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Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce and The Entrepreneur Center in partnership with Bank of America
Present the Inaugural Next Awards
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NEXT AWARDS HONOR COMPANIES, OWNERS Excellence in entrepreneurship gets a night in the spotlight
WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday, Oct. 18, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Renaissance Nashville Hotel, 611 Commerce St. More details: 5:30 p.m., Cash bar reception 6:30-9 p.m., Dinner and awards presentation
The inaugural NEXT Awards, to be held Tuesday, Oct. 18, at the Renaissance Nashville Hotel, will honor the area’s most innovative entrepreneurs and area companies experiencing the most significant growth in terms of revenue and employment. Finalists and one winner will be recognized in key business sectors: » Digital media & entertainment » Entrepreneurial partner » Health care
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» Social enterprise » Sustainability and alternative energy » Technology In addition to the awards recognizing businesses making the greatest contributions to the local economy, individual awards for outstanding entrepreneurs will be given in the following categories: Minority entrepreneur, startup entrepreneur, woman entrepreneur and youth entrepreneur. Also, winning entrepre-
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neurs in digital media, health care, social enterprise, sustainability and technology will be named. Legacy entrepreneurs in those distinct business sectors will be recognized as well, along with an Entrepreneur of the Year. The NEXT Awards build upon the chamber’s Future 50 Awards, which for 19 years recognized the fastest-growing entrepreneurial businesses in Middle Tennessee. The new partnership with the Entrepreneur Center extends
the concept beyond simply spotlighting emerging companies, differing from the Future 50 Awards in several key ways: Public companies are now eligible to enter; three tiers have been established to recognize businesses at all stages of development (startup, growth and market mover); and individual awards will be given to entrepreneurs making an impact on the Nashville economy. — Provided by Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
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COMPANIES (FINALISTS) DIGITAL MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT
ALOOMPA LLC
1201 Villa Place, Suite 206 (Nashville) Website: Aloompa.com CEO: Kurt Nelson (co-founder) Background: Aloompa characterizes itself as a digital media, design and innovation technology company. The company has been in business less than two years. The company got off to a fast start, launching high-functioning branded mobile apps in 2009 with its first two clients, Kurt Nelson country music star Kenny Chesney and the Bonnaroo music festival. Employees: 7 Nelson speaks: “ Aloompa started as a bootstrapped company from the first day.”
HENG DAI MEDIA LLC, MUSIC CITY ROOTS
9 Music Square S., Suite 256 (Nashville) Website: musiccityroots.com CEO: Todd Mayo Background: Walker is a lifelong music producer and radio marketer. Mayo has an ad agency and music booking back-
ground. Heng Dai Media is the production company created in 2009 to produce Music City Roots. Employees: 12 Walker speaks: “We have been successful in organizing a community of artists and fans within the greater Nashville Todd Mayo community, all seeking to showcase the deep and culturally diverse talent pool that exists in our city.”
KELLYGIRL VIDEO
722 Harpeth Knoll Road (Nashville) Website: kellygirlvideo.com CEO: Kelly Magill Background: Magill is a native Nashvillian and a graduate of Vanderbilt University. She launched Nashville Interiors magazine in 2000. Last year, Magill launched KellyGirl Kelly Magill Video to make it financially affordable for clients to take advantage of video through her Web video production company. Employees: 2 Magill speaks: “Many of our clients have
seen direct results from adding Web video to their promotions arsenal. We also produce corporate overviews, client testimonials and other services .”
MUSICCITYNETWORKS LLC 209 10th Ave. S. (Nashville) Website: musiccitynetworks.com CEO: Lang Scott Background: Products and services include websites, merchandising, e-commerce, mobile applications, fan club management, social marketing and digital strategy for the music industry. Scott grew up Lang Scott in South Carolina and moved to Nashville in 1982. He has worked with Reba McEntire, LeAnn Rimes and others. Employees: 20 Scott speaks: “We appreciate the diversity of businesses the city has to offer, and we try to represent the spirit of Nashville through our own diversity, our music industry expertise and our work with local artists.”
