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Nate Smith

Epicenter works with founders of innovative businesses to provide what is needed to develop, launch, and grow their ventures in the Memphis area. Nate Smith has served two years as director of programs at Epicenter and ten years in the venture capital industry.
In this capacity, he leads the nonprofit’s programming for startups and corporate partners, which entails developing and leading classroom-style programs, building partnerships, and connecting entrepreneurs with the resources they need to build growing, sustainable businesses.
“I worked with my colleagues and our partners at Alchemist Accelerator,” he says. “Last year, during our first Logistics Opportunity Challenge, we brought together logistics technology companies from across the country and logistics corporations from across the Greater Memphis area for an amazing event about the biggest problems facing the industry. That helped put Memphis on the map as a major site for logistics innovation”
The biggest challenge in his area, he says, is the lack of investment capital and other resources available for startups in Memphis. Our city has amazing new technology companies but we lag far behind our peer cities like Tulsa, Birmingham, and Nashville in the amount of investors, accelerators, events, support organizations, and networking opportunities for entrepreneurs
Despite these needs to catch up, Smith says, I am most influenced by the entrepreneurs in Memphis who consistently blow me away with what they are able to accomplish with a small fraction of the resources available to companies on the coasts.
Company:

Epicenter

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Community Leader

“I worked with my colleagues and our partners at Alchemist Accelerator,” he says. “Last year, during our first Logistics Opportunity Challenge, we brought together logistics technology companies from across the country and logistics corporations from across the Greater Memphis area for an amazing event about the biggest problems facing the industry. That helped put Memphis on the map as a major site for logistics innovation”
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