Innovation Lab
Mission:
The ETSU Innovation Lab is a high-tech business incubator that assists aspiring entrepreneurs develop emerging technologies from concept through commercialization. With a focus on identifying and generating solutions to global problems, we are committed to championing entrepreneurs and building a cooperative entrepreneurial hub and network that is a catalyst for sustainable economic growth. Our worldwide scope and International Soft Landings Designation allow us to serve as a nexus between entrepreneurs, educational institutions, economic development councils and the international business community by offering physical and virtual business support to growing companies.
Our mission serves as the overarching framework that determines the direction, partnerships, decisions, and choices that we make on a daily basis. Being a university-based high-tech business incubator, the Innovation Lab’s mission aligns with, evolves with and supports ETSU’s Vision, Values and Mission; as such, we appreciate our unique role at the University and strive to represent the values of ETSU in the community-at-large.
Objectives:
- To create an environment that facilitates collaboration, innovation and shared learning for businesses during their critical developmental years.
- To provide opportunities to keep our best and brightest at home.
- To focus on the creation of high-quality jobs and wealth creation with emerging technology driven companies.
- To promote, stimulate and support economic development throughout the region by assisting emerging and/or expanding companies and in recruiting businesses from outside the community.
- To deliver virtual incubator assistance for non-residential companies.
- To enhance opportunities for “real world” experiences for faculty, staff and students.
- To offer a “Soft Landing” for International Companies to facilitate their transition to the US Business World.
- To assist and support our members in growing their business endeavors from concept to commercialization.
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News
Recent News
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Students with business ideas find help at ETSU Innovation Lab
Students bitten by the entrepreneurship bug may find their college years to be the ideal time to try their hand at it. And East Tennessee State University provides a great place to do just that with its Innovation Laboratory.
The Innovation Lab, a part of the ETSU Research Corporation, is a high-tech business incubator that assists aspiring entrepreneurs in developing emerging technologies from concept through commercialization. With a focus on identifying and generating solutions to global problems, it is committed to championing entrepreneurs and building a cooperative hub and network that is a catalyst for sustainable economic growth.
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This researcher is leading the way for others
JOHNSON CITY – Dr. Audrey Depelteau, director of East Tennessee State University’s Innovation Lab, will become the first Tennessean invited to speak at the SelectUSA Investment Summit hosted by United States Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo.
The event, May 1-4 in Washington, D.C., connects investors, companies, industry experts and various organizations with the goal of promoting investment deals in the U.S.-
ETSU Innovation Lab member purchases Cove Ridge Marina and Campground
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 16, 2022) – Ben Arnold, an East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab member, recently finalized the purchase of Cove Ridge Marina and Campground in Butler, Tennessee.
In August of 2021 his group, Cove Ridge Holdings, LLC, finalized the purchase of Cove Ridge Marina and Campground located on Watauga Lake. Arnold said their plans for 2022 include adding pontoon and kayak rentals, adding additional covered slips, hosting a variety of events including live music, food trucks, wine and beer tastings, and much more.-
Tendaya CEO joins ETSU Chemistry Department
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 16, 2021) – Dr. Mutombo Muvundamina, founder and chief executive officer of Tendaya Technology Group, has been appointed as an adjunct faculty member in the East Tennessee State University Department of Chemistry. The appointment will provide opportunities for collaboration and internships between Tendaya and ETSU, the university said.-
Senswork Inc. is Inaugural Smart Factory Institute Technology Partner
Chattanooga, TN, Nov 16, 2021: Peak Performance Inc., announces Senswork, Inc. of Johnson City, TN, as the inaugural technology partner of the Smart Factory Institute Chattanooga, in partnership and collaboration with Volkswagen Academy in Chattanooga, TN. The Smart Factory Institute a private/public partnership will enable manufacturers access to the most advanced production technologies available and will help ease the transition of these technologies to the manufacturing workforce.
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U.S. Respiratory graduates from ETSU Innovation Lab
JOHNSON CITY – (Oct. 15, 2021) Debbie Smith, owner of U.S. Respiratory, LLC, and member of the ETSU Innovation Lab, has successfully graduated and opened a new location in Gray, Tennessee. A “graduate” from a business incubator is one that has made significant progress toward meeting their milestones and reached a level of capacity, growth and stability that will ensure their success in the community at large.
