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06/01/2026

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05/27/2026

To celebrate 250 years of American free enterprise, we want to show the country that small business is BIG business.

We’re looking for small businesses that are:

- Strengthening American competitiveness

- Innovating and demonstrating an outsized impact within an industry

- Delivering economic opportunity and quality jobs

- Showing strong fundamentals and ex*****on readiness

Apply to the Patriot Pitch Competition: sba.gov/freedom250

05/27/2026

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05/22/2026

In observance of Memorial Day, the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) Memphis office will be closed on Monday, May 25, 2026.We will reopen with regular business hours on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.

05/21/2026

Thank you the attendees, pitchers, and judges for joining us today at the Southwest Tennessee Community College, Maxine A. Smith Center, for the AWS (Amazon Web Services) AI Pitch Competition. Your presence and support made this event a tremendous success.

We want to commend the six outstanding clients who stepped up to pitch their innovative ideas. Everyone did a fantastic job, demonstrating incredible talent and creativity, which made the final judging extremely difficult.

While the competition was fierce, we are thrilled to officially announce our top three winners:
• 1st Place: Ibrahim Elayan, Provision Surgical – $50,000 in AWS Partner-funding resources to support development and implementation

• 2nd Place: Stewart P. Lott, Backbone Technologies-$30,000 in AWS Partner-funding resources to support development and implementation

• 3rd Place: Robert Anthony, Bid Flow – $25,000 in AWS Partner-funding resources to support development and implementation

• Dr. Deborah Moncrieff, Dichotics Inc
• Roberta Henriquez & Laterrion Nnollse, Thermal Sense
• Ismail Mohammed, VezRan

Please join us in celebrating these incredible entrepreneurs and their achievements!

An event like this is only possible through strong collaboration. We want to extend a special thank you to James Sandler at nClouds and Jonas Bull for their invaluable partnership.

We also want to thank them for providing the wonderful McAlister's breakfast that kept everyone fueled throughout the morning.

Thank you again for your time, energy, and commitment to driving innovation in our community. We look forward to seeing you at our future events.

05/13/2026

It's day 2 of the FREE America's Seed Fund Week virtual event!

✅ Learn about the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology program reauthorization
✅ Find out what evaluators are looking for
✅ Meet program directors

And more!

Register now: http://bit.ly/2026ASFWeek