N
ashville Entrepreneur Center’s 2025 NEXT Awards will be held on Oct. 20. The Nashville Post, a media sponsor, will spotlight each category’s finalists in a continuing series.

    **Finalists**

    - Alexa Barnett

    - Elam Freeman

    - Eric Schell

    - Joe Freedman

    - Courtney Freedman

    - Scott Thompson

    *Staff Reports – Author email – Oct 20, 2025 (updated 49 min ago)*

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