Taxes Prep Series Recap
February Tax Prep Series Recap In February of 2025, Nikki Elliot of Elliot Advisory Group, led a tax preparation series at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center. Session one was a deep dive into self-employed deductions, including home office benefits and unique strategies like paying your child to work, as well as state and local tax filing […]
KEC Mentor Network Guest Blog Post: Marcus Blair
KEC Mentor Network Guest Blog Post: Marcus Blair The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is pleased to introduce you to some of the business experts in our KEC Mentor Network. Each month we will highlight one of our mentors and invite them to share some of their expertise with our wider audience. You can apply to work […]
Guest Blog Post: Kandis Troutman Talks Structure + Systems
Guest Blog Post From Kandis Troutman The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center works with incredible experts in our community to help run our KEC Community Programs. In this blog post we are excited to highlight our 100Knoxville Facilitator, Kandis Troutman as she explores the importance of having the right systems in place while running your business. Our […]
KEC Mentor Network Guest Blog Post: Halee Sprinkle
KEC Mentor Network Guest Blog Post: Meet Halee Sprinkle The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is pleased to introduce you to some of the business experts in our KEC Mentor Network. Each month we will highlight one of our mentors and invite them to share some of their expertise with our wider audience. You can apply to […]
Chris McAdoo’s Pechakucha Talk: KEC’s Purpose and PEOPLE
Chris McAdoo takes the Pechakucha stage! Chris McAdoo, Chief Experience Officer for KEC, takes the stage for an impassioned seven minutes to dig deep into the heart of what makes Knoxville Entrepreneur Center so special, and our Maker City community so innovative and powerful. Hint…it’s the people out there doing the work. Originally recorded during […]
Raising + Rising 2024
Join Us At Raising + Rising 2024! As a special part of Innov865 Week, Raising & Rising will showcase seven entrepreneurs and their businesses to a room full of investors, industry leaders, and local Knoxville companies. The Knoxville Entrepreneur Center is excited to host the seven companies in this year’s showcase. Raising & Rising is […]
Brandcamp 2024 Recap
Brandcamp Recap Written by Brandcamp Intern, Ben Vickers We held a multi-session branding clinic at KEC early this August. With the guidance of our Chief Experience Officer Chris McAdoo, new business owners of the Knoxville area joined forces to create and refine their companies’ branding strategy. As Chris stated to the entrepreneurs several times throughout […]
Marketing Clinic Recap
May Marketing Clinic Recap Earlier this May we held a Three-Session Marketing Clinic at KEC. These sessions were led by industry experts, Jess Curtis, founder of J-Bird Digital Designs, and Amanda Martin, founder of Future Garage. Jess led the first session “FIND” where participants learned SEO, analytics, and paid advertising tactics. Next, Amanda helped us […]
In The Room: Entering and Exiting Partnerships
April In The Room: Entering and Exiting Partnerships “In The Room” is our monthly investor series where leaders, entrepreneurs, and network partners gather for a discussion with Gera, fostering lively conversations on the month’s topic.. Teknovation wrote an incredible article recapping the session. READ ARTICLE Here are the slides from the session. We also want […]
Meet the 2024 The Works Participants!
Meet the Participants for The Works! Five Startups Announced for “THE WORKS”, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center’s Premier Startup Accelerator for early-stage software, technology, and tech-enabled companies poised for rapid growth. The program kicks off June 12th, concluding with a demo day and celebration September 4th. For media inquiries, please contact: Chris McAdoo, Chief Experience […]
