Sectors
The Entrepreneur Center has resources to help any entrepreneur starting a business, however the Center seeks to connect companies in the following categories directly to capital and work with them throught the EC Incubator Program.
The EC focuses on 4 Key Sectors:
Health Care
Nashville is a national hub for health care services. The focus of this area for the Center is designed to foster new innovation and entrepreneurship in areas such as: technology enabled services, devices, new payer and provider delivery models, and senior care. As Nashville’s largest and fastest growing economic sector, Health Care companies incubating at the Entrepreneur Center stand a great chance of getting funded and connecting with local capital.
Digital Media and Entertainment
There is a convergence of the written word, music, video, and communication tools. All these digital media and entertainment assets are being transformed into new platforms, business models and companies. The Center supports early stage entrepreneurs who are seeking to launch new businesses in this convergence space.
Technology
Nashville is emerging as a technology center. Technological investment has fueled economic growth over the last several decades. The Center supports technology entrepreneurs who understand the potential of new technologies and are looking to build new business models and companies.
Social Enterprise
There is an opportunity to further build this area of our economy, especially after the devastating 100-year flood of 2010. The Center supports entrepreneurs looking to balance people, planet and profit – known informally as the triple bottom line of corporate social responsibility – to build our economy and our community
infrastructure.