Venture events sked

Venture-oriented events in Metro/Nashville during April and May are listed here.

Emma, Parental Health founders speak

Digital Nashville's CEO series in coming weeks features Emma founder Clint Smith, Nov. 2; and, Parental Health founder Scotte Hudsmith (left), Dec. 7th. Registrations details are here.

Digital Nashville's Thought Leaders' bets

Digital Nashville late yesterday published its monthly newsletter for January, which includes prognostications from local digiterati for 2010. Free registration required, if you're not already signed-up. The latest DN newsletter edition also includes a report from VNC on investors' surveillance of techies in the Nashville region.

N'ville Software Golden Age?

Roughly five years ago, Nashville Technology Council, then led by David Condra, launched a Software Developers Roundtable. The energy in the room during the SDRT's first meeting at the University Club was amazing. People were there, open-minded and energized to plug into other people who cared about creating new technologies and applications. There were modest young startup geniuses there that day, as well as older hands (Tim, Major, Al and many others). Soon, volunteers cobbled-together a nice website (now gone into the ether), a few more meetings were held, but following Condra's retirement from his post, interest shifted to other things. I was reminded of the excitement around the SDRT this morning, while reading a story on the San Jose Mercury News' Silicon Valley site. The focus? The myriad opportunities associated with developing applications for new technology platforms. Whether SDRT or some other vehicle, maybe it's time to uncrate this idea, again.

Digital Nashville mentoring

Digital Nashville, the 2,000-strong volunteer organization that charges little for anything it does, has launched a mentorship program for innovators in companies, entrepreneurs, freelancers and others. The story's here.

NEWSBITS, Sept. 28, 2009

A strategic hire at Healthways, an update on TNInvestcos, a deadline at the local Entrepreneurs Organization chapter, new board members at Tenn. Biotechnology Association, major local tech-venture events, and Bill Frist's next step as part of an alliance to dramatically reshape Tennessee education. Here's the roundup.

Digital Nashville booming

Elin Mulron (at left), the steady hand at the tiller of digital-media community Digital Nashville, is interviewed about the group's plans. The story's here.

Digital Hands on Nashville, Sept. 26

Elin Mulron (at left), founder of Digital Nashville and owner of the Digital Edge online marketing firm, has announced that the digitechnology community is being mobilized for a Hands On Nashville project, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.