RABBIT HOLE CREATIVE 408 Broadway (Nashville)
Website: rabbitholecreative.com CEO: Jake Jorgovan Background: Jorgovan has pursued a degree in entrepreneurship at Belmont University and gotten his digital marketing and graphics Jake Jorgovan company off the ground. Its product is HD video production, often on a grand scale. Employees: 3 Jorgovan speaks: “We built this business out of our dorm rooms at Belmont.”
ROCKHOUSE PARTNERS
631 Second Ave. S., Suite 2R (Nashville) Website: rockhousepartners.com CEO: Tawn Albright Background: Albright’s company is a technology-based entertainment agency that provides digital marketing services for entertainTawn Albright ment properties. Albright has worked with brands ranging from Liberty Media to the Coca-Cola Co. to Ticketmaster/IAC. Employees: 10 Albright speaks: “Rockhouse was
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formed by three partners (Albright, Joe Kustelski and Kevin Brown) who have strengths in business development, marketing and technology. The intersection of these three backgrounds tends to result in a bit of magic.”
ULOOP INC.
5327 General Forrest Court (Nashville) Website: uloop.com CEO: Corey Cleek Background: Uloop is an online classifieds platform for colleges and universities. Cleek is an active angel investor in Internet media and ecommerce companies. Corey Cleek Uloop is privately held. It provides a student-only environment that offers “a safe and local way to buy, sell and trade with classmates,” the company says. Employees: 5 Cleek speaks: “Uloop’s online marketplace provides a place for students to connect with each other, recycle their goods and make or save money. It adds up to people, planet and profit.”
ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNER AVENUE BANK
111 10th Ave. S. (Nashville)
Website: avenuenashville.com CEO: Ron Samuels Background: Under the leadership of veteran banker Ron Samuels, Avenue Bank started operations in 2007 and has Ron Samuels grown to become a bank with some $571 million in assets. Employees: 84 Samuels speaks: “Nashville has such a tangible creative spirit, (and) we really founded the company on the idea of serving and emulating that spirit.”
CROSSLIN & ASSOCIATES
2525 West End Ave., Suite 1100 (Nashville) Website: crosslinpc.com CEO: J. Dell Crosslin Background: Accounting firm with international client base in health care, manufacturing, government, not-forJ. Dell Crosslin profit agencies, construction, real estate, transportation, food service, advertising and retail sectors. J. Dell Crosslin is a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner. Employees: 51
Crosslin speaks: “The secret to our success is easy … it’s our people. ”
LATTIMORE BLACK MORGAN & CAIN PC
5250 Virginia Way (Brentwood) Website: lbmc.com CEO: Mike Cain Background: A full-service accounting firm that has expanded to include consulting on technology, risk assessment and security, mergers and acquisitions, investments and other financial services. Employees: 345 Cain speaks on secret to success: “First is hiring the right people and adhering to an entreMike Cain preneurial spirit. Second, continually listening to our clients and their changing needs. Third, staying connected to the communities and industries in our markets so we understand the changes taking place. And lastly, not being afraid to make a mistake.”
HEALTH CARE BERNARD HEALTH
Contact: alex.Tolbert@bernardhealth.com CEO: Alex Tolbert Background: In the spring of 2006, Tol-
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bert found himself becoming “passionate” about health savings accounts, and Bernard Health was founded on the principle of keeping health insurance costs in check. The company has worked to drastically lower the amount of health insurance premiums its clients pay. Employees: 14 Alex Tolbert Tolbert speaks: “The distribution channel for health insurance has a lot of competing incentives, most of which distract its members from fixing this for their clients. We’ve built our systems and incentive structures differently to ensure … we focus on (and for) our clients.”
HEALTHCARE PRODUCTIVITY AUTOMATION
3000 Meridian Blvd. (Franklin) Website: hpapro.com CEO: Sal Novin Background: Novin is a productivity expert who has aimed for greater efficiency across multiple industries from sales of flowers for FTD florists earlier in his career to improving health-care technology today. Most recently, he won the Nashville Technology Council’s Innovator of the Year Award for creating a tool known as
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Health Mason, which works to streamline health-care administration, billing and payments. Employees: 8 Novin speaks: “Our success is based on simple fundamentals, offering our clients a technology service that improves efficiency and quality. … We … want to remove all risk from our clients’ decision making.”
