Mary Fortune

Chattanooga's beleaguered curbside recycling program will soon get a boost from a business that grinds glass into sand, another that makes composting food waste easy and an effort to better educate city residents on what can and cannot be recycled.

An alternative milk delivery service that hearkens back to the days of glass bottles on doorsteps won the annual Will This Float? pitch competition on the first night of Startup Week on Monday.

Chris and Cristi Moody did everything right.

After two race course officials were injured during the inaugural Chattanooga Motorcar Festival in 2019, this year's race route is a completely redesigned two-mile loop developed by a motorsports track planning and execution company, organizers said.

When it comes to understanding generational differences in the workplace, there can be some danger in generalizing, says Jenny Whitener, founder and CEO of Bridge Innovate, a Chattanooga-based business consultancy.

With four generations working side-by-side, and a world of difference between them, we sat down with several intergenerational teams to talk about the advantages and challenges of working across the ages. From TikTok and YOLO (it means "you only live once") to avocado toast and Encyclopedia Britannica, we covered a lot of ground. These interviews have been condensed for length and clarity.

When Bobby Winnie and John Owen bought Quality Fence Company in July, they got more than just a 44-year-old business with a loyal stable of clients and a rock-solid reputation. They also got Rondell Robinson.

With a slate of more than 80 events over five days, the 2021 edition of Startup Week includes some longstanding traditions as well as some new additions, and a mix of in-person and virtual offerings to allow for a persistent pandemic.

More businesses that sell plants for indoor spaces are taking root in Chattanooga as people spruce up their surroundings during the pandemic.

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Shelley Prevost established the Big Self School in 2020, with a focus on coaching and development for business teams and executives. An educational psychologist and licensed psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience working in startups and early-stage investing, Prevost blends mental health and leadership development strategies. A particular passion of Prevost's is the enneagram, a method of analyzing nine distinct personality types and the ways they interact.

Craig Fuller is the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, a provider of supply chain and logistics data, news and information, which recently debuted at No. 85 on the Inc. 5000 list of the country's fastest growing companies.

Stacy Lightfoot is back where she began, on the campus she visited as a child while her mother attended classes.

Dick Cook never imagined the day he could get a cup of Starbucks coffee, go ax-throwing or watch a professional soccer match in his hometown, but the landlocked little city of East Ridge has changed a lot in his 63 years.

Writing prescriptions wasn't making her feel better about the prognosis for her patients with chronic illnesses, so Dr. Suzannah Bozzone shifted gears.

As it returns to pre-pandemic employment and hotel occupancy levels, Vision Hospitality has created a management subsidiary called Humanist Hospitality that will run hotels for clients across the country, as well as its own properties.

Andrew Hetzler is co-founder and chief operating officer of American Exchange, a Chattanooga-based company that helps individuals find health care coverage, from picking plans on the exchange created through the Affordable Care Act to filling in gaps related to Medicare coverage.

At a scaled-down, masked-up event, attendees at the Chattanooga Women's Leadership Institute Impact dinner heard from a founder and CEO who knows what it means to scramble through unexpected challenges.

Craig Fuller expected to bring 2,000 people to Chattanooga in November for a national logistics convention, but scrapped that plan last week as he watched COVID-19 trends worsen.

The rising number of hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in the Chattanooga area is a needless tragedy that could have been prevented - and can still be curbed - by vaccinations, local health care experts said during a recent panel discussion.