Rob Carter joined the likes of pop star Lady Gaga, fashion designer Tom Ford and Oscar-winning director James Cameron on Fast Company’s 2010 list of the 100 Most Creative People in Business.

64. Risk Aversion Could Hold City Back, Biz Leader Says - Friday, April 16, 2010

Memphis could be left behind in an economic rebound because it has become a “big company town” with a low tolerance for risk, said Eric Mathews, the co-founder of LaunchMemphis.

65. After Startup Weekend, Five Businesses Born - Thursday, June 4, 2009

Kevin Yancy walked into the EmergeMemphis building last Friday night with a domain name and dream. He walked out 48 hours later with a team of 10 people, the beta version of a Web site and the foundation for a startup company called The Roll Play.

66. Startup Weekend To Foster Multiple Ideas - Thursday, May 28, 2009

Memphis is known for its entrepreneurs, from Clarence Saunders inventing the self-service grocery store to Kemmons Wilson inventing the hotel chain to Fred Smith inventing overnight package delivery.

67. LaunchMemphis To Become Nonprofit Org. - Wednesday, August 6, 2008

A local organization formed to bring together entrepreneurial-minded individuals in the community has experienced such a show of interest that organizers are taking the next step in formalizing it.

68. Biz Startup Event Slated for Late May - Thursday, March 6, 2008

The possibilities are endless.

With a group of 100 people, experts in various fields and many different visions, there's no telling what ideas will come out of the weekend event that brings a whole room of people together for the purpose of coming up with an idea for a startup business.

69. Entrepreneurs Bank On Fractional Ownership Market - Tuesday, October 30, 2007

In the midst of an uncertain housing market, one trend seems to be flourishing: Fractional ownership of luxury homes and condominiums has become a fast-growing segment of the housing industry, local industry experts said. And it's not expected to slow down anytime soon.

70. Artificial Intelligence Gains Momentum - Wednesday, March 1, 2006

More than a few people probably remember watching "The Jetsons" and marveling at the wonder of having a robotic maid like Rosie the Robot or being able to get an entire three-course meal at the touch of a button.

71. Mathews Named to New Post at FedEx Institute - Wednesday, December 7, 2005

Eric Mathews was named associate director of corporate research and development at the University of Memphis FedEx Institute of Technology. Mathews previously served FIT in temporary roles directing research and business development and was part of the institute's founding executive management. He earned a bachelor's degree from Rhodes College and a master's degree from the University of Memphis.

72. Team Sets New Standards in E-Learning - Friday, December 2, 2005

The age-old practice of training employees using a lecture-based method - one lecturer standing before a class of 10 or more students - may well be on its way to extinction.

Technology-based training methods are making a serious dent in the overall field of employee training as more and more companies move toward online learning.

73. Archived Article: Small Biz Focus - Wednesday, September 1, 2004
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Langston Helps Professionals Direct Their Futures

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Greg Langston wants to help corporate employees and high school and college students capitalize on their poten...

74. Archived Article: Tech (lead) - Thursday, May 13, 2004
FedEx Institute lauds new technology tools

New Technology Fosters Collaboration

FedEx Institute, businesses to benefit from Nortel partnership

ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

Those who still marvel at the capabilities of cell phones and th...

75. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, August 27, 2003
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76. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, July 29, 1998
Taylor French has been named general manager of French & Co Taylor French has been named general manager of French & Co., Realtors and The French Connection. He is a graduate of the University of the South. Dan Estes has been promoted to vic...