HEALTHSPRING
9009 Carothers Parkway (Franklin) Website: healthspring.com CEO: Herb Fritch Background: Fritch has more than 38 years of experienced in managed health care. HealthSpring started operations in the fall of 2000 and became publicly traded on the New York Stock Herb Fritch Exchange in 2006. Employees: 3,250 Fritch speaks: “We have a unique understanding of the needs and challenges facing both Medicare beneficiaries and physicians, and thus have developed a collaborative and innovative model that provides more access to preventive care for members while supplying physicians with what they need to deliver that care more cost effectively.”
INQUICKER LLC
P.O. Box 40347 (Nashville) Website: inquicker.com CEO: Michael BrodyWhite Background: After working seven years in various roles with a Fortune 30 company, Brody-White said he gained the experience to Michael start InQuickER as an Brody-White “innovative, cloud-based software vendor with the aim of streamlining consumer access to health-care services nationwide. Employees: 14 Brody-White speaks: “Nashville is teeming with eager and capable health-care entrepreneurs, who dream big and take action, and we are inspired by the drive to succeed and hunger for innovation we find in others.”
PHARMMD
5200 Maryland Way (Brentwood) Website: pharmmd.com CEO: Samuel “Bo” Bartholomew Background: McWhorter, a well-known venture capitalist, and Bartholomew, an HCA veteran who also has played key roles in a telemedicine physician-access startup, are the top executives behind
PharmMD. The company has experienced a swift national expansion and yearover-year exponential growth in the past five years. Feeding off health-care reform and other related trends, PharmMD aims to improve the administraSamuel “Bo" tion of medicines to Bartholomew patients. Employees: 29 Bartholomew speaks: “PharmMD is an industry leader when it comes to innovation around medication therapy management. PharmMD saves lives.”
UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH SERVICES INC.
617 Eighth St. (Nashville) Website: unitedneighborhood.org CEO: Mary Bufwack Background: Bufwack has served as CEO for 23 years at United Neighborhood Health Services Inc. It is a private, nonprofit network of neighborhood Mary Bufwack health centers that provides primary medical care to low-income residents of Nashville. Employees: 125 Bufwack speaks: “Rather than expecting the patient to come to us, we have gone to the patient with clinics in schools and public housing. Primary care clinics such as those run by United Neighborhood Health Services are a model of low-cost, high-quality care that is central to reducing the total cost of health care in the future.”
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USR HEALTHCARE
5409 Maryland Way, Suite 202 (Brentwood) Website: usrhealthcare.com CEO: W. Mark Dixon Background: Since a corporate name change nine years ago that created USr Healthcare, the firm has focused on health-care staffing. Through a pilot program with HCA that started in 2002, USr has expanded its recruiting model to 23 states while Mark Dixon working with partner hospitals to place more than 37,000 new employees since 2004. Employees: 73 Dixon speaks: “Business leaders in the community — especially in the healthcare market — are open to new concepts moreso than in other communities around the country.”
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VIREO SYSTEMS INC.
305 Williams Ave. (Madison) Website: vireosystems.com CEO: Mark Faulkner Background: Faulkner has started and anchored five companies over a 20-year period. Vireo makes pain relief and health products and Mark Faulkner eco-friendly laundry detergents and cleaners. Employees: 11 Faulkner speaks: “We enjoy being underestimated by competition and the market, and then surprising both.”
VIVERE HEALTH
720 Cool Springs Blvd. (Franklin) Website: http://viverehealth.com CEO: Joe Cashia Background: Cashia is a health-care entrepreneur who was founder of National Renal Alliance, a dialysis services provider that grew to Joe Cashia more than 45 clinics in 10 states before being acquired by Renal Advantage in 2008. Vivere is a leading provider of fertility services.
Employees: 8 Cashia speaks: “The secret to Vivere’s success in the specialty of fertility medicine is a unique partnership model in which Vivere enters joint-venture relationships with physicians to create fertility centers of excellence … to contribute higher pregnancy success rates through assisted reproductive technologies.”
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE BURGER UP
2901 12th Ave. S. (Nashville) Website: burger-up.com CEO: Miranda Pontes Background: Burger Up opened in May 2010 with the idea of fostering a community and thoughtful consuming. Employees: 70 Pontes speaks: “We Miranda hire those recently out Pontes of jail and provide a safe place for them to change their life. … We support farms demonstrating sustainable farm practices along with humane … treatment of animals from birth to processing.”