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Depelteau named Appalachian Leadership Institute Fellow
JOHNSON CITY – (Oct. 5, 2021) The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) recently named Audrey Depelteau, director of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab, to participate in the 2021-22 class of the Appalachian Leadership Institute (ALI).As an Appalachian Leadership Institute Fellow, Depelteau will participate in an extensive, nine-month series of skill-building seminars featuring regional experts, peer-to-peer learning and case study analysis. The program begins virtually in October and culminates with the Class of 2021-22's graduation in July 2022.
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German firm opens subsidiary in Innovation Lab
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – (Sept. 24, 2021) Machine vision system company senswork GmbH has officially opened its subsidiary at the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab. The German-based company will use the subsidiary, senswork Inc., to enter the U.S. market.senswork has been an affiliate member of the Innovation Lab since August 2020 and a residential member since May 2021. The company is also an International Soft Landings designee with the Innovation Lab, which assists foreign clients transitioning to the U.S. business world.
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Innovation Lab member begins research program at ORNL
JOHNSON CITY – (Sept. 3, 2021) Philip Stuckey, founder and chief executive officer of FC Renew, has been inducted into the fifth cohort of Innovation Crossroads. The program, held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, allows leading innovators from across the country to develop their research for commercialization. To support his research and entrepreneurial efforts, Stuckey is an affiliate member of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab.
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Crown Laboratories Scientists Become Adjunct Faculty
JOHNSON CITY – (August 26, 2021) Crown Laboratories Chief Science Officer Dr. Thomas Hitchcock and Director of Biological Science Dr. Mun Su Rhee have been appointed as adjunct faculty members in the East Tennessee State University Department of Biomedical Sciences. The skin care company scientists join the university as part of a collaboration to foster research activity.The appointments into the department will provide opportunities for collaboration, internships and more between Crown and ETSU, particularly in skin and microbiome science. Additionally, this will provide a potential pipeline of ETSU graduate recruiting to more technical roles within the skin care company.
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‘WordPress for Beginners’ workshop begins Sept. 13
JOHNSON CITY – (July 28, 2021) With increasing E-commerce and rising unemployment across the country, Cloud Wise Academy, an ETSU Innovation Lab affiliate member, is hosting a “WordPress for Beginners Workshop.” The six-week-long course is designed to teach one of the most in-demand website hosting technologies.
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Students gain high-demand technology skills through Innovation Lab member
JOHNSON CITY (June 16, 2021) – Cloud Wise Academy, an East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab affiliate member, recently concluded a six-week-long course designed to teach valuable coding skills and train students for technology professions.
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Daytime Tri-cities New business spotlight: Cloudwise Academy
(June 9, 2021) Joe McKenna with Cloudwise Academy, an ETSU Innovation Lab Affiliate Member, shares all the great technical education opportunities available at Cloudwise Academy.
Watch the video at https://www.wjhl.com/daytime-tri-cities/new-business-spotlight-cloudwise-academy/
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Newest tenant at ETSU’s Innovation Lab is focused on research, product development, and manufacturing
ON MAY 17TH, 2021
By Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, PYAAfter more than 30 years in academia and industry, most recently at Eastman Chemical Company, Mutombo Muvundamina decided he “wanted to do something on my own.” That “something” is a new company named Tendaya Technology Group.Launched last September, the company includes five others – all seasoned scientists or engineers with a combined total of more than 150 years as experts in their fields – who form the company’s advisory board. Tendaya Technology is also the newest tenant at East Tennessee State University’s (ETSU) Innovation Lab, moving into its space at the beginning of this year.
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Innovation Lab member launching web, coding classes
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Cloud Wise Academy, an affiliate member of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab, is launching two six-week courses: WordPress for Beginners and Coding for Beginners. Classes begin March 23 and run weeknights from 6-8 p.m. Registration for the WordPress and coding courses and a complete course listing is available at www.cloudwiseacademy.com. Participants will need to bring a laptop able to connect to the internet. For more information, contact Joe Mckenna at Joe@cloudwiseacademy.com or at 530-515-9851.
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Tendaya Technology joins ETSU Innovation Lab
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The East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab is starting off 2021 with a new member, Tendaya Technology.Please join us in welcoming Dr. Mutombo Muvundamina and Tendaya Technology Group.
2020 News
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ETSU Innovation Lab welcomes two new companies into Soft Landings Program
Successful collaboration continues with Northeast Tennessee Valley Regional Industrial
Development Association.
