Vol Court Pitch Competition winners for fall 2019 selected
Read more- October 3, 2019
Competition now running twice annually, open to undergrad and master’s students. Student financial advisor roles available.
- September 3, 2019
UT students, faculty and staff, as well as members of the local community, are encouraged to pitch their business ideas at Vol Court, a semiannual pitch competition and speaker series presented by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in
- August 29, 2019
Intensive three-week customer discovery program enters its third year at UT. Applications are open through September 29 for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) fall 2019 regional workshop series.
- July 15, 2019
Each year, students in Professor Alex Miller’s Learning by Giving course teaches students how individuals and organizations pursue solutions to socially relevant and community-based issues through social entrepreneurship.
- May 9, 2019
Andy’s Beekeeping, Rolling Storage, SLOT, BackDoor, JC Sweets and Ready4Rescue win prize money to advance their business ideas.
- May 7, 2019
Start-up companies Winter Innovations, Quantum Lock and Flo+Co. were selected from a group of nine finalists.
- March 14, 2019
The seed-fund grant awards up to $20,000 to legally established student startup companies.
- March 13, 2019
All three were winners in the fall 2018 Boyd Venture Challenge, hosted by the Anderson Center.
- March 11, 2019
Rolling Storage aims to provide convenient and secure storage for use at sporting and entertainment events.
- February 12, 2019
The competition is open to any undergraduate currently enrolled at UT or the UT Institute of Agriculture.
- January 22, 2019
Winners may receive up to $1,500 and space in the UT Research Foundation Business Incubator along with other prizes.
- December 10, 2018
Three businesses owned by students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, were awarded a total of $25,000 in the fall 2018 Boyd Venture Challenge.
- November 20, 2018
Quantum Lock increases smart lock security by utilizing a fundamental property of light.
- October 16, 2018
The seed-fund grant awards up to $20,000 to legally established student startup companies each fall and spring semester.
- September 5, 2018
Students, faculty, staff and members of the local community are encouraged to pitch their business ideas at Vol Court, a semiannual pitch competition and speaker series hosted by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- May 29, 2018
Meg Hutchinson and Ariel Ritter, founders of Flo+Co and Generative Genetics respectively, were selected from eight finalists.
- May 18, 2018
Six student start-up businesses won prize money to advance their ideas.
- May 15, 2018
Freshman Michael Newton’s company, SWARM, helps market student housing through social media.
- May 4, 2018
Undergraduate student Meg Hutchinson took home the top prize for her company, Flo+Co.
- March 8, 2018
The Boyd Venture Challenge provides development grants to startups owned by UT students.