The Highlights: Meet some peers, services and startups
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.
News items:
→ Ducky.ai is pivoting
→ Founders are joining a go-to-network peer group from StartupNash
→ LaunchTN regional seed fund is ramping up
This newsletter is powered by a collection of 800+ founders, funders and experts. We are part of a community called StartupNash, a community of founders and funders who share peer knowledge about starting and growing businesses.
👋 Have you met these funds yet?
25M Health 🚀 (Category: Fund)
Ryan Macy from 25M Health develops solutions to tackle systemic health challenges and advance care delivery through scalable, cutting-edge products.
Cascade Seed Fund (Category: Fund)
Robert Pease from Cascade Seed Fund focuses on nurturing innovative businesses in the Pacific Northwest with a hands-on approach.
👋 Get your next thing done with services from the group
NS804 🚀 (Category: Service)
Nick Jones from NS804 helps businesses bring their app ideas to life with a focus on user-friendly design and seamless functionality.
2520 Consulting 🚀 (Category: Service)
Grey Garner from 2520 Consulting specializes in helping high-growth startups and established companies optimize their operations and scale efficiently.
Twin Sun Solutions 🚀 (Category: Service)
Dave Lane from Twin Sun Solutions helps clients build solutions tailored to meet unique business challenges.
Document Doctors 🚀 (Category: Service)
Doug Trovinger from Document Doctors specializes in fixing and enhancing critical business documents, making proposals, resumes, and presentations more compelling and polished.
12 South Marketing 🚀 (Category: Service)
Michael Shoup from 12 South Marketing focuses on growth marketing for entrepreneurs and startups.
Apex Current 🚀 (Category: Service)
Meet Corbitt Chandler from Apex Current. The company helps businesses maximize their ROI with cutting-edge digital advertising strategies and analytics-driven campaign optimizations.
Chezy 🚀 (Category: Service)
Meet Joe Tjosvold from Chezy. Chezy specializes in video creation and production for brands you know and love.
Flatiron Law Group 🚀 (Category: Service)
Kristen Johns from Flatiron Law Group offers expert legal guidance with a deep understanding of emerging industries, at an affordable, flat rate price for founders.
👋 Meet these startups:
Calendaristic 🚀 (Category: Product)
Meet Brian Dailey from Calendaristic, a modern calendar platform designed to simplify scheduling, Calendaristic stands out with its intuitive user experience and seamless integrations.
Stoplyte 🚀 (Category: Product)
Meet Barrett Wood from Stoplyte, a real-estate product that empowers more homebuyers in finding great off-market residential deals.
Infinite Wonder 🚀 (Category: Both)
Shawn Garrison is the host and founder of Infinite Wonder, a community of game developers and Python enthusiasts who love building creative solutions and sharing progress together. DM him to join the server.
LLMasaService 🚀 (Category: Product)
Watch this space! I’ve been working with Chris Hefley from LLMasaService to create a bot for my website. Without code, I created an AI bot on go-to-network strategy and put it right into my Canva site.
Podcraftr 🚀 (Category: Product)
Dave Lane from Twin Sun Solutions and Michael Shoup from 12 South Marketing built an audio publishing tool called Podcraftr. The platform offers end-to-end podcasting solutions, from editing to promotion, to help creators grow their audiences.
Enzy 🚀 (Category: Product)
Blake Heafner from Enzy develops sustainable and cost-effective laundry care and other personal items.
Pilot 🚀 (Category: Product + Service)
The team from Pilot combines automation and expert human support to help businesses manage their finances with confidence. Pilot is a community partner for our go-to-network program, sponsoring our first three founder teams to go through it.
The Lion’s Cage 🚀 (Category: In-person experience)
Donnie Renner from The Nashville Lions Cage is redefining how you connect with baseball through an innovative digital/physical experience and vibrant social atmosphere.
XQAssessment 🚀 (Category: Product)
Meet Cory R. Cox from XQAssessment. This tool helps VC firms, institutions, and resources evaluate and optimize founders more efficiently.
Events:
📆 From Build in SE: Batter Up! Nashville with Hustle Fund. Oh goodness this is going to be a good one. Hustle Fund is visiting Nashville and putting on a pitch competition in partnership with Build in SE.
Feb. 18th from 5-8
Jobs:
A StartupNash member is looking for a marketing firm. An art forward vibe is key as they run a creative design firm working with high profile artists. Looking for someplace that can help enhance word of mouth marketing, get better placements in PR spots, and engage in more speaking events, amongst other things.
A member is looking for a Social Media & Content Lead with a few years experience. The company wants to lean into video pretty heavy, so production chops (in front and behind the camera) would be a big plus.
A member with skills in UX and experience design, a member with Product skills, and a member with operations skills are all available in the group to help.
Community Asks:
🌞 A member is looking for validation on an idea for anyone in sales who relies heavily on sales calls to close customers. Anyone willing to help out or know anyone?
🌞 A member is looking for Atlassian implementation.
🌞 A member is looking for other game developers attending the Game Developer conference in March.
🌟 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.
🌞 See you on the brite side :)