WilliamGriggs.com | Entrepreneur + Marketer + Technologist

So you’ve got a brilliant business idea, but where do you go from there? Don’t let this daunting question keep your entrepreneurial dreams from soaring! Tune in to this week’s episode of Startup Spotlight with Andrew Bouldin. Speaking from the experienced desk of Clayton Associates, Andrew offers tips on how to structure and pitch a business plan to potential investors that can put your dreams in flight.

About Andrew Bouldin

Andrew Bouldin is an Associate at FCA Venture Partners, the venture capital manager of Clayton Associates.

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Got a story but looking for a source? Maybe you have information to share within a confidential online community. Join Neely Burks, founder and president of Source Your City, to find out what this startup company has to offer Nashville’s community of reporters, PR professionals, and other industry experts.

About Neely Burks: Founder and President of SourceYourCity

A graduate in PR from the University of Tennessee, Neely began her career at the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce as a communications and public relations coordinator. While at the Chamber, she managed media relations, fielding source requests from both local and national press—an experience that laid the foundation for an idea that would eventually become SourceYourCity.

Neely joined Nashville-based agency, KVBPR, in 2008 where she managed media relations efforts for First Tennessee, Smith Seckman Reid, SSRCx, Stites & Harbison, LandDesign and The Blakeford. Here, she further honed her media relations skill-set as she worked to garner news clips for clients in local, regional and in some cases, national markets.

Through this experience she became familiar with various technology-based services that broker source exchanges between journalist and PR professionals. While effective, because most popular options like Help A Reporter Out (HARO) and ProfNet are national in scope, they cater largely to national press. However, the demand for sources also occurs on a local level.

In-between this market lag, SourceYourCity was born. Founded in August of 2010, SourceYourCity connects local reporters with local experts to enhance the quality of local news.

Connect with SourceYourCity:

Twitter: @sycnash

Website: sourceyourcity.com

1. Startup Spotlight:

A new bi-monthly video interview series, Startup Spotlight, will take a closer look at local startups, their idea and founding teams as well as their inspiration in an effort to learn from and about each startup. This series will be compiled and hosted by both GiveYear intern, Courtney Sherlock and Entrepreneur Center incubator/Founder of GiveYear (www.giveyear.org), William Griggs, here on www.williamgriggs.com. Monthly guests will vary but one function of each entry will remain consistent—each startup will be explored through a Q&A video session between the host and a member of the startup’s founding team.

If you or someone you know might be interested in participating in Startup Spotlight please contact William directly.

2. Nonprofit Notables:

Also a new bi-monthly video interview series, Nonprofit Notables, will take a closer look at local nonprofits, their missions and how they effectively use technology, design and social media. It will be compiled and hosted by Entrepreneur Center incubator/Founder of GiveYear (www.giveyear.org), William Griggs, here on  www.williamgriggs.com . Monthly topics will vary but one function of the series will remain consistent—each topic will be explored through a Q&A video session between William and a member of Nashville’s nonprofit community.

If you or someone you know might interested in participating in Nonprofit Notables please contact William directly.