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Website: thistlefarms.org CEO: Becca Stevens Background: As founding executive director of Magdalene, a residential community for women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution and addiction; Stevens has raised over $12 million. Magdalene houses up to 27 women is six residences in Becca Stevens Nashville. Thistle Farms sells bath and body care products in 150 stores while providing training and employment for its residents and graduates. Employees: 6 Stevens speaks: “Success is measured by the changes our employees make in their lives, by the savings to Nashville’s criminal justice system and by our efforts to support other communities in helping homeless and addicted women.”
MENTOR TENNISSEE
Nashville Website: mentortennissee.org Founder: Jeff Berry Background: Nonprofit after-school tennis, tutoring and life skills development program for at-risk youth. Berry resides in New York City, where he is an investment banking analyst at Morgan Stanley. Mentor TennisSee programs take place on the Vanderbilt campus and are led by Vanderbilt students. Employees: 1 Berry speaks: “Most of our volunteers have demanding jobs and family responsibilities, but make time for Mentor TennisSee because of their interest in the program’s mission.”
YOUTHMERCH
121 Seaboard Lane, Suite 11 (Franklin) Website: youthmerch.com CEO: Austin Casselman Background: A Nashville native, Casselman started YouthMerch four years ago as a social enterprise company that provides screen printing, embroidery and promoAustin tional items to compaCasselman nies worldwide. Employees: 12 Casselman speaks: “We believe that we are an asset to our clients and not a vendor. Through this, relationships are built and trust becomes more important than price. Because of this approach we have doubled our revenue in the worst of economic times.”
SUSTAINABILITY ASHBUSTERS CHIMNEY SERVICE INC.
1120 Courier Place (Smyrna) Website: ashbusters.com CEO: Mark Stoner Background: The company is a chimney sweep, repair and chimney safety operation. Stoner started Ashbusters in 1985. Employees: 20 Stoner speaks: An avowed self-improvement disciple when it comes to business principles, Stoner said he came to understand Mark Stoner “that I was the main roadblock to growth.” He “had to redefine and rebuild” Ashbusters several times through the years to keep it thriving.
(N)HABIT
427 Chestnut St. (Nashville) Website: n-habit.net CEO: Rachel Martin Background: A privately held sustainability and alternative energy company in business less than two years. It provides environmentally sustainable building and remodeling supplies, and sustainable design and consulting services. Employees: 2 Martin speaks: “We didn’t start this to make a bunch of money, but we are doing pretty well now that we have really finetuned the operations and found out what Nashville needs and doesn’t need.”
EARTHSAVERS LLC
P.O. Box 60945 (Nashville) Website: earthsavers.org CEO: Bobby Bandy Background: Bandy is founder and chief manager of EarthSavers, a full-service recycling company started nearly a decade ago. The company has 4,000 clients. EarthSavers picks up all waste in one truck, reducing emissions and road wear and tear. Employees: 14 Bandy speaks: “We are encouraged by local and Bobby Bandy state commitments to growing Tennessee’s green economy and are delighted to be a part of it. We put recycling first and waste hauling second.”
LIGHTWAVE SOLAR
3026 Owen Drive, Suite 107 (Antioch) Website: lightwavesolar.com CEO: Steve Johnson Background: Johnson has been in the electrical construction business for 30 years and has been working closely with
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TVA on the first solar interconnections with 19 electrical distributors and several municipalities. LightWave Solar designs and installs turnkey solar systems for homes, businesses and government agencies. Employees: 23 Steve Johnson Johnson speaks: “LightWave Solar occupies more than 10,000 square feet of office and warehouse space and has installed more than 150 systems, including five for Metro Nashville and many others in Tennessee homes and businesses.”
