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Other Competitions

Business plan competitions provide entrepreneurs with resources, feedback, networking and capital needed to build successful businesses. In addition to Anderson Center competitions, student entrepreneurs often choose to participate in competitions at the regional and national levels. These are a few examples of competitions students have gone on to engage in after competing in the Anderson Center’s programs.

Local

Innov865 Startup Day
Scots Innovation Challenge
What’s the Big Idea? 48-Hour Launch

State & Regional

SEC Business Plan Competition
Launch Tennessee 36|86 Student Edition Pitch Competition

National

Rice Business Plan Competition
Baylor New Venture Competition
SXSW
U.S. Department of Energy Cleantech University Prize (Cleantech UP)
Think Beyond Plastic
MegaWatt Ventures
Student Startup Madness
National Inventors Hall of Fame Collegiate Inventors Competition
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Dream Big Awards
University of Louisville Brown-Forman Cardinal Challenge
University of Manitoba Stu Clark Investment Challenge
Louisiana Startup Prize
University of Georgia’s Next Top Entrepreneur
Google Science Fair
Davidson College The Next Play Venture Pitch Tournament
UNC Charlotte Venture Challege
mtvU Movers and Changers

Competitions & Events

  • Vol Court
  • Graves Business Plan Competition
  • Boyd Venture Challenge
  • Other Competitions
Haslam College of Business

Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation

418 Haslam Business Building
1000 Volunteer Blvd
Knoxville, TN   37996-0500

P: 865-974-5126
E: ACEI@utk.edu

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