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Nashville Business Incubation Center closer to Executive Director? | NBIC, Nashville Business Incubation Center, Mildred Walters, Angela Crane Jones, Valerie Smith Hayes, Deloitte, Tennessee State University
Nashville Business Incubation Center closer to Executive Director?
A TSU appointment may signal NBIC is closer to leadership choice
By Milt Capps May 13, 2013 7:45 a.m.

TCRS private-equity commitments reach $900MM as Villere departs | TCRS, Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, investment, private equity, venture capital, Lamar Villere, Villere & Co., real estate, natural resources, pension, funds, Daniel Crews, Bain & Co., Bain Capital IX, KPS IV, KPS Capital Partners, Carol Womack, Diversified Trust Co., Chuck Webb, Barksdale, George Stadler, HMS Capital Management, Henry Delicata, Park Street Capital, Frederick Crown, Strategic Investment Solutions, Cambridge Associates, Townsend Group, Morgan Keegan, Raymond James, Middle Tennessee State University, Washington & Lee, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University, Andy Palmer, Michael Brakebill, Denham VI, Bain Capital Ventures 2012, Canaan IX, Draper Fisher Jurvetson X, General Catalyst VI, Institutional Venture Partners XIV, Khosla Seed B, Khosla Ventures III, Khosla Ventures IV, Lightspeed IX, TrueBridge-BVPVIII-TN Special Purpose, Venrock Associates VI, Advent VPE VII, Bain Capital XI, Berkshire VIII, Hellman & Friedman VII, KPS IV, TA Associates XI, Oaktree Opportunities, David Lillard, Beachpoint Capital Management, Brigade Capital Management
TCRS private-equity commitments reach $900MM as Villere departs
Five years after getting green light, a leader returns to private sector
By Milt Capps

No leg-up? TCRS pension-assets 'Set-aside' for TN firms uncertain | Lamar Villere, TCRS, Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Jim Phillips, Pharos Capital Group, private equity, venture capital, TNInvestco, investment, Michael Brakebill, Ed Hennessey, economic development, pension, government, General Assembly, INCITE, Clayton Associates, Bullpen Ventures, Vic Gatto, Solidus, Venture INCITE, Jumpstart Foundry, startups, early stage, Seed Hatchery, SouthernAlpha.com, Mountain Group Capital, Joe Cook III, Limestone Fund, Stuart McWhorter, Stimulus, Eric Cromwell, Andrew Seamons, Pittco Management, Sid Chambless, Nashville Capital Network, Frank Williams, FourBridges Capital Advisors, legislation, Tennessee Capital Formation Board
No leg-up? TCRS pension-assets 'Set-aside' for TN firms uncertain
Chief Investment Officer Michael Brakebill reiterates his open-door policy
By Milt Capps

Entrepreneur Center: AdvanceNashville seeks 16 leaders Under 40 | AdvanceNashville, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, Michael Burcham, volunteers, Rolling Mill Hill, Trolley Barns, investment, leadership
Entrepreneur Center: AdvanceNashville seeks 16 leaders Under 40
The EC leverages revs its engine to create a platoon of change agents
VNC Staff

Mind2Marketplace seeks its own nonprofit charter,will offer Tech-sector content and meetings | Bondware, M2M, Mind2Marketplace, Renderosity, Sandy Ponder, Andrea Loughry, University of Tennessee, Institute for Public Service, Middle Tennessee State University, MTSU, Rep. Bart Gordon, Rep. Zach Wamp, Bricke Murfree, Murfree & Murfree, MidSouth Bank, Dempsey Vantrease & Folis, economic development, accelerators, entrepreneurs, nonprofit, IRS, Murfreesboro, intellectual property, commercialization, technology transfer, government
Mind2Marketplace seeks its own nonprofit charter,
will offer Tech-sector content and meetings

Murfreesboro group seeks to regain traction by serving others
By Milt Capps updated 14 May 2013

SpecialOps: ExBellum combat veterans target business imperatives | Judson Kauffman, SEAL, U.S. Navy, U.S. Naval Academy, special operations, military, defense, security, talent, ExBellum, Smashed Titan Enterprises, Joe Wolfel, McKenzie Laird, Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, LBMC, Wells Fargo
SpecialOps: ExBellum combat veterans target business imperatives
Warriors suit-up to place special operations personnel in crucial business roles
By Milt Capps updated 10:12 p.m.

Consultant PYA doubles-down with U.S. healthcare data startup | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Solidus, Tom Ballard, Brian Worley, Ed Pershing, Venture Incite, Solidus, Scott Ewing, Tom Berg, Y12, University of Tennessee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, analytics, healthcare, informatics, economic development, technology transfer, commercialization, Medicare, Medicaid, Veteran Administration, consulting, social security, CMS, HHS, policy, reform, Affordable Care Act, Edmon Begoli, information technology, software, Big Data, Stratasan, Emdeon, Healthcare Horizons, Blue Gill Creative, First Tennessee, Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, UT-Battelle
Consultant PYA doubles-down with U.S. healthcare data startup
Brentwood sister company is among allies for Oak Ridge-linked startup
By Milt Capps updated 9:01 p.m.

Nashville IT: McKinney named CIO of U.S. Transportation Department | information technology, government, IT, Richard McKinney, aviation, transportation, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Tim Schmidt, Ray LaHood, Anthony Foxx, President Barack Obama, innovation, Tennessee, General Assembly, Metropolitan Nashville Davidson County, Center for Digital Government, e.Republic, consulting, Tennessee State University, Nitin Pradhan, federal
Nashville IT: McKinney named CIO of U.S. Transportation Department
Veteran chief information officer now 'champion' for IT advance
By Milt Capps updated 4:04 p.m.

Mentor Capitalist:  Gary Peat reboots after Council Capital  | Gary Peat, Council Capital, Denny Bottorff, Dennis Bottorff, Katie Gambill, Grant Jackson, John Davis, Rick Apple, TNInvestco, venture capital, private equity, Joe Maxwell, eDoc4U, ConduIT Corporation, Shareholder InSite, Council Ventures
Mentor Capitalist: Gary Peat reboots after Council Capital
VC opens new chapter amid a climate of lingering dread and anticipation
By Milt Capps Originally published 10:51 a.m. 9 April 2013

LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks | Jim Stefansic, Pathfinder Therapeutics, Pathfinder Technologies, Charlie Brock, Bill Hagerty, Gov. Bill Haslam, government, economic development, commercialization, technology transfer, intellectual property, Vanderbilt University School of Engineering, SBIR, Candace "Candy" Stefansic, Children's Hospital, healthcare, medicine, venture, startups, TNInvestco, INCITE, taxes, capital, investment, funding, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, James Stover, Belmont University, Massey Graduate School of Business, The Johns Hopkins University, biomedical engineering, LaunchTN, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation, TTDC, Jason Denenberg, Angel Capital Group
LaunchTN appoints commercialization director from Nashville startup ranks
TTDC now seems to be fully staffed to further pro-venture programs
By Milt Capps

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