SIMS RECYCLING SOLUTIONS
417 Sanford Road (La Vergne); local operations of an international company Graham Davy Website: www.us.simsrecycling.com CEO: Graham Davy Background: Davy has spent his working life involved in engineering, steel manufacturing and recycling. Sims is a waste electrical and electronic equipment recycling business that operates worldwide
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WAP SUSTAINABILITY CONSULTING LLC
1612 Fifth Ave. N., Suite A (Nashville) Website: wapsustainability.com CEO: William Paddock Background: The consulting firm works with local government, academic and corporate clients to create credible and measurable sustainability programs via energy audits, installation of solar panels, purchases of more efficient equipment and William other methods. Paddock Employees: 4 Paddock speaks: “We like to think of ourselves as a catalyst for ‘green tech’ investment. We are social entrepreneurs working to create better places — including better cities and better workplaces.”
WILMOT INC.
3654 Knollwood Road (Nashville) Website: wilmotinc.com CEO: Tiffany Wilmot Background: Wilmot Inc. creates more sustainable buildings and businesses
through certification, consulting, training and marketing support. Employees: 4 Wilmot speaks: “In house, we make conscious decisions to reduce our vehicle commuting miles, decrease energy use and use solar thermal heating in our office space and homes, recycle extensively and buy carbon offsets for what we don’t reduce.”
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TECHNOLOGY BEDROC (FORMERLY ICV SOLUTIONS INC.)
7123 Crossroads Blvd., Suite C (Nashville) Website: icvsolutions.com CEO: Cameron Plato Background: Plato is a native of Evansville, Ind., who has lived in Nashville since 1995. His company is a techCameron Plato nology-consulting operation that works with clients on network architecture, data management and business intelligence development to boost revenue and reduce risk. Employees: 20 Plato speaks: “The energy and creative inspiration provided by Nashville and its people is a key contributor to our compa-
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CAPITAL CONFIRMATION INC.
214 Centerview Drive (Brentwood) Website: confirmation.com Founder: Brian Fox CEO: Chris Schellhorn Background: Fox, a certified public accountant and holder of an MBA, has been a pioneer in electronic audit confirmation. The company’s process reduces the risk of financial fraud and has brought about change in the century-old paperbased auditing practice, helping make it an online electronic process. Employees: 29 Fox speaks: “For the planet, we took a
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very paper- and mail-based process and turned it into an efficient, electronic process. In doing so, with the volume of paper we have removed from the confirmation process, Confirmation.com saves our planet more than 22,000 pounds of paper, 213,000 gallons of wastewater, 6,500 gallons of gasoline, 373,000 pounds of greenhouse gases and 65,000 square feet of deforestation per year.”
CONEXESS GROUP LLC
2817 West End Ave. (Nashville) Website: conexess.com CEO: Jerry Baker Background: Conexess Group LLC was founded two years ago and works in staff augmentation in information technology and accounting. It covers Nashville, Detroit and Richmond, Va. Employees: 40 Baker speaks: “We offer our employees the ability to become a partner Jerry Baker in the business. This allows our team to feel involved in the decisions we make regarding the direction of our company as well as giving them the entrepreneurial journey without the huge risk.”
CORECOMMERCE
144 SE. Parkway, Suite 260 (Franklin) Website: corecommerce.com CEO: Matt DeLong Background: CoreCommerce provides “easyto-use tools to quickly set up your own online store — no coding or design experience required. The company also gives away 10 free “stores” to nonprofit agencies every month. Matt DeLong Employees: 19 DeLong speaks: “When we first entered this industry there were several competitors, but very little or very slow innovation. We were the first to introduce Google Checkout integration. We also were the first cloud e-commerce provider to integrate our software with Twitter and Facebook.”
EMIDS TECHNOLOGIES
624 Grassmere Park Drive (Nashville) Website: emids.com CEO: Saurabh Sinha Background: The CEO has served as a board member for the Nashville Technology Council and has spoken to various management classes at universities, including the Owen Graduate School of
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Management at Vanderbilt University and the Xavier Institute of Management in Bangalore, India. What company does: Takes complex work flows for health-care IT clients and streamlines operations.
Employees: 550 Sinha speaks: “We are an IT solutions, services company … that acts as a thought-partner for clients.”
HCTEC LLC
7105 South Springs Drive, Suite 208 (Franklin) Website: hctec.com CEO: Matthew Tant Background: Tant has several years of experience in the health-care industry, which has helped him amass clients. Tant was vice president of business development at HCCA International, a healthcare consulting and staffing firm. What company does: Provides hospital technology staffing and large training initiatives for clients. Employees: 125 Tant speaks: “We have been blessed to start a business on the heels of the Great Recession where government spending
in health-care technology is at an all-time high.”
