Board Member Spotlight: Beth Wilson
Seeing the way Jackson Escape Rooms launched through CO.STARTERS lean business model and Wisdom House being a direct cause of JER made Beth a great addition to theCO’s Board of Directors.
Member Spotlight: Summer Paris
For Summer Paris, each client is a new challenge to find the perfect mix of marketing tools for tackling Jackson’s unique market. Her advertising-marketing agency, Paris Creative, uses a wide span of strategies to help clients across all sectors.
CO:mmunicate: Team Edition
James Christoferson has discovered a tool that reduces his expectations of others to just about zero. This valuable resource for teams can reduce frustration, accelerate acceptance and celebrate how others are wired. This tool makes sure everyone is heard, acknowledged and celebrated.
Made at theCO: Engraved Football
Almost anything can be engraved using theCO’s laser cutter/etcher as long as it fits in the machine! This week, Jameson Winter illustrates how to engrave something a little more difficult than your average wood project: a football.
Member Spotlight: Krisann Blair
If you love Christmas but hate the stress surrounding the holiday season, Krisann Blair is the woman to talk to. From travel tips to relaxing essential oils, she’s ready to help you tackle anything the season may throw at you.
Five Years of theCO
Five years of brainstorming, planning, and implementing the best programs and events we can think of to support Jackson, West Tennessee, and our whole state of entrepreneurs, future web developers, robot creators and more.
Introducing theAmp
On May 30, nearly 100 people gathered at the Selmer Farmers Market to brainstorm ideas for the future of McNairy County. The event was organized by TN Driving Innovation, a program of theCO that uses mobile labs to take workshops and tech education to 55 counties throughout the state of Tennessee. Big Table, Big Ideas, marked the launch of Driving Innovation’s third mobile lab, theAmp, which is designed to help rural communities amplify their local resources and strengthen connections between people and the places they share.
Looking Back on Five Years at theCO with Austin Thompson
Five years ago, theCO was just starting out and not nearly as well-known. Austin Thompson, one of theCO’s earliest members, sat down to tell us how he got involved all those years ago and why he continues to stick around. Austin has two companies, Thompson Industries, where he does social media marketing and small business consulting, and Random Pieces of Wood, which he started while at theCO, where he crafts laser engraved gifts.