Edge
The latest Edge coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee embraces the possibilities of a remote workforce
In 2009, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee consolidated its headquarters staff that had been working in 10 different buildings in Chattanooga into a new $299 million headquarters facility built atop Cameron Hill overlooking downtown Chattanooga.
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The 2022 executive guide to Chattanooga holiday gifts
What do you buy the person who has everything? We've got answers. And they're all made or sold at independent shops here in the Chattanooga area.
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Chattanooga’s Brickyard organization takes Cam Doody back to startup ‘trenches’
By any reasonable standard, Cam Doody's done pretty well for himself – he's a co-founder of Bellhop, now the nation's No. 2 moving company according to U.S. News & World Report, and is a founder and managing partner at Brickyard, a business incubator.
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On the move: New hires and promotions in the Chattanooga area
Josh Summers is the new director of business development (training and consulting) for Peak Performance Inc. Summers is an experienced business consultant specializing in organizational transformation strategies, process improvement, management, and communications, and he began his career as an officer in the U. S. Marine Corps. Serving as an Adjutant, he deployed in support of combat operations overseas, and held a variety of key staff roles in Arizona, Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, and Hawaii. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, and he also holds an MBA and a Master of Science (Organizational Leadership) from Southern New Hampshire University.
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Expert: Zero in on what your small business does best to yield huge dividends
Few and far between are the companies who truly "own" their markets. The rate of both invention and specialized segmentation makes this almost impossible these days.
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What are the top-paying jobs in Chattanooga?
The median pay for all jobs in the six-county Chattanooga metropolitan area rose last year by 3.9% to $49,080, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Median pay in Chattanooga was still 15.8% below the national median pay of $58,260 for a typical American worker in 2021. Among the top 10 paying occupations in Chattanooga, six are in health care. The top-paying jobs and their median pay were:
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Chattanooga business community hears pitch for next big thing; Kitchen Incubator on the rise
Youth and adult entrepreneurs presented their business ideas to a panel of judges on October 17 at Miller Park, as part of The Company Lab's (CO.LAB) annual Will This Float? pitch competition.
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Chattanooga’s Warehouse Row offers a stylish shopping and dining experience
What Chattanooga has known as Warehouse Row for more than 30 years traces its beginnings back to the Civil War, when it was known as the Old Stone Fort. It was a warehouse district at the turn of the 20th century then, nearly 100 more years later, was turned into the mixed-use development and destination shopping center with which area residents and visitors are familiar today.
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La Paz Chattanooga communications manager Lily Sanchez on leading edge of diverse generation
Lily Sanchez, 29, was born in the Rome, Georgia, but feels like she has a foot in two countries.
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Chattanooga’s Hot Chocolatier makes merry year-round
Even if Brandon and Wendy Buckner never set foot outside The Hot Chocolatier, their specialty shop on Market Street, they could probably mark the changing of the seasons.
