On Saturday, April 27th, Memphians on the Move by Methodist LeBonheur Healthcare, the Chamber’s new weekly 30-minute broadcast program on Channel 24, will make its debut. The program will highlight the people and companies that make Memphis attractive for investment, innovation and expansion.
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HealthLink International, experts in the medical device and human tissue markets, expands medical device facility
Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.
We’re happy to celebrate Spark Printing on their grand opening.
Spark Printing offers a wide variety of custom signage and other large format printing services right here, in Memphis. From yard signs to oversized poster or high-impact promotional signage for trade shows, concerts or events, Spark’s expert team can design and develop the perfect sign, ensuring the right look, layout and material to get the job done.
Get to know this Memphis business with a Q&A with Spark Printing President Jeff Cowens:
Why Memphis? Why this location?The best answer is why not Memphis? I’m a transplant from Cincinnati and my investor is a lifelong Memphian, but we both share the same love and desire to continue to support the growth of our city.
Mid-South Delta Region Designated as Regional Innovation Cluster Focused on AgTech and Value-Chain Businesses
AgLaunch Initiative (AgLaunch) has been named one of seven new Small Business Administration’s Regional Innovation Clusters, a program built to strengthen opportunities for small businesses within a region focused on a specific industry vertical. AgLaunch will be leading the Mid- South Delta Agriculture Innovation Cluster (“Delta Ag Cluster”), the first SBA cluster to be focused on agtech and value-chain companies that is centered around a major farming region.
“Tennessee has a proud agricultural tradition, and as a fellow farmer, I am pleased to support partnerships like AgLaunch that ensure future generations have a placein ag,” said Tennessee Governor Bill Lee. “Thanks to AgLaunch, we’re able to further support two critical missions in our state: agriculture and small business.”
Memphis-based AgLaunch will be expanding its Farm-Centric Innovation Model, an original approach to growing, supporting, and creating agriculture businesses, attracting investment capital, and enabling farmers to participate in the innovation process. The cluster’s strategy is focused on creatingand scaling rural small businesses that will support the next generation of farming capabilities needed to connect urban food processing opportunities and emerging consumer trends.
“This is a great opportunity for our region to further elevate the vision of making the Mid-South the best place in the United States to create the farms of the future and supply the products that consumers are demanding, The partnership with SBA and USDA will allow us to further expand the Farm-Centric Innovation Model to more farmers, incubate more businesses, and ensure that there is adequate capital and technical support to grow the amazing food and agriculture opportunities.” – Pete Nelson, Executive Director of AgLaunch
“This is a great opportunity for our region to further elevate the vision of making the Mid-South the best place in the United States to create the farms of the futureand supply the products that consumers are demanding,” said Pete Nelson, Executive Director of AgLaunch. “The partnership with SBA and USDA will allow us to further expand the Farm-Centric Innovation Model to more farmers, incubate more businesses, and ensure that there is adequate capital and technical support to grow the amazing food and agriculture opportunities.”
The Delta Ag Cluster is a 98-county, five-state region comprised of primarily rural counties in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee. AgLaunch will be leading regional activities with key partners and stakeholders including cohort-based programming, business acceleration, commercialization assistance, mentorship, access to capital, market development, and other business services.
It takes hard work, dedication and sometimes good old fashion luck to build a strong, profitable business. One of the best pieces of advice for entrepreneurs and emerging business owners is to get smart insights from people who have been there before.
See what Dotty Summerfield Giusti, President of Summerfield Associates, Inc. has to say on how she keeps her business growing.
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Here at the Greater Memphis Chamber we love to celebrate business growth and development! There’s nothing like standing beside you as you open the doors to your new business or reveal your new expansion. That’s why we offer our members our expertise and assistance with hosting grand opening and expansion ceremonies. Thank you to our Ribbon Cuttings sponsor, Paragon Bank for helping us support local businesses like you.
We’re happy to celebrate State Farm – Tacuma Alexander on their grand opening.
A company is only as small as its footprint, and while its label may suggest otherwise, a small business can be as big as industry giants. The saying, “It’s all about who you know” couldn’t be more true for entrepreneurs and small business owners. Your clientele, customer base, investor pool and partnerships build the imprint of your brand, and in order to sustain growth in your industry, it’s important to foster those professional relationships.
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The Chamber today announced a partnership with the Division of College, Career and Technical Education (CCTE) of Shelby County Schools. Through the agreement, a Chamber representative will serve on an advisory committee to help plan, evaluate, implement and continuously improve the district’s career pathways training programs.
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In this series of Corner Office, a limited group of young professionals joined in conversation with Chris Canale, President of Old Dominick Distillery to learn about what it took for him become a successful business leader. Chris shared stories about his family’s history and how keeping the business first was the key framework for his family’s business success.
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