Businesses or persons interested in learning the basics of Solar Installation and Photovoltaic (PV) Technology can now take advantage of a free five-day training course at the Kingsport Center for Higher Education (KCHE), 300 West Market Street, Kingsport. The training, offered by The Tennessee Solar Institute (TSI), will begin January 30, 2012 and run through (read more)
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Invention to Venture Workshop Supports Entrepreneurs, Investors
“What is the best way to take our inventions forward?” asked Monica Jablonski, professor of ophthalmology at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center. “I need to reeducate myself on decisions of how to go forward.” Jablonski, an inventor of a novel macular degeneration treatment, was one of more than 70 participants at the Invention (read more)
AutoZone Founder Pitt Hyde Offers Guidance To Aspiring Biotech Entrepreneurs
Whether you’re selling car parts or developing a drug, J.R. “Pitt” Hyde said the business idea is way less important than how you implement it. And Hyde should know. The AutoZone Inc. founder started the auto parts giant with four stores, and it now has more than 4,800. Now, as board chairman of Memphis-based drug (read more)