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Every year, the Knoxville Entrepreneurship Center hosts a 48 pitch competition where entrepreneurs team up with local experts to build websites, branding, slide decks, and even 3d printed prototypes all within 48 hours. The event culminates in a pitch with a prize of $10k. This year, Quantum Lock took home first place with the help […]

Every semester at the University of Tennessee, a panel of judges hand-pick student entrepreneurs who submit a business plan to compete in the Boyd Venture Challenge for the chance to win up to $20,000 in seed funding. The competition allows each student 16 minutes to pitch their business plan. After discussion, they divide the funds

Every semester, the Anderson Center at the University of Tennessee launches a 6 week lecture series which ends in a 90 second pitch competition. Any undergraduate or graduate student can enter an pitch their idea to a panel of judges. The judge include individuals in the entrepreneurship community of Knoxville. In the Fall of 2018,