JOHNSON CITY – Two companies with a German parent company, senswork Inc. and Steel Service Krefeld, USA, are receiving an accelerated introduction to United States business practices, regulations, and culture through the Soft Landings Designation held by the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab.Since 2015, the Innovation Lab, a high-tech business incubator located at 2109 W. Market St., has been a member of the International Business Innovation Association’s (InBIA) Soft Landings network that offers support for businesses entering or expanding into a new country. Soft Landings designees help companies make contacts in a new country more quickly and efficiently while providing access to the resources necessary to meet their business goals. Only 26 business incubators worldwide have a Soft Landings designation.With headquarter of parent company in Burghausen, Germany, senswork is an expert in machine vision systems and specializes in optical inspection, industrial image processing and testing equipment manufacturing. Its ready‐to‐use camera technologies for automation and quality assurance are used every day in numerous sectors, including the automotive and medical industries.Roman Rieger, managing director at senswork GmbH, first contacted the ETSU Innovation Lab in November of 2018 to see how the two entities could work together. Dr. Audrey Depelteau, director of the Innovation Lab, assisted senswork Inc. in securing a grant from the Bavarian government in the field of opening up new sales markets. Since then, the two have worked together with the Northeast Tennessee Valley Regional Industrial Development Association (NETVRIDA); Hebmüller Aerospace; and Steffen Bayer, director for Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development business development for Germany, Austria and Switzerland; to develop senswork Inc. in the United States. It became an affiliate member of the Innovation Lab in August.Steel Service Krefeld, USA (SSK), based in Krefeld, Germany, is one of the largest independent warehouse traders for precision flat steels. One of its innovative products includes a high-grade metal powder for 21st century applications such as metal injection molding, powder metal metallurgy, plasma-spraying, laser cladding, and 3D-printing. The company also manufactures milling machines and 3D-printing machines for additive manufacturing. Steel Service Krefeld joined the Innovation Lab as a residential member in July.Jürgen Beesen, managing director of Steel Service Krefeld, says the company adheres to a “vision of a symbiosis of steel competence and innovative e-commerce.”Due in part to the ongoing partnership with NETVRIDA Executive Director Alan Bridwell and partnerships listed above, both German companies were recruited and chose the ETSU Innovation Lab as its entry point into the U.S. and surrounding markets. NETVRIDA President Lee H. Brown says the Innovation Lab’s Soft Landings site is one-of-a-kind and the efforts of Depelteau and Bridwell have had great success due to their cooperation and collaboration. “They truly work as a team recruiting international companies to Northeast Tennessee, a testament to their commitment to regionalism” he added.Other collaborative efforts include:
- Wetekam Monofilaments, a German Company that makes high quality, progressive monofilaments for the global market located to a manufacturing facility in Dandridge, Tennessee in 2014. Wetekam has created more than 20 jobs.
- FWG Special Springs graduated from the Innovation Lab in 2015 when it purchased an 18,000 square foot facility in Johnson City. The company currently employs three people and has the long-term goal of establishing a manufacturing facility at the site.
- Hebmüller Aerospace, which develops valve solutions for modern flow control in aircraft, joined the Innovation Lab at the beginning of 2019 and continues to gain new business in the U.S. each year. Axel Hebmüller is partnering with NETVRIDA and the Innovation Lab as an international contact for companies wishing to start in the United States.
- GigaTera, former Innovation Lab affiliate member, provides energy savings solutions with its cutting-edge LED fixtures and core technologies and was introduced to the United States market.
- The International Soft Landings program assisted in translating a presentation into Korean for the Greene County Partnership, has assisted the city of Morristown as well as the International Group at Baker Donelson in Nashville in their recruiting endeavors.
For more information about the ETSU Innovation Lab or the InBIA Soft Landings network, visit www.etsu.edu/ilab or contact Dr. Audrey Depelteau at depelteau@etsu.edu.
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5 Questions: Lee Manning growing businesses and jobs at Mountain Harvest Kitchen
9/8/2020 by Sue Guinn Legg, Johnson City Press
Kitchen Incubator cooking up new business.
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Largest Virtual Tournament Ever hosted by Connect Fishing League
Professional angler Aaron Martens was recently diagnosed with a brain tumor motivating outdoorsmen around the country to help. Proceeds of this virtual tournament from September 12-20 will go the Martens family.ETSU Innovation Lab affiliate member, Connect Outdoors, is happy to help with this fund raising effort. The Connect Fishing League software will host the tournament.
