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 judges. The winning idea advances to the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center’s CO.STARTERS Program and takes home $10,000 in business launch reimbursement costs after completing the program.
2023 What’s the Big Idea? Pitch Competition Program
5:30 Doors Open
6:00 Opening Introductions
6:20 Pitches Begin
7:25 Break While Judges Deliberate
2023 Teams
Vitirform 3D
Dustin Gilmer- Founder
Alex Sties- Founder
Abhi Sastri
Lilly Tench
John Bruck
Carol Seamons
Shawn Carson
Victoria Frankel
Tricia Bateman
Space Craft
Jaleria Rivera- Founder
Kira Suerth
Ethan Graham Roeder
Josh Wright
Jess Wright
John Phillips
Kate Wiggeringloh
Jonathan Clark
Keith Hickey
Jalynn Baker
Kelsi Walker
Steph Wadman
SimplePost Social
Alexander Leon- Founder
Gary Jackson
Matt Parr
James Horey
Zack Kimble
Courtney DeLaura
Mac Bartine
Maranda Vadergriff
The Mighty Wig Rental
Siobian Jones- Founder
Booth Andrews
Erika Biddix
Anna Wiggins
Mal Alder
Angelique Adams
Tanika Harper
Deidra Harper
Femeika Elliott
Erin Reece
TravL
David Schwall- Founder
Cliff Caudill
Bruce Benton
Floyd Ostroski
Richard Imbry
Jaqueline Martin
Marcus Archer
SpeakBit
Moon Ma- Founder
Garret Agresta- Founder
Casey Self
Jenna Johns
Heath Wilson
Joey Odom
Preston Garland
Holly Rainey
Courtney Hendricks
B-Roll Bank
Jonathan Halley- Founder
Anthony Ragland
Ed MacFawn
Frank Famey
Ben Savage
Steve Powers
Amelia Bartlett
Chris McAdoo
Check out their one-minute long pitch videos here!
Thank You to our 2023 Judges!
Melissa Centers, Consultant and Attorney
Damon Rawls, Founder of Innovation Digital Agency
Patrick Hunt, Chief Evangelist for Lirio
Thank you to our sponsors!
