What’s The Big Idea 2024

6 Teams. 6 Ideas. $10,000 Prize. 2024 marks the 16th year of the annual What’s The Big Idea? Pitch Competition, and the competition was as strong as ever. The KEC team received over 40 applications, narrowed it down to around 20 Public Voting companies, then finally selected 6 Finalists to compete in the Big Idea […]

Happy 10th Birthday KEC!

Happy Birthday KEC!  As April comes to a close we want to look back on how much fun we had celebrating our 10th birthday earlier this month. It has been 10 years of the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center and team KEC threw a big party to celebrate. So many familiar faces came to say hello as […]

What’s the Big Idea Pitch Competition 2023

7 BIG TEAMS. 7 IDEAS. $10,000 ON THE LINE.  Over the last few weeks, 28 pitch videos were submitted, over 6000 public votes were cast and 7 finalists moved forward to participate in the Shark Tank/ Accelerator-style competition. Each finalist had 5-minutes to “pitch” their big idea, and another 3-minutes to answer questions from the judges. […]

What’s the Big Idea Pitch Competition 2023 Program

7 BIG TEAMS. 7 IDEAS. $10,000 ON THE LINE.  Over the last few weeks, 28 pitch videos were submitted, over 6000 public votes were cast and 7 finalists moved forward to participate in the Shark Tank/ Accelerator-style competition. Each finalist will have 5-minutes to “pitch” their big idea, and another 3-minutes to answer questions from the […]

What’s the Big Idea Pitch Festival 2021

5 BIG IDEAS. 5 BANDS. $10,000 ON THE LINE.  This year’s virtual competition brought together five teams with five big ideas, along with a little help from some of Knoxville’s most loved bands to create a live-streamed experience like none other. Hosted by our own Chris McAdoo (with a few special guests!) via Lunchpool, the […]

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