Startup Knox Podcast

I’m talking with Wes Stowers, CEO of Stowers Machinery Corporation.  Stowers is one of the top Caterpillar dealers in the country with over 400 employees and 6 locations. We discuss what it takes to …

I'm talking with Mike Strickland, Founder and CEO of Bandit Lites.  Strickland started Bandit at age 12 with gear from a Kingsport high school. Since then, he has grown the company into one of the pr…

We kick-off our East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame series with Randy Boyd, founder of Radio Systems Corporation, a Knoxville-based company with more than 800 employees and offices in 6 countries. W…

I’m talking with Callie Archer, President of Junior Achievement of East Tennessee. We kick off the New Year announcing our East Tennessee Business Hall of Fame series. We talk about Junior Achievemen…

I’m talking with, John Bruck, Entrepreneur in Residence at the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Tennessee Knoxville and co-founder of Startup Knox! We talk about J…

I’m talking with Shawn Carson, Lecturer at the University of Tennessee Haslam College of Business. We kick off with a series of questions to A/B test entrepreneurial types. We then discuss the histor…

I’m talking with Stacey Patterson, Vice President for Research, Outreach, and Economic Development at the University of Tennessee.  Stacey also serves as President of UT Research Foundation. We talk …

I’m talking with Jim Campbell, President of the East TN Economic Council (ETEC), an independent regional membership organization created in the 1970's. We talk about ETEC's sustained and lasting impa…

I’m talking with Cortney Piper, Founder and President of Piper Communications and Co-Founder the Tennessee Advanced Energy Council. We talk about the Innov865 Alliance and  Innov865 Week and all thin…

I’m talking with John McNeely, Senior VP at Avertium and President of The Knoxville Technology Council. KTech's mission is to connect, develop, promote and advocate for the technology industry in the…

I’m talking with Dan Miller, Director of Innovation Crossroads at ORNL. The program provides innovators with the needed resources to develop and derisk their technology. Entrepreneurs are linked with…

I’m talking with Catherine Porth, founder of Let Her Speak,  a nonprofit organization elevating women's voices and building stronger support systems. We discuss widening opportunities for women acros…

I’m talking with Tanika Harper, CEO of Harper's Natural and founder of the Shora Foundation and The Women LLC. Tanika is also a member of the Mayor's Maker Council.  We discuss funding and access to …

I’m talking with Cody Lambert, Co-founder of KnoxDevs, a nonprofit whose mission is to foster a healthier developer community in Knoxville. It sponsors quarterly meetups, links to a host of sub-commu…

I’m talking with Amy Henry, Director, Transformative Innovation at Tennessee Valley Authority. We discuss TVA's mission and the emerging role they play in facilitating economic development and suppor…

I’m talking with Maha Krishnamurthy, Vice President of UT Research Foundation (UTRF). Founded in 1935, UTRF is a nonprofit organization that promotes the commercialization of UT's intellectual proper…

I’m talking with Tom Rogers, CEO of the University of Tennessee Research Park, a university facility that offers an ideal location for companies and entrepreneurs to collaborate with UT talent. We di…

I’m talking with Mike Odom, CEO of the Knoxville Chamber. Focused on driving regional growth and economic prosperity, the Chamber is celebrating it's 150th year and continuing to look at innovative w…