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)
Events
UTRF Tech Talks: Ask An Entrepreneur
[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”11″] Faculty entrepreneurs Dr. Maria Gomes-Solecki, Dr. Lisa Jennings, and Dr. Ed Chaum spoke to an audience about their experiences starting and running new life science businesses. The speakers have collectively launched 9 companies in diverse fields from vaccines and medical devices to telemedicine and contract research services, and have raised more than (read more)
PROPEL: SBIR/STTR Grant Workshop
[tribulant_slideshow gallery_id=”10″] UTRF, UT Institute of Agriculture, and UT Institute for Public Service (UTCIS) joined together to present PROPEL, an SBIR/STTR Grant Workshop. Bill Wiley, Economic Development Consultant for UT’s Center for Industrial Services, shared vital information on how to successfully acquire federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), or Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) funding. These grants (read more)