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Depelteau serving as Climate Reality Leadership mentor
8/31/2020, ETSU News University Relations Press Release
Dr. Audrey Depelteau, director of the ETSU Innovation Lab, was chosen to be a mentor in the first Climate Reality global virtual training held in July. Five hundred Climate Reality Leaders from around the world served as mentors for more than 10,000 participants. Climate crisis training focused on diversity, equity, inclusion.
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Hebmueller Aerospace Initiates International Research Cooperation with U.S. University
Hebmuller Aerospace’s initiative exemplifies the symbiotic relationship between the Innovation Labs’ International Soft Landings Companies and East Tennessee State University, faculty and students. Axel and his team are truly integrated in our community and we are so proud of them.
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Connect Outdoors hosting Big Bass Shootout
5/26/2020, ETSU News University Relations Press Release
Connect Outdoors, an affiliate member of East Tennessee State University’s Innovation Lab, will host the Big Bass Shootout through its Connect Fishing League. A series of four one-day tournaments open to all ages is scheduled for May 30, June 6, June 13 and June 20 with the winner to be announced on Father's Day, June 21.-
Connect Outdoors partners with New York Bass Nation Youth Program
5/3/2020, Johnson City PressConnect Outdoors, a member of East Tennessee State University’s Innovation Lab, has announced a partnership with New York B.A.S.S. National Youth Program.Under this partnership, NY B.A.S.S. Nation will solely use the technology company’s Connect Fishing League Platform along with the new third generation ConnectScale for their tournament season.
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Affiliate Member Civic 365 getting ready to launch.
Like their social media sites for updates.
https://www.facebook.com/Civic365/
https://www.instagram.com/civic365/
http://civic365.com/
2019 News
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Johnson City tech company ‘Connect Outdoors’ makes a splash at fishing tournaments
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by: Kaylyn Kluck
Posted: Dec 26, 2019 / 07:21 PM EST / Updated: Dec 26, 2019 / 07:21 PM ESTJOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL)- Entrepreneur Ben Arnold had an idea in 2014 – creating a fish scale that automatically records weight data through software. He began developing the device in his basement. Five years later the concept has grown into a business that’s helping bass fishing tournaments across Tennessee and beyond.‘Connect Scale’ offers Bluetooth scales, an app, and a fishing league and tournament management platform.
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Dr. Audrey Depelteau attends conference on Al Gore's Farm
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ETSU Faculty & Staff Newsletter, ACCENT
Vol. 68 Number 4 October 7, 2019Great write up on our Director, Dr. Audrey Depelteau and her work with the The Climate Underground and as a Climate Reality Leader.
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ETSU’s Innovation Lab hosts “meet and greet” featuring three Northeast TN start-ups
By Tom Ballard, Teknovation.Biz
Posted: October 28, 2019More than 30 people turned out yesterday for an early lunch “meet and greet” hosted by the Innovation Lab at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City.The event featured presentations from three very different start-ups that had one thing in common: they are all building their new ventures in Northeast Tennessee.
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Bless Your Heart - Episode 101
Recorded in the ETSU Innovation Lab's Innovation Studio.
"Teaching An Old Dog New Tricks" Making the transition from a person without a care in the world to a heart disease patient. Featuring interviews with Cynthia Jan Blair, Lynn Frierson, Dr. Timir Paul, and Dr. Hadii Mamudu. A production of CVD Appalachia.
Thank you CVD Appalachia for the acknowledgement at minute 58.
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The economic development tool bringing new investment into the region.
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by: Jackie DeFusco, WJHL
Posted: Sep 2, 2019 / 07:19 PM EDT / Updated: Sep 2, 2019 / 09:00 PM EDTInnovation Lab Members, John Cannon and Jason Hudson discuss Opportunity Zones with local reporter Jackie DeFusco.
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Unlikely Alliance: Key Figures In The Opportunity Zone Landscape
7/23/2019 by Kathryn Tokle, Forbes Contributor
Congratulations to Innovation Lab Affiliate Member, Symply Data Centers, for being mentioned in this Forbes article on Opportunity Zones!