PEAK 10
425 Duke Drive, Suite 400 (Franklin) Website: peak10.com CEO: David Jones Background: Peak 10 is a managed services and cloud provider via its state-of-the-art data centers. It hosts and manages complex information technology infrastructure for a range of clients. Though Peak 10 has its headquarters in North Caroline, its Nashville location operates with an David Jones entrepreneurial attitude of its own and strives to maintain “mission-critical data and applications” to help businesses operate at peak efficiency. Employees: 276 Jones speaks: “Peak 10 has experienced incredible growth over the last 10 years in terms of revenue and geographic expansions. Each individual here plays a huge role in our success.”
PURESAFETY
730 Cool Springs Blvd., Suite 400
BUILDING YOUR BRAND. CHANGING THEIR LIVES. Thank you for helping us become a NEXT Award finalist. YouthMerch is a global social enterprise, providing full-service merchandise and promotional products dedicated to building clients’ brands while making a lasting impact on the lives of children in need.
121 Seaboard Ln., Ste. 11 Franklin, Tennessee 37067
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YouthMerch donates a portion of proceeds from each sale to purchase school uniforms for children in developing countries through its nonprofit affiliate “Got Your Back.”
When you build your brand with YouthMerch, you join the Movement to help make education possible for every child.
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(Franklin) Website: puresafety.com CEO: William A. Grana Background: Grana, a seasoned technology consultant, has worked with such companies as iXL Inc., as senior vice president, acquisitions; and Zoaport, an animal health Internet startup for which he was chairman and chief financial officer. The company’s software provides and fully documents training to promote health of William A. employees and safe Grana workflows. Employees: 240 Grana speaks: “Our company culture fosters a true sense that everyone has the opportunity to make a difference in the evolution of the business.”
SHAREABLE INK
40 Burton Hill Blvd. (Nashville) Website: shareableink.com CEO: Stephen Hau Background: Hau is an entrepreneur with more than 15 years of experience in health-care information technology and software development. Before creating Shareable Ink he founded a company called PatientKeeper that developed
physician information systems on a broad scale. Employees: 16 Hau speaks: “Our mission is to help healthcare organizations become more electronic. … We utilize a digital Stephen Hau pen (a ballpoint pen with a built-in camera and software platform) that allows doctors to continue doing what they are doing today, while making their documentation more electronic.”
TRINISYS LLC
750 Old Hickory Blvd., Bldg. 1, Suite 268 (Brentwood) Website: trinisys.com CEO: David Box Background: Box and co-owner Travis Gregg both have more than 13 years’ experience in enterprise software development. Software solutions tackle automation, regulatory compliance issues, data integration and other business needs. Employees: 19 Box speaks: “Trinisys is a unique software solution (because) it considers the business process first — whether it’s processing paper-based data entry, moving that process to the Web” or other
challenges. “
INDIVIDUALS (FINALISTS) DIGITAL MEDIA ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR EMMA INC.
2120 Eighth Ave. S. (Nashville) Website: myemma.com CEO: Clint Smith Background: Smith founded Emma in 2002 after stints with two other Web-based businesses, CitySearch.com and Smallbusiness.com. What it does: Emma Clint Smith strives to provide intuitive and stylish email marketing for clients backed by attention to customer care for an estimated 30,000 customers worldwide. Employees: 107 Smith speaks: “We think Emma is just getting started, and if we’re doing this right, maybe we will always feel (that) way. If anything, the (marketing) landscape has shifted in our direction over the past few years, with more companies working to create strong brands and more engaging customer experiences.”
FIVESTONE STUDIOS INC.
216 Third Ave. N. (Nashville) Website: fivestonestudios.com CEO: Traylor Woodall Background: Woodall’s love of computer animation and storytelling has steered his career from video game geek to president/creative director of the Fivestone Studios graphic design company. He started Fivestone Studios in 2007 as a Traylor motion and sound deWoodall sign house. Employees: 7 Woodall speaks: “The key to our success has been a combination of factors — hard work, recruiting talented team members, and creating a company culture that is inviting to clients, employees and vendors.”
