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Business Input Helps Shape Nashville's Future

Monday, March 04, 2013

Posted by: Debby Dale Mason - Community Action

Mayor Karl Dean has launched a two-and-a-half-year process called Nashville Next -- led by Rick Bernhardt and the Metro Planning Department -- to create a community-driven, countywide plan that will guide Nashville's growth and land development through 2040. The last time Nashville's General Plan was updated was in 1992, and the Nashville Area Chamber played an integral role in that ...

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Category: Business in Nashville

Tags: Nashville Next General Plan prosperity regionalism Metro Planning Department economic development Mayor Dean

Tired of hearing 'NO'?

Friday, January 04, 2013

Posted by: Wendy Stoneberger - Membership & Small Business

Some new rules to an old game
Guest post by LeShane Greenhill, founder, Sagents Partners, LLC

More than 92 percent of businesses in America are small and medium enterprises (SMEs). With entrepreneurial businesses representing such a large majority, we all can understand why SMEs are so important to the growth of our nation's economy. It’s no secret that doing business ...

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Category: Business in Nashville

Tags: sales cycle LeShane Greenhill sales leads selling Business Matchmaking medium business sales small business solopreneurs Sagents Partners entrepreneurs

Moving the Needle

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Posted by: Wendy Stoneberger - Membership & Small Business

Guest post by Alison C. Lynch, director, entrepreneurial growth & engagement, Nashville Area Chamber

There’s a lot going on in this city. Some days I open my calendar and actually groan with all of the opportunities and over-commitments staring back at me on my phone, wondering how I am going to fit it all in. Don’t get me wrong, I’m ...

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Tags: startups entrepreneurship growth entrepreneurs

Nashville Health Care Council Launches New Initiative to Advance Nashville's Legacy

Monday, November 12, 2012

Posted by: Lindsay Chambers

Courtesy of the Nashville Health Care Council

The Nashville Health Care Council and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D., launched an initiative today designed to engage select senior and emerging industry leaders to explore new business strategies and meet the challenges facing the U.S. health care system in the years ahead.

“Working with today's and tomorrow’s industry leaders, ...

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Tags: Bill Frist Nashville Health Care Council Ben Leedle Caroline Young Nashville Health Care Council Fellows Larry Van Horn

2011 NEXT Award Winners: Where Are They Now?

Monday, August 27, 2012

Posted by: Wendy Stoneberger - Membership & Small Business

Our annual NEXT Awards, co-hosted with the Entrepreneur Center, recognize the accomplishments of some of the most successful businesspeople driving our regional economy.

We checked in with three of last year's winners to find out how their businesses have changed since winning the NEXT Award. Excerpts from the answers appear below; for the full Q&A, click here. We announced finalists...

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Category: Business in Nashville

Tags: Rabbit Hole Creative Tawn Albright Jake Jorgovan Joseph Cashia Rockhouse Partners NEXT Awards Vivere Health entrepreneurs

Nashville Capital Network, Nashville Health Care Council Release Venture Capital Report

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Posted by: Lindsay Chambers

Courtesy of the Nashville Health Care Council

According to a new report published by Nashville Capital Network (NCN) and the Nashville Health Care Council, Nashville is an active market for venture capital activity with a growing supply of funded companies that contribute to economic growth.

Titled “Nashville Venture Capital Report: 2001-2011,” the comprehensive report investigates venture capital investments in Nashville-based ...

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Tags: venture capital business growth JumpStart Foundry Nashville Health Care Council startups entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Center Nashville Capital Network health care IT angel investment TNInvestco health care

Six Things Every Entrepreneur Needs To Know

Monday, July 30, 2012

Posted by: Lindsay Chambers

Guest post by Vic Alexander, CPA, ABV, CFF, chief manager, KraftCPAs

1. Start with a sound business plan.
The business plan will evaluate the market for your product or service, competition, capitalization needs, external influences such as government regulation, management and projected financial results based on certain assumptions. This plan will serve as your road map and assist you in ...

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Tags: business growth Vic Alexander KraftCPAs entrepreneurship Ask the Expert entrepreneurs

Leadership Health Care Celebrates 10 Years of Industry Growth

Friday, July 20, 2012

Posted by: Lindsay Chambers

Courtesy of Leadership Health Care

This week, we celebrated Leadership Health Care’s 10-year anniversary. A decade ago, a group of Nashville health care professionals saw a need to create a forum that would help them make their way in the industry.

Believing in this mission, in 2002 the Nashville Health Care Council formed Young Health Care Leaders, now known as ...

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Tags: LHC Nashville Health Care Council Young Health Care Leaders health care industry Leadership Health Care

Recognizing Outstanding Human Resources Practices

Friday, June 22, 2012

Posted by: Rebecca Leslie - Workforce & Talent Development

Employees are a company’s most valuable asset, and successful companies know how to support their employees through a strong HR team. On June 20, the Chamber was honored to partner with the Middle Tennessee Society of Human Resource Management (MT|SHRM) for the 11th annual HR Excellence Awards. The program recognizes the strategies, leadership and other key competencies that create excellence ...

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Tags: human resources Claude Ramsey State of Tennessee Department of Human Resources Rebecca Hunter Lisa Spencer MT|SHRM Larry Martin HR Excellence Awards Middle Tennessee Society of Human Resource Management

When Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship Combine, Anything Can Happen

Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Posted by: Wendy Stoneberger - Membership & Small Business

Guest post by Alison C. Lynch, director, entrepreneurial growth & engagement, Nashville Area Chamber

As many of you already know, I am fairly new to the Chamber. What you may not know is that I am also fairly new to Nashville. I arrived in Middle Tennessee about a year ago, after 20 years as a tech entrepreneur and angel investor ...

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Tags: Techville creativity JumpStart Foundry innovation Building the Investable Story entrepreneurship StartUp Tennessee Flo Thinkery Google Entrepreneur Center small business Tennessee Film, Entertainment and Music Commission Belmont University creative class entrepreneurs

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