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Collaboration between business incubators
7/16/2019 by Sue Guinn Legg, Johnson City Press
UNICOI — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee took a tour of Unicoi’s Mountain Harvest Kitchen on his visit to Northeast Tennessee Tuesday.Asked about his impression of the regional food business incubator, the longtime businessman called said the kitchen is “a really good example of government partnering with communities to create private sector jobs.”“What’s better than a job coming to Tennessee? It’s a job that is created in Tennessee,” Lee said.“One job creates another job. When we can incubate jobs, that’s the thing we need to do and I’m very excited to be a part of it.”
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Connect Outdoors partners with Tennessee BASS Nation for conservation efforts
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7/29/2019 by Brandon Paykamian, Johnson City Press
When hosting large fishing tournaments, it’s important to consider their potential environmental impact on lakes and rivers. “When you have all these tournaments on these lakes, it puts a lot of stress on the fish, especially if you have a high number of tournaments,” Connect Outdoors CEO and President Ben Arnold said. “So you have all these fishermen on the same spot, and it can put stress on them because what the traditional tournaments are doing is they’re putting the fish in the live well, removing them from their spots and then taking them to the weigh-in location.”
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ConnectScale Partners with Tennessee B.A.S.S. Nation
7/22/2019 CENTRAL REGION TENNESSEE BASS NATION HS/JR AND ADULT TRAILS Press Release
Scott Morris, Connect Outdoors VP of Tournament Operations announces a partnership with Tennessee B.A.S.S. Nation to help the organization with their fundraising efforts and to contribute to the organizations conservation efforts. Connect Outdoors will sponsor 13 tournaments across the state with 1800 anglers participating.
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Connect Outdoors one of 10 finalists for next Stadia Ventures accelerator
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7/10/2019 by Tom Ballard, Teknovation.Biz
Connect Outdoors, known as ConnectScale when we posted this teknovation.biz article in May 2017, has been selected by Stadia Ventures as a finalist for the organization’s accelerator program.Ben Arnold, Founder of the Northeast Tennessee-based start-up, received word earlier this week that his company is one of 10 invited to Frisco, TX to pitch to more than 125 corporate executives. The event, set for July 30 and 31, will be judged by senior executives from companies like Alibaba, American Cancer Society, Asia Sports Tech, Big 12 Conference, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Cubs, Columbus Blue Jackets, Complexity Gaming, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, Envy Gaming, Formula E, Gamestop, Gatorade, Hawk-Eye Innovation, Houston Rockets, IBM (Esports), LA Lakers, Learfield IMG, Legends, LPGA, Manchester City/Sapphire, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, Miami Heat, MLB, NBA, NFL, Ocatgon, Orlando Magic, Pepsi Co, Populous, Sacramento Kings, Sony, St. Louis Blues, St. Louis Cardinals, Tagboard, Topgolf, Twitch, Vegas Golden Knights, Wasserman, and WorldGaming.
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Fishing legend joins affiliate member of Innovation Lab
June 26, 2019 ETSU Press ReleaseNationally-known outdoorsman Garry Mason is joining an Affiliate Member of the Innovation Lab at East Tennessee State University – ConnectScale, LLC – to build a high school fishing and tournament fishing platform.
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ConnectScale Partners with Mount Juliet High School Fishing Club
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June 10, 2019, Press Release
Affiliate member ConnectOutdoors/ ConnectScale to Provide Tournament Platform for Middle Tennessee Fishing Club.
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Activated Capital readies $25 million in heartland startup investments
May 21, 2019, by Opportunity Zone Magazine Staff
Affiliate Member, John Cannon is mentioned in this article about Opportunity Zones and possible investments headed to our region.
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Southern Business & Development
Check out the article about our Soft Landings Designation with partner NETVRIDA and International member, Hebmüller Aerospace, in this month's issue of Southern Business & Development (Tennessee).
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Pitching, innovating and motivating at ANA and ANCC conferences
April 26, 2019, ANA Enterprise Press Release
1st place award and $7,500 – Lisa Ousley, DNP, RN, FNP, of INSTRUCTIDERM, LLC & ETSU College of Nursing for her team’s product, which creates two and three-dimensional models of skin lesions. These realistic-looking “lesions” can be placed on humans and mannequins to help educate clinicians detect skin diseases, such as melanoma.
