Do you have an idea for starting a business but aren’t sure how to start?
The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Business Administration will offer the opportunity
for students, faculty and the community to learn from entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, and business experts about getting a company started. The agenda has been revamped to utilize the latest in entrepreneurial education emerging from Silicon Valley.
The Vol Court fall 2012 session begins September 25 and runs through November 6. Presenters are from various organizations throughout
Tennessee, and all have experience with entrepreneurial companies.
The seven-part series will be held Tuesdays at 5:15 p.m. in Room 201 of the Haslam Business Building.
The November 13 session includes a pitch competition in which the top presenting individual or team will win $1,000, and the second
place team will win $500. Students attending Vol Court will have the opportunity to better prepare themselves for the upcoming campus-wide Undergraduate Business Plan Competition.
Session topics are:
Vol Court is sponsored by the UT Federal Credit Union, the UT Research Foundation and Pershing Yoakley and Associates.
To learn more about the presenters, sponsors, and each session, visit
https://www.facebook.com/VolCourt.
Joy Fisher
Director of Business Start-Ups
Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
University of Tennessee Research Foundation
865-974-0520