Investors form $5.2M fund to help start-ups

Local angel investors are pooling their money through Nashville Capital Network to create a $5.2 million fund for entrepreneurs said to be the first of its kind in Tennessee.

Sid Chambless, executive director of Nashville Capital Network, says the fund allows the 50-plus investors in his group, who have individually invested $10 million in 13 early stage companies, to pool their money into a fund that will capitalize an additional 10 to 12 start-up businesses.

Visit the Nashville Business Journal for more.

St. Michael's in Hamburg, Germany

Henry was my tour guide and I got him in the corner of this picture. He was so kind to show me around and give me stories from history and more. Find him at TexDesign.

Some German Beer I Tried While Visiting Germany

Another Wine I Enjoyed While in Germany

Wines I Enjoyed While in Germany

Wanna Share a Drink?

A Piece of the Berlin Wall

This piece is owned by Henry and Barbara from TexDesign.

Sharing a Drink with Barack

This drink was enjoyed at a wonderful restaurant that I will tell you more about later. It was in Hamburg, Germany and the owner gave us each a drink of this before we left as a gift. It was sublime.


Barack ['buh-rutsk] is a type of Hungarian brandy (Pálinka) made of (or flavored with) apricots. The word barack is a collective term for both apricot (in Hungarian sárgabarack, lit. "yellow-peach") and peach (in Hungarian őszibarack, lit. "autumn-peach").

Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium Today

Early Show

6:30 – 7:00

Jeannie Seely, The Whites, Mel McDaniel, Bobby Osborne & The Rocky Top X-Press
7:00 – 8:00

Joe Nichols, Bucky Covington, Rhonda Vincent, Craig Morgan
8:00 – 8:30

Jim Ed Brown, Jack Greene, Old Crow Medicine Show, Opry Square Dancers
8:30 – 9:00

Bill Anderson, Connie Smith, Del McCoury Band

Late Show
9:30 – 10:00
Jeannie Seely, Del McCoury Band, Bucky Covington
10:00 – 10:30
Jimmy C. Newman, The Whites, Rhonda Vincent
10:30 – 11:00
Jim Ed Brown, Connie Smith, Joe Nichols, Opry Square Dancers
11:00 – 11:30
Bill Anderson, Old Crow Medicine Show, Craig Morgan

Free Admission at the Country Music Hall of Fame Today- January 12

222 5th Avenue South
416-2001
9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Free admission to all visitors on this community appreciation day sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund.

Songwriter sessions with Steve Leslie and Jim Ferguson at noon and with Georgia Middleman and Dave Berg at 2 pm.

Sir Edmund Hillary has Died

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale the world's highest peak, Mount Everest, has died aged 88.


He was the first man to climb the 8,850m (29,035ft) peak, with Tenzing Norgay, on 29 May 1953.

Returning to Everest's South Col camp, he famously greeted another member of the British expedition group with the words: "Well, George, we've knocked the bastard off."

A German Breakfast

Barbara Stumer, of TexDesign, our hostess while in Hamburg.

Sunset in Smyrna, Tennessee

Sailboats on the Elbe River

Ships Along Waterfront