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 …
The Stage Is Set
Where to begin…24 months ago, if someone would have asked me, “What’s going on in the entrepreneurial world of Chattanooga these days?” it would have been a fairly easy answer- “not much.” Contrast that with November 2011- I can’t even keep up with it anymore! There is some real momentum here… Here are some highlights: …
48Hour Launch Success
Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) has begun and 48Hour Launch is complete. WOW what an event! Every idea pitched on Friday night made it through the weekend, but in the end, only three took home the prize. Congratulations to the Un-Foundation, Slawsa, and Job Ninja, who won the popular vote in each of their respective categories. …
48Hour Launch Pre-Pitches: Which Team Will You Join?
48Hour Launch is only a week away! On Thursday, we had our pre-event pitch night, where over 120 people packed into the room to hear ideas being pitched and to find the right team to join for the weekend launch. In case you missed it, you can read about it in the Times Free Press …
48Hour Launch Startup Trifecta! (Part 2)
48Hour Launch is less than a week away! The countdown continues with our second startup path: SOCIAL INNOVATION! Those of you who have been following the action already know that we had a HUGE turnout! Videos of the pitches are up on the site ready to be viewed by those of you who weren’t able to …
