Entrepreneur Resources · Entrepreneurship · STEM

Blockchain Technology and Disruption

This week’s AccelNow Blog highlight comes from Medium.com’s Francesco Corea. Read the article in its entirety Here. Corea prepared a ton of research for this article, including examples of companies doing good and bad jobs of changing the landscape of the 21st century. How AI could change Blockchain Although extremely powerful, a blockchain has its own… Continue reading Blockchain Technology and Disruption

STEM

Bitcoin: The Currency of the Future?

A guest blog post by John Cannon. Bitcoin. You’ve probably heard the term by now, being tossed around online or maybe in your circle of friends. You may have heard people saying things like “it’s the currency of the future,” and that it’s a “smart investment opportunity.” Then again, you may have also heard “it’s… Continue reading Bitcoin: The Currency of the Future?

Entrepreneurship

Perserbid: Connecting Homeowners to Contractors

It’s been a busy year for Perserbid, the local tech startup that has been in the making since February 2014. Perserbid is a software as a service (SAAS) platform that connects homeowners with local contractors, founded by Edwin Williams, CEO/Director. Founder, Edwin Williams, CEO/Director The platform allows homeowners to log onto the company’s website and post… Continue reading Perserbid: Connecting Homeowners to Contractors

Client Feature

Intrensic: A Dynamic End-to-End Digital Evidence Management System

An AccelNow Client Feature Source: Marc Upton, Director of Operations Intrensic is a Platform as a Service (PaaS) provider to law enforcement and public safety.  As an authorized dealer of the world’s best-selling cameras from GoPro, their solution enables these trustees of the community to document their interactions and manage their videos and all other… Continue reading Intrensic: A Dynamic End-to-End Digital Evidence Management System

Client Feature

Johnson City Company Strives to #MakeWalkingFun!

An AccelNow Client Feature John Cannon, Founder and CEO of Symply Health, sites data from the Centers for Disease Control that 70% of Americans are either overweight or obese. Walking is an excellent gateway to healthy living. But walking can be tedious. Agatha is a mystery game designed to take the monotony out of walking.… Continue reading Johnson City Company Strives to #MakeWalkingFun!

Events

2nd Annual CAD Camps a Success

AccelNow in partnership with the Holston Business Development Center (HBDC), East Tennessee State University (ETSU) and the Niswonger Foundation, have hosted the second annual round of Computer Aided Design (CAD) camps in June. (HBDC Director, Keith Nakoff, assisting CAD Camp student at the HBDC.) Computer Aided Design spans fields from photoshop all the way to industrial… Continue reading 2nd Annual CAD Camps a Success

Client Feature

Flow MedTech™ is Making Strategic Global Advancements

An AccelNow Client Feature on Flow MedTech. Flow MedTech, Inc. is a Health Wildcatters portfolio company developing an innovative therapy to reduce the chance of strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation by preventing clot formation in the left atrial appendage. The aim of the company is to design, develop, and commercialize novel catheter-based devices to reduce stroke… Continue reading Flow MedTech™ is Making Strategic Global Advancements

STEM

Tech Growth in Northeast Tennessee

The Northeast Tennessee Region continues to enhance its technology infrastructure with the expansion of gigabyte broadband services this May. Mayor John Clark recently announced that Kingsport is joining the ranks of being a “gig city,” with the capability of offering 10 gigabytes of broadband service and beyond to its residents through the GIGKingsport partnership. GIGKingsport is… Continue reading Tech Growth in Northeast Tennessee