# Nashville Entrepreneur Center

> Nashville Entrepreneur Center is a nonprofit entrepreneurship hub offering stage-specific accelerators, volunteer business advice, coworking, capital introductions and community events. Its current programs charge fees without taking equity; Project Healthcare specializes in helping B2B startups understand and reach healthcare buyers. Membership starts at $49 per month, and its regional network also supports founders outside Nashville through selected virtual and hybrid programs.

- **Founded:** 2010
- **Headquarters:** Nashville, United States
- **Founders:** Michael Burcham (Founding CEO (2010-2015)), Clayton McWhorter (Founding board chair)
- **Products:** EC Membership, PreFlight, TakeOff, InFlight, Project Healthcare
- **Notable:** Opened its renovated Trolley Barn headquarters in June 2013., Current homepage reports $256M+ revenue, $146M+ capital raised and 1,935 jobs across 244 accelerator alumni companies; figures are self-reported and are not EC operating revenue., The 2024 annual report records 1,348 mentor/advisor sessions.

## Products & services

- **EC Membership** — Connect ($49/month), CoWork+ ($149/month) and All Access ($300/month); community, advisor access and progressively greater workspace benefits. Published monthly rates checked October 2026.
- **PreFlight** — Four-week virtual founder readiness sprint using live sessions and customer conversations to decide whether to launch, iterate or prepare for acceleration. A separate digital course is included with membership.
- **TakeOff** — 12-week in-person go-to-market accelerator for working products and early customers, roughly MVP to $100,000 revenue. Current fee $500, with no equity taken; piloted in 2024.
- **InFlight** — 12-week accelerator for founders past $100,000 revenue, focused on operating systems, financial clarity and team structure. Current fee $1,000; no equity taken.
- **Project Healthcare** — 12-week hybrid B2B healthcare accelerator; $6,000 fee, no equity, executive sessions, healthcare advisors and seven required Nashville days across three visits.
- **Founders Circles** — Peer groups, capital education and public visibility for women, founders of color, veterans and LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. Public gatherings and member peer groups have different access requirements.
- **Space and studio rentals** — Meeting and event space plus a podcast studio at the historic Trolley Barns.
- **NEXT Awards and Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame** — Annual recognition and fundraising event; the 2026 ceremony is scheduled for October 19 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
- **Project FinTech (historical cohort accelerator)** — Launched with nine companies in 2023. In December 2025 the CEO confirmed no further cohorts were planned after grant funding ended; fintech gatherings were planned instead.
- **Project Music (historical accelerator)** — Music and technology accelerator with CMA, launched in January 2015. Early participants received $30,000 for equity; this historical model differs from current fee-only accelerators. Cohort format was reduced to ad hoc programming by year-end 2021.

## Achievements

- Opened its renovated Trolley Barn headquarters in June 2013.
- Current homepage reports $256M+ revenue, $146M+ capital raised and 1,935 jobs across 244 accelerator alumni companies; figures are self-reported and are not EC operating revenue.
- The 2024 annual report records 1,348 mentor/advisor sessions.
- Fall 2026 accelerators make $40,000 available in six competitive non-dilutive Impact Grants.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — NEXT Awards scheduled for October 19; Amazon presenting, with 24 finalists and three founding teams to be inducted.
- **2026-10** — Current program pages invite applications for Spring 2027, with programs beginning in February.
- **2026-09** — Fall 2026 published rosters list 70 TakeOff companies, 26 InFlight companies and 15 Project Healthcare companies.
- **2026-07** — Founders Circles documents summer peer groups and founder gatherings.
- **2025-12** — CEO confirmed no further Project FinTech cohorts were planned after the end of grant funding.

## Links

- Website: https://ec.co/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nashville-entrepreneur-center/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/entrecenter
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NashvilleEntrepreneurCenter
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/entrecenter/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NashvilleEntrepreneurCenter/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@entrecenter

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Last updated: 2026-10-08