Category: RFE
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Moving the Needle: Why Rural Entrepreneurs Are America’s Next Great Innovators
Innovation is no longer defined by geography. The convergence of digital technologies, advanced manufacturing, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and global…
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Celebrating Innovation: Highlights from Our Startup Pitch Competition
On November 13, 2025, our community came together at Makeshift for an inspiring and high-energy evening celebrating innovation, creativity, and…
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The Rural Frontier Entrepreneurship (RFE) Concept was Presented at the ACBSP Conference in Knoxville, TN.
The presentation by Payson Johnston and Shelley Sarmiento for the Nova Entrepreneur Center focuses on rural frontier entrepreneurship. It explores…
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Rural Frontier Entrepreneurship (RFE) in Southern Middle Tennessee
Across Tennessee’s southern and middle regions a new wave of innovation is taking root; one that blends community, education, technology,…