# FoundersForge: For the Underdog Entrepreneurs

> FoundersForge is a nonprofit entrepreneur center in NE Tennessee that believes in the underdog entrepreneurs and helping them on their startup

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## Pages
- [August 2026 \- The Underdog](https://foundersforge.com/august-2026-the-underdog/)
- [2026 July Newsletter](https://foundersforge.com/2026-july-newsletter/)
- [June newsletter 2026 f](https://foundersforge.com/june-newsletter-2026-f/)
- [Home](https://foundersforge.com/)
- [secret](https://foundersforge.com/secret/)

## Posts
- [Norton Virginia Is Reshaping How Appalachian Cities Build an Outdoor Economy](https://foundersforge.com/norton-virginia-is-reshaping-how-appalachian-cities-build-an-outdoor-economy/)
- [Wants You to Meet Your Farmer](https://foundersforge.com/wants-you-to-meet-your-farmer/): Ariel and Zach White are opening a bulk grocery store on W\. Walnut Street, and they want you to walk out knowing whose hands grew what's in your cart, and how to actually use it\.
- [From Church Band Guitar to a Full\-Time Music Career](https://foundersforge.com/from-church-band-guitar-to-a-full-time-music-career/): Trevin Sluss quit his day job three years ago with nothing but a guitar, a following, and a plan\. Booked 29 times this July, he's running a one\-person business, proof that entrepreneurship comes in all different shapes and sizes around here, from grocery stores to singing\.
- [The Johnson City Farmers Market Is Where Businesses Are Born](https://foundersforge.com/the-johnson-city-farmers-market-is-where-businesses-are-born/): For local founders, those Saturday morning tents have become one of the best launchpads a new business can have\. Green Llama is proof\.
- [The Business That Works When You're Not There](https://foundersforge.com/the-business-that-works-when-youre-not-there/): A tennis exhibition, a stranger's empty seat, and a framework Kylie Wade has used twice to leave careers she'd outgrown\. Now she's using it to build a company that doesn't need her in every room\.

## Events
- [TRIDEV](https://foundersforge.com/event/tridev-9/)
- [TRIDEV](https://foundersforge.com/event/tridev-8/)
- [Code \& Coffee \(and cookies\)](https://foundersforge.com/event/code-coffee-and-cookies-9/)
- [Code \& Coffee \(and cookies\)](https://foundersforge.com/event/code-coffee-and-cookies-8/)
- [Member Lunch\!](https://foundersforge.com/event/member-lunch-8/)

## Categories
- [Startup Advice](https://foundersforge.com/category/startup-advice/)
- [Blog](https://foundersforge.com/category/blog/)
- [Uncategorized](https://foundersforge.com/category/uncategorized/)
- [True Stories](https://foundersforge.com/category/true-stories/)

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