Arvo takes 1st in Crowd Favorite at Nashville Entrepreneur Center Panel & Pitch: Tech Edition 2022

25 August 2022

Crowd Selects Arvo, the visual documentation SaaS, as winner of Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s Tech Startup CompetitionAugust 25, 2022

Alane Boyd, Co-Founder & President of Arvo, along with two other tech founders, took center stage at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center (EC) Thursday, August 25 over lunch at Panel & Pitch: Tech Edition! Sponsored by Dell for Startups and in partnership with Nashville Technology Council, the three Nashville tech founders were selected to present a 3-minute pitch, showcasing their innovative ideas for a chance to win a $1K cash prize, plus a co-working EC membership.

The three entrepreneurs pitching were (in alphabetical order by company):

• Arvo – Alane Boyd
• Calliope Bio – Kevin Christopher
• Couture Technologies – Deanna Meador

Before pitches started, the founders and attendees of the Panel & Pitch event listened to a panel discussion with tech experts from Dell, Nissan, and GraphiteRX, moderated by President & CEO of the Nashville Technology Council, Elise Cambournac.

These experts also judged the pitch competition (in alphabetical order):

• Nikki Gibson, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant at Dell Technologies
• Aunshuman Ghosh, Director of IS at Nissan
• David Zilberman, Founder & CEO at GraphiteRx

These business leaders were asked for their perspectives on Nashville’s entrepreneurial culture and hiring in middle Tennessee. Both Boyd and Zilberman, moved to the Nashville area from California because of its vibrant community, lower cost of living, and great pool of talent.

When Boyd was asked how she felt about the competition, she said,

“I feel like I’m living my best life. I was smiling the whole time. The 50+ person audience made up of business owners and investors selected me as the winner and that feels good.” -Alane Boyd, Co-Founder & President, Arvo

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Congratulations to the judges voted winner Couture Technologies – Deanna Meador

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About Arvo

Arvo (askarvo.com) is a visual documentation knowledge suite that reimagines business process documentation for today's hybrid workforce. It's powerful enough to incorporate all forms of media (images, GIFs, emojis, diagrams, videos, audio, and more) while easy enough to be embedded or shared anywhere. Its mission is to make workdays easier so you can enjoy your afternoons faster. Learn more about Arvo by following on LinkedIn, Twitter, and at askarvo.com.

About Nashville Entrepreneur Center

The Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) founded in 2010 by business leaders who wanted to support the next generation of entrepreneurs and to celebrate the spirit and tenacity of the entrepreneurial community. The NEC serves as Nashville’s center for entrepreneurship, supporting visionaries—from every background, in any industry, and at all phases—by connecting them to critical resources and championing their desire to change the world. Learn more about the NEC by following @entrecenter on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and at www.EC.co.

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