Recapping 48Hour Launch: Female Founders
When it comes to the startup world, it’s no secret that women are outnumbered by their male counterparts. But it’s not for lack of talent or ability, as evidenced by our 48Hour Launch: Female Founder Edition. After hours of nonstop planning, strategizing and modeling, nine female founders each presented a startup or startup concept that …
Female Founders Take the Stage
Chattanooga’s first-ever 48Hour Launch: Female Founder Edition was a huge success! CO.LAB wants to thank all of our sponsors, judges, mentors and participants who committed their time and talent last weekend as we celebrated women entrepreneurs. Each of our founders spent hours planning and developing viable startups and concepts. On Sunday’s Demo Night, it was clear …
48Hour Launch: Female Founder Edition
Last week, CO.LAB announced our first-ever 48Hour Launch: Female Founder Edition. Why? Staking claim in the startup world has been an ongoing process for females. That’s not to say women haven’t already made a name for themselves as entrepreneurs, founders and investors. But we need more of them. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women own …
Cue-ing the Restaurant Industry
In many ways, the restaurant industry has been way behind the adoption of new technologies available to businesses and consumers. QuickCue, a Chattanooga startup, realized this at 48Hour Launch in April of 2011 and set out on a journey to change it. The result is a beautiful, tablet-based iPad app that helps restaurants better manage …
Nine Mobile Apps For Chattanooga Launched This Weekend
Chattanooga, TN (April 2, 2012) – Over 100 entrepreneurs, college students, designers, and web and mobile developers converged on The Company Lab (CO.LAB) this weekend to build mobile sites and web applications focused on enhancing the Chattanooga experience for visitors and residents. The culminating event took place at the Mill on Sunday night as all …
Join a Team: 48Hour Launch Pitch Postings
Last night we had a great turnout of people gearing up for this Spring’s 48Hour Launch. We heard a dozen good ideas and had solid support from UTC student designers (Thanks Leslie!), design mentors, developers, and others. We got a chance to hear about how the Visitor’s Bureau and the AIGA will be involved with …
48Hour Launch Profile- 2011 Winner Ernie Dempsey
Ernie Dempsey is Founder and CEO of Job Ninja, a website designed to help full time students find part time jobs. Since its inception on November 11 at last year’s 48 Hour Launch, Job Ninja has grown from Dempsey’s brainchild to a thriving start up that has attracted much interest from investors and fellow entrepreneurs. …
Chattanooga’s Identity Open to Discussion at Local Coffee Shop
Tonight, at one of our great local coffee shops. some of the CO.LAB crew will be attending an open forum on Chattanooga’s newest movement and 48Hour Launch success story: Chatype. I could try to explain what this means for Chattanooga and the design community at large, but the video below is the best illustration I’ve …
Storytelling and 48Hour Launch?
I was browsing my Twitter list the other day and stumbled upon the link to the WordPress site of one of our volunteers – Travis Hitchcock. Travis has been in The Company Lab space on many occasions and he was a great volunteer during 48Hour Launch. Being the curious sort that I am, I was …
48Hour Launch Results in 23 Ventures Started
Two weekends ago, over 300 people got together to launch businesses in 48 hours. 23 teams made it through the weekend, launching new products, technologies, and social innovations into reality. Some projects started as ideas on Friday night, while others launched new iterations of an existing business, reinventing themselves in a whole new way. Numerous …