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Audrey Depelteau: Climate mentor
April 4, 2019 ETSU Press Release
JOHNSON CITY – The Climate Reality Project (CRP), founded and chaired by Nobel Laureate and former U.S. Vice President, Al Gore, is dedicated to catalyzing a global solution to the climate crisis. Dr. Audrey Depelteau, director of the ETSU Innovation Lab, trained to be a Climate Reality Leader in 2013 and has since given more than 50 presentations. She recently served as a mentor during leadership training in Atlanta with attendees from over 40 countries.-
The Business Journal
January 2019, By Scott Robertson
ETSU Innovation Lab affiliate member, enlistMD, aims to bring armed service enlistment into the 21st century. Check out the article on page 21 in the January 2019 issue of The Business Journal of the Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia.
2018 News
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The Business Journal Q&A: Brian Noland
September 18, 2018, By Scott Robertson
Dr. Noland mentions the work of Dr. Audrey Depelteau, Director of the Innovation Lab.
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Help Us Help Others Stream: The Online Video Industry Gives Back
June 2018 issue of Streaming Media, By Tim Siglin
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ETSU Innovation Lab wins InBIA University Impact Award Winner for May 2018
The winner of May’s InBIA IMPACT Award in University is the East Tennessee State University (ETSU) Innovation Lab. Since 2002, ETSU Innovation Lab, a high-tech business incubator, has supported the regional startup community—not only at the university, but also throughout Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Based in Johnson City, Tennessee, the ETSU vision of “transforming the future through innovation” guides the Innovation Lab in assisting entrepreneurs and researchers in developing emerging technologies from concept through commercialization.
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SBA Tennessee District Office Announces Small Business Week Award Winners
4/27/2018, SBA News, Contact: Christopher.mckeehan@sba.gov
Congratulations to our Innovation Lab Member, TEVET, LLC, named Regional Subcontractor of the Year!
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Square One CoWorking Opens in Erwin
Square One a new space for business starts
4/17/2018 by Sue Guinn Legg, Johnson City Press
Square One co-working space opens in Erwin
4/17/2018 by BJournal Editor-
Pitches and Pints event to showcase and celebrate the local entrepreneurial community
4/19/2018 by Hannah Swayze, Johnson City Press
Startup Tri-Cities will be hosting their annual event — Pitches and Pints — where entrepreneurs in the area compete by pitching their business ideas in front a panel in friendly competition to celebrate the local entrepreneurial community.
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GOVERNOR HASLAM, COMMISSIONER ROLFE ANNOUNCE VAN HOOL NV TO ESTABLISH FIRST US MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN MORRISTOWN
4/12/2018 by Scott Harrison, TNECD
Bus and coach manufacturer to invest more than $47 million and create nearly 640 jobs.
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Local entrepreneur starts new company to facilitate cryptocurrency mining
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3/27/2018 by Brandon Paykamian, Johnson City Press
For folks interested in getting involved in the cryptocurrency market, local entrepreneur and Symply Health CEO John Cannon has launched a new Ethereum mining company in the Tri-Cities.
Last year, Cannon’s new company, Symply Data Centers, opened a location in Piney Flats ahead of plans to follow that with a location in Johnson City. These centers, according to Cannon, will allow customers to use their equipment to “mine” Ether, the second largest cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, in an efficient and safe way.
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Breaking News in Hydrogen
January 15, 2018
News Prior to 2018
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ETSU Osteporosis Center - Series on handling dementia
Repetitive Questioning Exasperates CaregiversR. C. Hamdy, J. V. Lewis, MD, R. Copeland, MD, A. Depelteau, PhD, MD, A. Kinser, PhD, T. Kendall-Wilson, RN, K. Whalen, BAGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, vol. 4, First Published January 9, 2018.
Patients with Dementia Are Easily DistractedR. C. Hamdy, MD, A. Kinser, PhD, A. Depelteau, PhD, T. Kendall-Wilson, RN, J. V. Lewis, MD, K. Whalen, BAGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, vol. 3, First Published December 7, 2017.
Hallucinations Are Real to Patients With DementiaR. C. Hamdy, MD, A. Kinser, PhD, J. V. Lewis, MD, R. Copeland, MD, A. Depelteau, PhD, T. Kendall-Wilson, RN, K. Whalen, BAGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, vol. 3, First Published November 14, 2017.
Patients With Dementia Are Easy Victims to PredatorsR. C. Hamdy, MD, J. V. Lewis, MD, R. Copeland, MD, A. Depelteau, PhD, A. Kinser, PhD, T. Kendall-Wilson, RN, K. Whalen, BAGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, vol. 3, First Published October 12, 2017.
