Student, Faculty & AlumniSpotlights

Student
Rachel’s Dessert Bar is a small Knoxville, student-owned business from Haslam marketing major Rachel Stewart.
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Alumni
Kayla Moran, a UT College of Law alumna, founded an influencer law firm to meet a growing need in the creator economy.
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Alumni
Nick DiMeglio (MBA, ’24) and his sister Cait created a fashion line focused on giving back.
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Alumni
UT alumni Derrick Furlow Jr. and Kim Quigley are making a difference in athlete mental health.
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Student
Addison Yelton, a sophomore from Johnson City, Tennessee, founded the business while pursuing a B.A. in art and competing as a goalkeeper for the Lady Vol’s soccer team.
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Alumni
Rachel Ramsey (College of Nursing, ’05) is the founder of Nashville-based The Newborn Nurse, LLC. The company provides in-person and online newborn education, as well as day and night in-home newborn nurse care as families transition from the hospital to their homes.
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Alumni
Two University of Tennessee, Knoxville alumni, Pierce LaMacchia (HCB, ’12) and Joe Seiber (’07), have partnered with the university and Vol Dining to introduce their local coffee and doughnut businesses to campus.
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Alexa Schnittka launched her coaching business with the support of UT Haslam’s Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
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Tony Tuber (HCB, ’24) and senior finance major Mike Tuber founded T Squared Putters, a firm specializing in fully customizable golf putters
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The junior management major founded Paint & Repair, LLC, to help clients enhance and appreciate their spaces
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The senior management major recently became a student entrepreneur when she purchased Lace & Glam Bridal from its previous owner
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Rising senior Wesley Pitts founded KnoxBots to help commercial properties automate their landscaping tasks.
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