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Michael Rodriguez had never considered a future in sales. Now a senior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, he began his college career focused on management. Now, after receiving the E. & J. Gallo Scholarship for Diversity in Professional Sales in his junior year and working…

Alexander Weber of D3D and Clay Franklin of Arid Delivery Products are the winners of the 20th annual Boyd Venture Challenge, hosted by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEI). “For these students, this is the beginning of a very exciting journey ahead, and the…

Businesses and supply chains have witnessed unparalleled – and sometimes daunting – changes through the last two decades. Yet, a handful of resourceful companies have adapted to meet the challenges of operating successfully in an increasingly volatile, yet interdependent, digital economic environment. A recently released white paper studies these firms…

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business presented its seventh annual Women in Business, Entrepreneurship and Leadership Summit on March 7. More than 65 students, faculty and staff attended this year’s hybrid in-person/online event. The conference, entitled “Refresh, Renew, Reimagine,” centered on helping attendees create strategies for achieving…

This spring marked the 18th Graves Business Plan Competition, where six student startup companies were awarded a total of $20,000 in funding. Hosted by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the competition is designed to give undergraduate and graduate student entrepreneurs a real-world…

Tennessee could grow by nearly a million people over the next 20 years and reach a total population of 7.87 million by 2040.  The Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research, housed in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, released population projections this week that…

Supply chain disruptions can severely impair a company’s financial health. One well-known study analyzing more than 800 supply chain disruptions between 1989 and 2000 showed firms that suffered major supply chain disruptions experienced devastating consequences, such as sales declining by 93 percent and operating income dropping by 107 percent.[1] Companies…

The Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, housed within the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, announced the winners of its spring 2022 Vol Court pitch competition on Wednesday, March 2. The judges awarded first place to Fluffy Friends for Children with Chronic Conditions, second place to Arid…

In October 2021, Ohio governor Mike DeWine signed a bill requiring all high schoolers in the state to pass a standalone, half-credit personal finance course to graduate. Testimony from students like Caleigh Jacobs, a finance major at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Haslam College of Business, played a big role…

Inflation and labor force issues top the list of concerns for Tennessee business leaders, according to the most recent survey by the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.  Conducted in January, the Tennessee Business Leaders Survey shows that respondents are relatively pessimistic on…