Too Many Choices Confuse Patients With DementiaR. C. Hamdy, J. V. Lewis, MD, A. Kinser, PhD, A. Depelteau, PhD, R. Copeland, MD, T. Kendall-Wilson, RN, K. Whalen, BAGerontology and Geriatric Medicine, vol. 3, First Published September 5, 2017.
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Managing SMES International Business Strategies – The Case of East Tennessee
Herausgeber: Reinhold Roth with contribution by Jon L. Smith, Viktor Kimmel, Alain Bridwell, Audrey Depelteau, Andrew J. Czuchry, David Roach, Emily van Dop, Michael Lehrfeld
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Mountain Harvest Kitchen is Bringing Commercial Grade Equipment to Local Food-Based Businesses
7/11/2017 Accel Now
On June 26 – 28, 2017 Mountain Harvest Kitchen opened their doors to the public and celebrated the newly renovated facility with a series of open houses. The Mountain Harvest Kitchen is a certified commercial kitchen created to support the development and growth of local and regional food businesses that has been in the works for nearly ten years.
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VOX and Company to hold open auditions for two new Tri-Cities choirs
4/12/2017 Press Release by East Tennessee State University
JOHNSON CITY – Adults and children seeking an outlet for their musical talent are invited to audition for two new choirs forming in the Tri-Cities.
VOX & Company, a member of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab, is the brainchild of Dwight Whitworth, a minister of music with more than four decades of performance, leadership and experience.
Check out their interview on our Facebook page
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Thank you letter from Create Appalachia
3/8/2017 Letter recognizing the Innovation Lab's in-kind sponsorship of the Arts@Work101 Series, by Katie Hoffman, Executive Director & Cher Cornett, President
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Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Spotlight: Tri-Cities, TN/VA
3/2/2017 by Tony Lettich, FundingSage
"One of the best kept secrets of the southeast United States is a region made up of Bristol, TN / Bristol, VA, Johnson City, TN, and Kingsport, TN. Known as the Tri-Cities, this unique area possesses some of the best resources of a major city, without the problems and hassles of a major metropolitan area."
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Steve and Sheridan Nice develop new dietary supplement named Gluten Shield
2/8/2017 Teknovation.Biz; by Tom Ballard, Chief Alliance Officer, Pershing Yoakley & Associates. P.C.
Steve Nice has seen firsthand what the Johnson City businessman and entrepreneur calls “the rise of the gluten phenomenon.”
He and his wife Sheridan, a French-trained chef, own Mona Lisa’s Gelato & Café in Johnson City, a garden-to-table café that offers daily fresh-baked bread, gourmet soups, Vegan, and gluten-free fare.
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TCAT Elizabethton students to get advice on starting their own business
6/15/2016 by John Thompson, Johnson City Press
ELIZABETHTON — The Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton has a 50-year tradition of turing out highly trained graduates that can be of immediate benefit to employers. Now the school is offering a program for students who want to put their skills to work for themselves.
Both students and graduates of the school may learn how to start their own businesses from the director and assistant director of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab. The meeting will be at 1 p.m. on June 22 in the auditorium of the Administration Building at the TCAT campus at 426 Tenn. Highway 91.
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Innovation Lab helps launch Sensational Seasonings
4/29/2016 Press Release by East Tennessee State University
JOHNSON CITY (April 29) – With the help of East Tennessee State University’s Innovation Lab, Rob Batot, previously known as television meteorologist Rob Williams, and Chris Dagenhart have launched Sensational Seasonings, a gourmet seasonings company.
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Local entrepreneur benefits from stewardship of ETSU's Innovation Laboratory
3/2/2016 by David Floyd, Johnson City Press
Through her talents as a prolific grant writer, Ginger Keller-Ferguson has brought millions of dollars worth of funding to institutions in Northeast Tennessee.
As an employee of the Kingsport City School system, she was also instrumental in the completion of numerous local projects, including the installation of solar panels on the roof of Dobyns-Bennett High School several years ago.
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Keller-Ferguson graduates from ETSU's Innovation Lab
2/24/2016 Press Release by East Tennessee State University
JOHNSON CITY (Feb. 24) – Keller-Ferguson and Associates, founded as an East Tennessee State University Innovation Laboratory affiliate member in 2010, has expanded operations and relocated to a downtown office in the Taylor Office Building, 207 N. Boone St.
With this growth, Keller-Ferguson and Associates now has two major divisions: Keller-Ferguson and Associates, which provides services to for-profit business clients, and KFA Nonprofit Funding Solutions, which serves nonprofit, government and education agencies.
