Keen on reducing pricey auto loan payments in these inflationary times? Enter Gaya – designed to put consumers in the driver’s seat when it comes to their finances.
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While studying for MBA degrees at Stanford, Carl Ziade and Jean-Pierre Vertil discovered that 50% of auto loans were overpriced, costing consumers $37 billion annually.
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In these first days, different methods to help Ukrainian citizens and families have risen around the world.
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St Jude Children’s Hospital recently named its new Memphis research facility the Inspiration4 Advanced Research Center in honor of Inspiration4, the world’s first all-civilian space mission.
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Returning to its first in-person conference following a 2.5-year break, the executive committee of PRSA’s Counselors Academy was looking for a new idea to build momentum and community for its September 2021 Nashville event.
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Close to 3 million women left the work force in 2020.
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Memphis just welcomed its first African American-owned donut shop to town.
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When we think of storytelling, we often think of long-form narratives with a beginning, middle and end.
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Resilience is the theme of Science Talk ‘21, an annual conference for U.S.
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Clubhouse, an invitation-only audio-chat social networking app launched in 2020 by software developers Alpha Exploration Co.
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As the idea of influencer marketing in the digital landscape continues to soar, brands are having to shift the way they market products to consumer audiences.
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Social distancing and stay-at-home orders won’t last forever. But when the dust settles after COVID-19 peaks, businesses might be looking at a new normal.
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On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security – CARES – Act was passed.
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In the time of social distancing and virtual meetings, you aren’t alone in your increased scrolling through social media feeds and searching for new channels, movies and television shows.
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Agriculture needs a revolution for rural America to prosper. AgLaunch, a Memphis business accelerator, is facilitating innovation by supporting ag-tech companies and helping them partner with farmers.
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Six years after its first store opened in Mississippi, the Fred’s retail chain set up its corporate headquarters in Memphis. The company called the Bluff City home from 1953 until recently.
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Memphis has quickly become a center for logistics, medical and agricultural startup companies. The organizers of a major startup convention…
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Memphis has quickly become a center for logistics, medical and agricultural startup companies. The organizers of a major startup convention have apparently taken notice.
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Last year saw a flood of shared mobility operators bringing electric scooters and bicycles to Memphis. In June, Bird scooters made hundreds of shared electric scooters available throughout the city, just weeks after the introduction of Explore Bike Share.
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Remote work has become quite popular, with nearly 4 million Americans working from home for at least half the week. Memphians who want a shared workspace should look no further than these spots:
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Late last year, guitar-maker Gibson chose to move its guitar production from Memphis to Nashville. It did not take long for the company’s building to find a new occupant.
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On-demand digital printing company Mimeo announced it will move its headquarters to Memphis, bringing 171 new jobs to the city. The company received $2.5 million in tax breaks to relocate.
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The City of Memphis Office of Business Diversity & Compliance has partnered with Start Co to launch Propel, a business accelerator for minority-owned startups.
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Up to 40 percent of food grown, processed and transported in the United States is never eaten, yet 1 in 8 Americans – or 40 million people – suffers food insecurity. The average four-person family wastes $1,500 a year on food.
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Memphis-based nonprofit Epicenter recently announced it has raised $40 million to support entrepreneurs in the Mid-South, including a $10 million commitment from FedEx Corp.
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Memphis is a great place to be for women entrepreneurs. According to the website magnifymoney.com, Memphis is No. 4 on the list of best cities for women to start businesses and is notable for its high median income for women entrepreneurs and its strong startup scene.
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Amazon is months away from opening a gigantic new distribution center in Memphis that is set to employ 600 people. The cutting-edge facility boasts high-tech machinery built to accept bulk goods, sort them and reload orders onto trucks in less than 25 minutes. The outgoing orders are sent to other distribution centers and not directly to customers.
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Cameron Ellis, a 24-year-old Memphis entrepreneur, has already made his mark on the city’s residential real estate market. Now, he’s tackling his first multifamily projects and looking to appeal to a group he knows best: millennials.
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There are a lot of unusual things you can buy from vending machines: burritos, cupcakes, champagne, gold. Soon, Memphians may even be able to buy cars.
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Memphis has been graced with Muddy’s Bake Shop for a decade now. Luckily for us, Muddy’s founder and owner, Kat Gordon, decided to quit her day job 10 years ago to pursue her passion for baking and established one of the city’s best-loved bakeries.