Vanderbilt University spurs a new venture capital association. The first year of membership is on th

At the beginning, the invited guests barely knew why they were there, only that they'd been invited by Vanderbilt University to discuss something new: the Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association. They got some questions answered, and heard about the mission from Vandy's board chairman, himself a venture capital investor who sees what similar organizations have done in Boston and Silicon Valley — and sees "competitive emerging cities" such as Austin and Miami starting their own efforts....