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Startup Day 2015 is a Great Success!

  STARTUP DAY CROWD OF MORE THAN 500 CELEBRATES KNOXVILLE’S ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT (Knoxville, Tenn) – More than 500 of East Tennessee’s leading investors, innovators, entrepreneurs and business leaders convened at the U.S. Cellular Stage at The Bijou Theatre in Downtown Knoxville on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 2015 for the annual Startup Day, now (read more)

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Startup Day

Startup Day is an annual event designed to celebrate startup and entrepreneurial culture in East Tennessee. Startup Day brings together businesses and entrepreneurs looking for the next big idea, investors and Angels looking for new startup opportunities, businesses offering services to startups and small businesses, regional accelerators, research institutions and East Tennesseans interested in learning (read more)

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TechSmarrt Wins Fall 2015 Vol Court Pitch Competition

  Article by Tennessee Today TechSmarrt, a team of UT students, beat twelve competitors to win the fall 2015 Vol Court Pitch Competition. The student team pitched software they developed for use in industry and pharmaceutical applications. Eva Mutunga, Christine Ajinjeru, Adeola Adediran, and Akinola Oyedele—all doctoral candidates with UT’s Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research (read more)