MUSICCITYNETWORKS LLC
(Full description, Page 3) 209 10th Ave. S. (Nashville) Website: musiccitynetworks.com CEO: Lang Scott
HEALTH CARE ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR HEALTHSPRING
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NEXTGXDX INC.
4322 Harding Pike, Suite 417 (Nashville) Website: nextgxdx.com CEO: Dr. Mark Harris Background: Harris has eight years of biochemistry and molecular biology research experience and a Ph.D in cancer biology from Vanderbilt. He also has an MBA. NextGxDx is a onestop, Web-based marketplace that helps physicians find and order genetic Mark Harris
tests. Services also include online test ordering and test comparison. Employees: 1 Harris speaks: “I feel we have identified a critical need within the neurology community. Physicians tell me that if we can build what I have outlined that it will revolutionize the practice of neurology. ”
PHARMMD
(Full description, Page 5) 5200 Maryland Way (Brentwood) Website: pharmmd.com CEO: Samuel “Bo” Bartholomew
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR MAGDALENE INC. DBA THISTLE FARMS (Full description, Page 6) 5122 Charlotte Ave. (Nashville) Website: thistlefarms.org CEO: Becca Stevens
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Nashville Mobile Market 1211 Stevenson Center Lane (Nashville) Website: NashvilleMobileMarket.com CEO: Ravi Patel Background: Patel, now a third-year medical student at the Vanderbilt School of Medicine, conceived of Mobile Market as a novel solution to the issue of food access in urban Nashville. It uses a grocery store model to boost Ravi Patel access to healthy foods that are affordable and fresh to people living in “food deserts.” Employees: 1 Patel speaks: “Mobile Market relies on its loyal customers, not only to provide weekly sales but also to spread the word and expand our presence in the South and East Nashville communities.” YouthMerch (Full description and photo, Page 6) 121 Seaboard Lane, Suite 11 (Franklin) Website: youthmerch.com CEO: Austin Casselman
SUSTAINABILITY ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR (N)HABIT (Full description, Page 6) 427 Chestnut St. (Nashville) Website: n-habit.net CEO: Rachel Martin
EARTHSAVERS LLC
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LIGHTWAVE SOLAR
(Full description and photo, Page 6) 3026 Owen Drive, Suite 107 (Antioch) Website: lightwavesolar.com CEO: Steve Johnson
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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2011 | INAUGURAL NEXT AWARDS
EMIDS TECHNOLOGIES
(Full description and photo, Page 8) 624 Grassmere Park Drive (Nashville) Website: emids.com CEO: Saurabh Sinha Parental Health LLC 256 Seaboard Lane (Franklin) Website: parentalhealth.com CEO: Scott Hudsmith Background: The startup company strives to connect seniors and the disabled with medical caregivers and family caregivers, with the aim of reducing health-care costs for customers. Employees: 4 Hudsmith speaks: “We have signifiScott Hudsmith cantly improved quality of life while reducing health-care costs. Parental Health has a timely and affordable way to empower seniors to regain the place of their choice … and providing families peace of mind.”
QUALIFACTS SYSTEMS INC.
200 Second Ave. S. (Nashville) Website: qualifacts.com CEO: David Klements Background: Klements joined Qualifacts (a behavioral health IT company) in 2006. He is chair-elect of the Executive Committee of the Nashville Technology Council, a JumpStart Foundry program mentor and a Junior Achievement board member. Employees: 68 Klements speaks: “Behavioral healthDavid care providers serve the most underKlements served populations with the most limited resources. Through affordable technology we bring efficiency and data based decision making to the table.”
MINORITY ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR CENTENNIAL PEDIATRICS
310 25th Ave. N. (Nashville) Website: centpeds.com CEO: Eddie Hamilton Background: Centennial is a large, multisite, multispecialty pediatric practice. Dr. Hamilton, a native of Paducah, Ky., is dedicated to care for children regardless of their ability to pay or carry insurance. Employees: 225 Hamilton speaks: “Centennial PediatEddie Hamilton rics is willing to take chances and turn challenges into opportunities. We employ a very diverse group of individuals from a variety of backgrounds.”