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Life Science Tennessee accepts ETSU Innovation Lab Member
Congratulations to ETSU Innovation Lab's member, HemispheresNeuro (Dr. Eric Sellers, Dr. Mike Adler and Bob Adler), for being accepted into the Life Science Tennessee State Mentorship Program. We are so proud of you!
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Knoxville co-op eyeing Johnson City for second location
11/13/2015 by Nathan Baker, Johnson City Press
An established Knoxville food cooperative is considering expansion to Johnson City, aided by an interested group of local residents.
On Friday, the Johnson City Development Authority unanimously agreed to contribute $4,000 for a market study to help Three Rivers Market determine the viability of a food co-op, a private grocery store owned by dues-paying members, in the downtown area.
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Soft Landings speeds German Spring maker’s Transition to States
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11/1/2015 by Jeff Keeling, The Business Journal of Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia
It took FWG Special Springs roughly a quarter century to make its first foray into North America. Since the Grevenbroich, Germany manufacturer established a tiny beachhead in Johnson City two years ago, things have moved much more quickly – so much so that the company has bought a building and is preparing to manufacture stateside, ahead of schedule.
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Elizabeth Lewis named assistant director of Innovation Lab
10/15/2015 Press Release by East Tennessee State University
JOHNSON CITY – Elizabeth “Liz” Lewis has been named the first assistant director of the East Tennessee State University Innovation Lab.
Lewis received her M.B.A. earlier this year from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University with a double major in entrepreneurship and corporate innovation and management. While in graduate school, she organized many entrepreneurial events in conjunction with the Johnson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
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Mountain Harvest Headway - Unicoi's community kitchen taking shape
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8/13/2015, by Sue Guinn Legg, Johnson City Press
UNICOI — Phase one construction of Unicoi’s Mountain Harvest Kitchen is progressing rapidly.
Since breaking ground on the $1.2 million project on July 13, interior demolition and several major upgrades have been completed on the building, which will house the food and agricultural business incubator being developed by the town with assistance from East Tennessee State University’s Innovation Lab.
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Debbie Smith | U.S. Respiratory, LLC
3/21/2015 by Mary Stanford,Tennessee Small Business Development Center
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Baker Donelson partners with East Tennessee State University
2/12/2015 by The Chattanoogan.com
The law firm of Baker Donelson is partnering with East Tennessee State University's Innovation Laboratory and the Northeast Tennessee Valley Regional Industrial Development Association to recruit international companies to the area and provide market entry assistance.-
ETSU's Innovation Laboratory receives international honor
1/20/2015 Press Release by East Tennessee State University
JOHNSON CITY (Jan. 20, 2015) — The National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) has awarded the NBIA Soft Landings International Incubator designation to the ETSU Innovation Laboratory.
Through its Soft Landings program, NBIA recognizes business incubators that are especially capable of assisting foreign companies as they enter the incubator’s domestic market.
According to Tom Strodtbeck, NBIA’s senior director of international programs, ETSU’s Innovation Lab was the sole recipient of the 2014 application round and was selected because of its array of business services for foreign firms and its demonstrated success at helping businesses enter the U.S. market.
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The disastarous, sunny world of Kitty Juul
HER Magazine, Vol. 1, 2011
Kitty Juul is connected to two of the worst chapters of the 20th century, so it makes sense that she spends her
days preparing the world for disaster. And with a resume that begins with "hospice worker" and is peppered with words like "pandemic," "hurricane," "bioterrorism," "emergency" and "disaster," it would be understandable if she were a dour, overly serious pessimist. But she's far from it.-
Expanding Johnson City Firm Began In ETSU Innovation Lab
12/4/2008, The Greeneville Sun
JOHNSON CITY -- A Johnson City company that develops Internet software for the financial industry has found a way to succeed.
The company, Banc Intranets LLC, was virtually hatched in a business incubator and has celebrated its fifth anniversary.
"Banc Intranets' success story is a remarkable one," said Mark Anderson, president and CEO of the enterprise.Banc Intranets attributes part of its success to the technology-based incubator where it gained its footing -- the East Tennessee State University Innovation Laboratory.
The full-service incubator is an economic development initiative of ETSU, partnered with the Tennessee Small Business Development Center and the ETSU Entrepreneurial Leadership Program. Business incubators are designed to nurture the development of companies that are starting or expanding.
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