The Northwest Tennessee Entrepreneur Center was created because of Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam’s INCITE initiative, which is designed to focus on innovation, commercialization, investment, technology, and entrepreneurship in Tennessee. Through this effort, nine regional accelerators have been established throughout Tennessee to support local entrepreneurs to create economic prosperity for all Tennesseans.
NTEC serves the nine county area of Northwest Tennessee, including Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion, and Weakley. NTEC is a public-private organization that provides mentoring, education, training, strategic and technical support, and assistance identifying sources of capital for entrepreneurs.