LaunchMemphis ready

A LaunchMemphis marketing exec restates the case for startup entrepreneurs seeking help at LaunchMemphis and EmergeMemphis. The CA carried it.

Escalator Pitch winners

MarksMenu.com, a portal with menus from participating restaurants, won the Memphis Elevator Pitch competition. The CA reports.

'Core' entrepreneurship

Memphis keeps generating new forms of networking and co-learning: This past week it was 'Core Conversations on Entrepreneurship' and the EscalatorPitch event. One participant said he sees renewed 'vigor and tenacity' in Memphis startups. Here's an earlier story on Memphis' energetic scene.

48-hour Launch underway

Chattanooga's 48-Launch startup-creation event continues today. Chattanoogan.com.

Memphis innovation events

November's big in Memphis for Barcamp, Escalator Pitch, and other events targeting entrepreneurs. Read today's CA story. And, here's our earlier roundup on the Memphis innovation scene.

'48HourLaunch' for startups

In Chattanooga, 48HourLaunch is the latest wrinkle in the boiler room startup game, with several groups coming together for something like StartupWeekend, Nov. 13-15. It's a project involving Chattanooga's CreateHere, LaunchMemphis, Knoxville Overground and others. Chattanooga.com.

Memphis entrepreneur shares

Memphis entrepreneur Spence Wilson, heir of the Holiday Inns legacy, shares today in the CA about the joy of family-owned business and investing in hundreds of other deals. There are Escalator Pitch, Barcamp Memphis and other events coming up, from LaunchMemphis.

Memphis pitching

Memphis has both Escalator Pitch and Barcamp events planned for the next few weeks. The details are here.

LaunchMemphis

The CA reports on Memphis' recent 2nd annual LaunchMemphis Investment Forum. Memphis also recently held Startup Weekend 2.

LaunchMemphis impact

LaunchMemphis reports in today's Commercial Appeal it has generated a half-million dollars in economic impact for its hometown and supported startup or acceleration for six companies. LaunchMemphis' calendar of coming events, including another go at StartupWeekend, is in the CA's story. Our earlier report on the Memphis entrepreneurial scene is here.

BusWeek writer: Memphis more entrepreneurial than NV

According to Sunday's Commercial Appeal, Sarah Lacy (at left) -- the San Francisco-based BusinessWeek "Valley Girl" tech columnist and author of Once you're lucky, Twice You're Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the rise of Web 2.0 -- told a tech audience in her native Memphis last Thursday that she thinks Memphis is "more deeply entrepreneurial" than Nashville because Memphis is a "town of people just getting by." The former Memphis Business Journal reporter said Memphis exemplifies the "scrappiness and creativity" needed to succeed in Web 2.0 and beyond. Host for the gathering was LaunchMemphis, a business incubator.