New Year, New Team by Tess Waibel
Last week, seven new faces joined the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center team. With policy, software development, and marketing backgrounds, they look forward to bringing you the latest information on KEC events, programs, and content. Make sure you come by KEC, say “hi!” and get to know this new group of all-stars. Here is the starting line up: […]
Nostalgia for Christmas anyone?
Put this on on wishlist! Please Santa, I’ve been good this year I swear. All the epic new tech in the world is no replacement for some good old fashioned nostalgia. Probably one of the best Christmas gifts I ever got. Watch Austin Evans re-experience the joy of the original Gameboy. I hope you guys […]
Why Would Anyone Want to Intern at KEC?
Well, I’ll give you seven reasons why you should intern here. My name is Alex Sodemann, and I am a senior at the University of Tennessee studying business analytics with a concentration in marketing. This is my third semester interning at Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, and here’s why you should too: 1.) Your Opinion Matters Seriously. […]
8 Events You Can’t Miss During Innov865 Week
Startup Day 2015 was such a success that it only seemed right to turn it into a week long celebration in 2016. Innov865 Week is celebrating Knoxville’s entrepreneurial spirit by bringing together startups, entrepreneurs, investors, business leaders, students, and the East Tennessee community for a week of educational panels, pitch competitions, investor roundtables, and social […]
MediaWorks: Creators Gonna Create
This post is a part of a series about the MediaWorks 2016 program. To read the first post in this series, click here. To learn more about The Works program, visit this page. It’s been three weeks since our MediaWorks teams were here with us in Knoxville. Since then the content creators have been doing […]
MediaWorks: Days 2-3
The ultra mega super productive MediaWorks sprint week has come to a successful close, thanks to a lot of hard work and gallons of coffee. The four teams have spent the last three days brainstorming, workshopping, and strategically planning their new business models. On Tuesday they began an intensive course led by entrepreneurial expert Shawn […]
MediaWorks Sprint Week
The Works is officially in full swing at KEC. The 12-week program is an initiative to help coders and online content creators pursue their startup business dreams (to learn more, check out the last blog post and this page). The MediaWorks program kicked off on Monday with all four of the video creators, who hail […]
6 ½ Things You Need to Know About “The Works”
1)What is it? The Works is a 12-week startup accelerator for coders and online video creators who have an amazing business idea and the skills to pull it off. It’s broken up into 2 tracks: CodeWorks and MediaWorks and is sponsored by Scripps Networks. 2) Who is it for? The CodeWorks track is […]
Create, Create, Create: Knoxville Culture and the People Who Make It.
What makes or breaks your favorite city, community — or more importantly — your hometown? I think it’s culture. Culture is what differentiates all the places we travel and enjoy from each other. There are hundreds of professors and thousands of years of research on culture, so I do not claim to be an expert or to get overly […]
A Real-life Entrepreneurs Guide to Getting Customers Part 1: Direct Sales (how it really happens)
For more tips like these and inspiration for business ideas, sign up for our weekly email newsletter! My name is Jonathan Sexton and I have a really cool job. I am the Entrepreneur-In-Residence at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, in Knoxville,Tennessee; a small, but very creative and kick-ass city. My job description is simple: create and grow […]
