Introducing: The Highlights From StartupNash
If you want to know what's going on in Nashville's startup scene, check here for a bi-weekly report about founders, and what they are working on.
Hey y’all! My name is Kelley Griggs, and I’m the founder and host of StartupNash (my company Britepeer’s premier community). People often ask “So, who are the startups I should be talking to?” and “What’s going on in Nashville’s startup community?” If folks are asking me these questions, they might be asking you too. This newsletter is a way to share founder news, member updates, events, asks and resources.
One thing:
📆 Come to the StartupNash Founder’s Happy Hour! It’s during 3686 on September 10th at 6:30 at East Nashville Beer Works. Invite here.
News items:
Applications are now open for Company Ventures' first Nashville Residency.
There’s an opportunity for startups to recruit full-time and/or internship positions from Vanderbilt University.
Venture For America shut down, affecting some startups in Nashville.
StartupNash Member Updates:
🚀 Infinite Wonder LLC published their first game demo on itch.io, participating in Pirate Software’s July Game Jam. Out of 14,000 participants, only 2,400 games were submitted for review. The jam focused on learning Pygame, and Infinite Wonder plans to use insights gained to continue developing their demo for a full release later this year.
🚀 NS804 recently launched an unmanned paddle box rental kiosk, highlighting their expertise in automated solutions. The company is also assisting Prevue, a video-based dating app, in raising capital after its successful reception. NS804’s CEO Nick Jones is additionally advising four startups on app growth, user retention, and technical challenges around fraud prevention.
Want to add your business update? Become a paid member of StartupNash and we’ll include your updates in our emails.
👋 Have you met these founders yet?
Barrett Wood: Founder of StopLyte
Brian Dailey: Founder of Calendaristic
Ishan Mahajan: Founder of Horus Health
Eli Richey: Founder of Meddley
Ifrah Khan: Founder of Swiftstay
Nicole Ayres: Founder of Jauntboards
Alexa Newkirk: Founder of bKYND
David Chubbs: Founder of Qola Work
Chris Hefley: Founder of LLMasaService
Ben Kettle: Founder of How Are We Doing
Events:
📆 LaunchTN’s 3686 Conference is quickly approaching. If you are a startup in Nashville, it’s the place to be from September 9-11th. Use the code AMBASS3686 for a discount. Get tickets here.
📆 Please come to the StartupNash Founder’s Happy Hour :) It’s a way to come out, meet other founders, and share what you’re working on. It’s during 3686 on September 10th at 6:30 at East Nashville Beer Works. Invite here.
Community Asks:
🌞 A member is looking for advice on evaluating the equity component of an offer from a pre-IPO company.
🌞 A member is asking for help on how to build up a cold-calling list of potential customers from Nashville.
🌞 A member would like advice on setting up a super simple single-page site to sell copies of their self-published book.
🌞 A member is helping their friend find an internship from next February to July. He's getting his degree in network engineering and wants to do the internship in the US. Can anyone offer recommendations?
🌟 Have an ask or an offer? Join StartupNash. We are a group of founders and funders in Nashville. Our community focuses on using peer mentorship and the power of our collective network to help each other grow our businesses.
Resources:
LaunchTN’s 3686 is looking for startups with interactive technology to present at their startup showcase. This could be a great chance to get real feedback from conference goers.
Those are this week’s highlights. If you’d like to share ongoing updates with founders and funders on this email list, sign up to be a member of StartupNash. StartupNash uses Britepeer, a tool my team built, to connect members in our community by skill. We believe sharing knowledge through peer mentorship spreads wealth in our community. I hope you’ll consider joining us.