From Business Owner To Small Business Advocate: Nashville Business Incubation Center’s Angela Crane Jones Is Living Her Truth
Building sustainable businesses has been the singular focus of the Nashville Business Incubation Center since it opened its doors 35 years ago. NBIC has been the launching pad of several successful minority and women-owned businesses such as Slim & Husky’s and The Grilled Cheeserie. The program’s foundation is built on three tenants: business sustainability, capacity […]
Taking Flight: EJO Ventures Takes Innovative Technology to New Heights Across the Southeast
For many small businesses, zeroing in on a niche market is difficult, especially when starting. For EJ Odom, however, taking the niche approach provided the runway he needed to launch a business working exclusively within the aviation industry. EJO Ventures was founded in 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee. Sixteen years later, it has grown into one of the […]
Breaking Conventions: Autumn “Ace” Copeland Earns More By Charging Clients Less
Driven by her passion for helping others, Autumn “Ace” Copeland first launched Threeye Creative (Now known as Quartz and Clay) to “crack the code” of traditional business models. Unlike other website design agencies, Threeye Creative specialized in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for custom builds, not templates, giving them a clear advantage over overpriced cookie-cutter agencies. […]