Charles Layne's guest appearances

Charles Layne

Startup of the Year Podcast

OwlTail

Monique Villa

On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we hear a panel discussion that took place at the Established Lounge during SXSW with members from our partner for the event, Launch Tennessee.    Specifically, the panel included Charles Layne, who currently serves as the Innovation Manager at Launch Tennessee where he works to facilitate the development of Tennessee technologies through the organization's commercialization programs. Monique Villa was also on the panel and she is the Chief Investment Officer at Launch Tennessee leading capital programs and investments in early-stage companies. Last but not least, Khrys Hatch also participated on the panel. He is a Senior Associate at Launch Tennessee.   We also again mention an event that we have coming up on May 15 - 18, the SBA will host the second America’s Seed Fund Week. This series of virtual events connects startups and small businesses working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding. America’s Seed Fund serves as a springboard by providing over $4 billion in funding to early-stage startups and small businesses each year as innovators take their technology from R&amp;D through to commercialization. Check out more about the event and register today at: https://www.americasseedfund.us    Lastly, we again shine a spotlight on one of the startups from our community and that company is Storybook App, which combines guided infant massages, narrated bedtime stories, and relaxing music to help parents get their children to relax and fall asleep. Storybook App has been ranked as the #1 app in parenting in 90 countries with 1.7 million downloads. The app is reducing the average falling asleep time from an average of 50 minutes to an average of 13 minutes, which sounds pretty amazing! Go to https://storybook-app.com to learn more!   We invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: www.est.us/join   Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at: www.est.us   Checkout Startup of the Year at: www.startupofyear.com   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow   Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: www.podcast.startupofyear.com   Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel:  soty.link/ESTYouTube   *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource.     Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year.    The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment.   Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year.  Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand &amp; accomplish their most important goals.  Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us

On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we hear a panel discussion that took place at the Established Lounge during SXSW with members from our partner for the event, Launch Tennessee.  Specifically, the panel included Charles Layne, who currently serves as the Innovation Manager at Launch Tennessee where he works to facilitate the development of Tennessee technologies through the organization's commercialization programs. Monique Villa was also on the panel and she is the Chief Investment Officer at Launch Tennessee leading capital programs and investments in early-stage companies. Last but not least, Khrys Hatch also participated on the panel. He is a Senior Associate at Launch Tennessee. We also again mention an event that we have coming up on May 15 - 18, the SBA will host the second America’s Seed Fund Week. This series of virtual events connects startups and small businesses working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding. America’s Seed Fund serves as a springboard by providing over $4 billion in funding to early-stage startups and small businesses each year as innovators take their technology from R&amp;D through to commercialization. Check out more about the event and register today at: <a href="https://www.americasseedfund.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.americasseedfund.us</a> Lastly, we again shine a spotlight on one of the startups from our community and that company is Storybook App, which combines guided infant massages, narrated bedtime stories, and relaxing music to help parents get their children to relax and fall asleep. Storybook App has been ranked as the #1 app in parenting in 90 countries with 1.7 million downloads. The app is reducing the average falling asleep time from an average of 50 minutes to an average of 13 minutes, which sounds pretty amazing! Go to <a href="https://storybook-app.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://storybook-app.com</a> to learn more! We invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: <a href="http://www.est.us/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.est.us/join</a> Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at: <a href="http://www.est.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.est.us</a> Checkout Startup of the Year at: <a href="http://www.startupofyear.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.startupofyear.com</a> Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: <a href="http://www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow</a> Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: <a href="http://www.podcast.startupofyear.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.podcast.startupofyear.com</a> Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?redir_token=jK-Rog0xT98_hX14dKerB6kxIBl8MTU4OTI5MzI2OEAxNTg5MjA2ODY4&amp;q=https%3A%2F%2Fsoty.link%2FESTYouTube&amp;v=G_H6PuZEbBU&amp;event=video_description" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> soty.link/ESTYouTube</a> *** <a href="http://www.startupofyear.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup of the Year</a> helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource.   Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year.  The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment. <a href="http://www.est.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Established</a> is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year.  Created by the talent responsible for building the <a href="http://Tech.Co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tech.Co</a> brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand &amp; accomplish their most important goals.  Connect with us on Twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/EstablishedUs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@EstablishedUs</a> and Facebook - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/established.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/established.us</a>