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Summer Avenue Merchants Association works for new neighborhood

A group of business and community leaders along Summer Avenue are working together to forge a better future for the neighborhood with the Summer Avenue Merchants Association.

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The Great Escape Room in Grand Rapids.
Lock us up, hide the key, and we’ll pay you to do it …

Live escape room games are sweeping the country. An escape room is a physical adventure game in which players are locked in a room and have to use elements of the room to solve a series of puzzles and escape within a set time limit, inspired by "escape the room" video games.

By 2014, the MSO's endowment had dwindled to a few hundred thousand dollars, and an increasingly desperate symphony leadership decided to take its case to the public
New direction for Memphis Symphony Orchestra

One the city’s greatest musical assets looks to have a more stable future. With fresh leadership and an economical new partnership with the University of Memphis, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra continues to innovate its way back into the black. 

Data deals are done on the darknet.
The dirty dealings of data: Defining the darknet and the information bought and sold there

Once credit card or other information goes up for sale on the darknet, there's no real way to get it back. So, cyber security editor Lauren Fay Carlson warns small businesses to know how to protect themselves.

Sean Ammirati
‘The Science of Growth’: Venture capitalist’s new book studies why some startups change the world

Want to know why some companies fail and others flourish? A venture capitalist has a new book about his search for the practices that fueled some of the most successful startups in recent history, and he’s hoping it will give entrepreneurs in Memphis and across the country a blueprint for capturing some of that startup magic themselves.

David Tarver
Starting with community: How entrepreneurs can solve urban problems
Michigan small businesses get cyber security right

It's rare to find a business that doesn't have a digital presence these days, and that means there are just as many potential victims of cyber threat. Fortunately, Michigan is home to several businesses that lead the field in cyber security and digital awareness.

Project Manager Suzanne Carlson, Director Justin Entzminger, Project Managers Kerri Campbell and Megan Higgins
Innovate Memphis develops bold ideas for city

Innovate Memphis is charged with developing and delivering bold ideas that the Bluff City can implement to address some of its biggest challenges.  

David Tarver
Starting with community: How entrepreneurs can solve urban problems

At Social Innovation in the City, David Tarver will discuss urban entrepreneurship and how for-profit companies can solve city problems and make life better in Memphis.  

Fast Pitch competition highlights student startup ideas

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