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 […]
Knoxville Media Spotlight – BigSlate Media
[vc_row type=”in_container” bg_position=”center top” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” bg_color=”#000000″ scene_position=”center” video_webm=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3YXhUBdxA” video_mp4=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3YXhUBdxA” video_ogv=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3YXhUBdxA” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left”][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_video link=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K3YXhUBdxA”][/vc_column][/vc_row] While most of Knoxville stayed at home last Wednesday to avoid the icy roads, local entrepreneur Jonathan Halley braved the winter weather to fly his drone over Neyland Stadium and the Tennessee River. The resulting aerial footage provides a more raw, […]
Code is the New Black…and You’re Invited! (aka Black-Tie Hacker Holiday Party & CodeWorks Demo Day)
Tryptophan Ramble: Quick read edition: I’m hitting a lot of topics this week – new month, new format, new event. If I see any more turkey this week I may become one. But I’d rather have one more Caveman Pop than see another Cyber Monday deal from Amazon; proof that advertising needs to tell a […]
15 Unsung Heroes of the Local Startup Community (and Why I’m So Grateful to Sing Their Praises)
We all saw last week that the Startup Scene in Knoxville is alive, well, and thriving. No single person is responsible for this, or even one organization; it’s the spirit of the creative people in this city that believe something greater is possible here, and even more that Knoxville’s best days lay ahead. In many […]
