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Article from Tennessee Today, Feb 10, 2014 Got the next big idea? Think you might have an entrepreneurial streak? Like challenges and the chance to make an impact? If so, the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation invites you to enter the seventh annual Undergraduate Business Plan Competition. The center…

KNOXVILLE—A series of workshops that provide faculty, students and community members with tools to start and grow their own businesses kicks off Feb. 11 at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Vol Court spring 2014 program will run through March 25. Workshops will be held 5:15-6:15 p.m. on Tuesdays in…

Take a look at a few recent alumni and a student whose businesses were helped by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. The center itself, originally approved in 2009 under a different name, was helped along the way by a gift from Charlie and Moll Anderson. In 2010, the…

Students on college campuses across the country are sporting an ergonomic single-strap backpack that redistributes weight evenly throughout the body to reduce stress on their backs. A San Francisco, California–based company has created games that have reached the million-download mark. Here in East Tennessee, a fitness business that addresses childhood…

KNOXVILLE—A retailer that sells artisan goods to benefit social causes has won this semester’s Vol Court pitch competition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Chelsea Padgham, a senior in economics and founder of Style with Benefits, won first place and received $1,000 to move her business forward. Vol Court is…