Everything that I need to grow my business is right here in the INCubator.
Collider staff, from left, Joseph Alnas, Cacky Calderon, Luke Bechtel, Graham BredemeyerMore Info
Even more innovation…Oct. 16-20 is Chattanooga’s Startup Week. Startup Week celebrates Chattanooga’s entrepreneurial spirit with a week of community-led events that highlight our growing startup scene. Participants include startup founders, thought leaders, community supporters, investors and local professionals. As part of Startup Week, the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Spirit of Innovation event Oct. 20 to recognize Chattanooga’s most innovative companies. The Spirit of Innovation Award is a community-based honor for a company that has implemented innovative practices or products that have produced tangible results and reflect on the Chattanooga region as a place that nurtures the innovative spirit.› Find more information and nominate a business at chattanoogachamber.com.
Stepping from Cherokee Boulevard on Chattanooga’s Northshore into the art-deco styled Hamilton County Business Development Center, you trade the bustle of a busy street for a different kind of buzz: the energetic hum of about 50 startups. The INCubator, located inside the Hamilton County Business Development Center (BDC), has graduated 556 businesses into the local economy. Inside its walls today, companies are innovating in hot industries ranging from 3-D printing to health care.
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Collider wants to simplify the process of making things. Founder Graham Bredemeyer became fascinated with 3-D printing as a teen, and went on to glean extensive experience in that space, including a stint at Shapeways, the world’s leading 3-D printing marketplace and community.