SWARM Wins What’s The Big Idea 2018
What’s The Big Idea 48-Hour Launch: Congratulations SWARM! Well folks, one of our favorite weekends of the year has come and gone. The KEC team is so proud of all of the awesome work done this weekend by the six teams and their mentors. On Friday evening all of the teams gathered together […]
Finalists Selected for What’s the Big Idea 48-Hour Launch
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” overlay_strength=”0.3″][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ width=”1/1″ tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default”][vc_column_text]Six finalists have been selected from a record pool of nearly 100 applicants to compete in the What’s the Big Idea 48-Hour Launch annual entrepreneurial competition. They will have only two days to kick start their own businesses during an intense startup […]
New Series: From Follower to Friend
Join us for KEC’s first “From Follower To Friend” series! This three-part series is the perfect seminar for beginner bloggers and influencers in the Knoxville area! You will learn about the most important skills an aspiring blogger needs to have from some of the top blogging experts in Knoxville and Nashville. Each session […]
One Year and $10,000 Later, (how “Big Idea” changed my life) by Douglas McDaniel
Farm Spotter: 2016 What’s the Big Idea Competition By Douglas McDaniel, CTO, Farmspotter Click here to apply to What’s The Big idea 2018 Now! (Deadline is March 11, 2018.) It was a cold night in December 2015, and I was heading out of town on business, but first meeting my friend Jason Hanna for a […]
How to Choose the Right Target Keywords
This is a guest post written by SEO expert and digital marketing consultant, Frank Ramey. You can learn more from Frank by signing up for his SEO Crash Course at KEC here. Knowing the right keywords to target on your website is a critical step to search engine optimization. Before you can begin optimizing […]
3 Things a Knoxville Entrepreneur Needs to Know about Order Fulfillment
This is a guest post written by Knoxville-based Red Stag Fulfillment. Entrepreneurs and Fulfillment How many steps does it take from someone clicking a “buy” button on your website to them getting the product in their hands? For the customer, it’s about three: purchase, ship, get. For you, it’s plenty more: record order; process payment; […]
KEC Holiday Gift Guide: Looking Good & Feeling Good
The holidays are getting closer and closer, so if you still haven’t started on your shopping, you might want to! Luckily, the second edition of our Holiday Gift Guide is here! This guide is all about gifts that will have the gift receiver looking and feeling their best. If you haven’t seen our first edition […]
Knox Starts at Meadowsweet
Written by Tala Shatara | Video by Maranda Vandergriff & Tala Shatara Meadowsweet Massage + Wellness is downtown Knoxville’s main source of meditation, relaxation, and rejuvenation. Meadowsweet has been open for 5 years, and in that time Meadowsweet has been recognized as the Top Massage Studio 2016, the Best Holistic Health Center 2013 here in Knoxville, […]
KEC Holiday Gift Guide: Home Goods & Decor
With the holidays right around the corner, we thought we’d put together a series of gift guides for all the important people in your life. This first guide features home goods & decor from shops and artists in Knoxville area. We’re all for supporting our local businesses! Stay on the lookout for the next gift […]
How to Start a Business: KEC’s Top 5 Tips
How to Start a Business: Top 5 Tips For more tips like these and inspiration for business ideas, sign up for our weekly email newsletter! Thought about starting your own company, but don’t know where to begin? We’ve got you covered! Here are Knoxville Entrepreneur Center’s top 5 tips for starting a business: HAVE A ROAD […]