DEVMAR PRODUCTS
1865 Air Lane Drive, Suite 2 (Nashville) Website: devmarproducts.com CEO: Sharon W. Reynolds Background: Company was launched with the concept of delivering more environmentally friendly janitorial cleaning supplies. It also strives to educate clients and suppliers about sustainable “green” cleaning products
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and paper goods. DevMar supplies the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, Metro Public Schools and others. Employees: 3 Reynolds speaks: “The secret to our success is integrity, transparency and a high work ethic.”
EMIDS TECHNOLOGIES
(Full description and photo, Page 8) 624 Grassmere Park Drive (Nashville) Website: emids.com CEO: Saurabh Sinha
STARTUP ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR FIDDLECAKES
2206 Eighth Ave. So. (Nashville) Website: fiddlecakes.com CEO: Tasha Ross Background: Early in 2009, Ross caught the entrepreneurial bug and founded FiddleCakes, a bakery cafe that now has two locations, does catering and local distribution. Employees: 9 Tasha Ross Ross speaks: “FiddleCakes started out as a modest business that saw a need in our community. We have become a leader in gluten-free and allergy-friendly options.”
HCTEC LLC
(Full description, Page 8) 7105 South Springs Drive, Suite 208 (Franklin) Website: hctec.com CEO: Matthew Tant
SHAREABLE INK
(Full description, Page 9) 40 Burton Hill Blvd. (Nashville) Website: shareableink.com CEO: Stephen Hau
WOMAN ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR C3 CONSULTING LLC
2975 Sidco Drive (Nashville) Website: c3consulting.com CEO: Beth Chase Background: C3’s sweet spot is providing consulting services to companies going through growth or change. That includes advice on how to manage through mergers and acquisiBeth Chase tions and upgrade information technology to work hand-in-glove with corporate strategy. Employees: 60
Chase speaks: “Our team solves complex business problems for all industries with a strong focus in health care and technology.”
FIDDLECAKES
(Full description, this page) 2206 Eighth Ave. S. (Nashville) Website: fiddlecakes.com CEO: Tasha Ross
TENNESSEE BUN CO.
2975 Armory Drive (Nashville) Website: buncompany.com CEO: Cordia Harrington Background: Harrington, 58, has excelled in manufacturing, transportation and other aspects of the quick-service restaurant and food service sectors. The company bakes and distributes buns, biscuits, English muffins, rolls and other bread products. Employees: 235 Cordia Harrington speaks: Harrington “Tennessee Bun Company began in 1997 with 28 employees and one baking line. … We’re not a brand ourselves; we serve brands.”
YOUTH ENTREPRENEUR OF YEAR EYES|ONLY
600 12th Ave. S., Suite 1407 (Nashville) Website: http: //eyeson.ly CEO: Patrick Widen Background: From fashion to retail and nightlife, bars, restaurants, hotels, and more, EYES|ONLY calls itself “the hippest way to connect your brand to people that will fall in love with it.” Open to founding members and by invitation only. Employees: 1 Patrick Widen Widen speaks: “It’s just the beginning, but I hope to reinvent the ways in which people interact with every luxury brand on the planet. ”
MENTOR TENNISSEE
(Full description, Page 6) (Nashville) Website: mentortennissee.org Founder: Jeff Berry
RABBIT HOLE CREATIVE
(Full description, Page 3) 408 Broadway (Nashville) Website: RabbitHoleCreative.com CEO: Jake Jorgovan
RECYCLE MORE, WASTE LESS Paper ~ Cardboard ~ Plastics 1-7 Metal Cans ~ Glass
FOR BUSINESSES • Customizable collection schedule • Service inside or outside your facility • Secure document destruction (secure container, HIPAA compliant, certificate of destruction) • Additional recycling options for document purges, electronics, light bulbs and batteries
FOR HOMES • Curbside or backdoor collection • Once or twice a month
FOR HOAS & TOWN GOVERNMENTS • Combined recycling and garbage collection • One truck, one stop, one cart or receptacle
COMING SOON • Food waste collection for composting
Ask for Bobby at 615-481-9640, ext 108 or bbandy@EarthSavers.org Inaugural Next Awards | Sunday, October 16, 2011
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