Nashville EO and the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) announced today the local business owners who will partake in the second Catalyst class, a program designed to help entrepreneurs grow their companies past the key benchmark of $1 million in annual sales.
The EO/EC-organized 18-month Catalyst program began last month.
The second Catalyst class consists of 16 members. Members are founders, co-founders, owners and controlling shareholders of local companies. Catalyst companies employ a total of 72 individuals, with average annual gross revenues of $560,793.
“The new participants represent a great cross section of Nashville entrepreneurs,” said Andy Bailey, president of EO Nashville and founder of Petra. “We have businesses operating in industries like manufacturing and health care to event planners and a boutique law firm. Some of the companies are over 20 years old and some are still in their first year. Each Catalyst member brings a unique perspective, which is truly valuable for our program.
The second class of the EO Nashville Catalyst program includes:
- Tina Adams, Owner, Wardrobe Consulting, LLC
- Bill Butler, Chief Technical Officer, Patient Credit
- David Callahan, Partner, Callahan Witherington, PLLC
- Nicholas Chambers, Owner, Details To Go
- Land Deleot, Founder, Equitable Property Company
- Deena Drummond, CEO, Roux Maison
- Jake Fagan, President, Caddis Interactive
- David Head, Founder and CEO, Varsity Optics
- Brad Hill, Owner, Local Search Masters
- John Huber, President, Moo Creative Media, Inc.
- Beth Laird, Co-owner and General Manager, Creative Nation
- Clay Neuman, President and Founder, Vision Entertainment
- Angela Proffitt, Owner, Elegant Weddings by Angela & Events by AP
- Phyllis Shelton, Vice President, Rhoades Car International
- Jeff Stockton, President, ApexWorks Restoration Service Experts
- Wendy Whittemore, President and Owner, Aerial Innovations of Tennessee, Inc.
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- Angela Proffitt
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- Beth Laird
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- Bill Butler
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- Brad Hill
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- Clay Neuman
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- David Callahan
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- David Head
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- Deena Drummond
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- Jake Fagan
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- Jeff Stockton
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- Land Deleot
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- Nick Chambers
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- Phyllis Shelton
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- Tina Adams
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- Wendy Whittemore
EC President and CEO Michael Burcham will again lead the 12 biweekly classes that kick off the program. At the conclusion of the classes, Catalyst participants will be broken into smaller peer-to-peer forum groups. The groups will meet monthly for 12 months with the first six meetings led by two EO Nashville members. Catalyst members will also engage in one-on-one mentorship with an EO Nashville member.
Catalyst participants can also take advantage of in-kind gifts totaling up to $37,000 from new program sponsors. Sponsors and benefits include:
- NovaCopy: Free lease of copier equipment for the length of the program, $5,000 value
- teknetex: Free technology and strategic planning, $20,000 value
- First Payment Services: Ten-percent off current credit card processing expenses for 18 months, up to $10,000 value.
- Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP: Five free hours of consult or legal work during the first 90 days of the program, $2,000 value.
