Student entrepreneurs drawing from their own experiences—ranging from rodeo riding to living with disabilities—have been awarded cash prizes for their start-up businesses in the fall 2019 Graves Business Plan Competition.
Growing up, UT student entrepreneurs Jeremy Piper, Dalton Maddox, Christopher Mikulec, and Michael Richards enjoyed hundreds of nights camping outdoors. Now, they’re making it their business to help others experience the same joy.
YouEat, a mobile application offering a social solution to online food ordering, won first place in the fall 2019 Vol Court Pitch Competition hosted by the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in UT’s Haslam College of Business.
UT alumna and entrepreneur Lia Winter tore her hamstring playing soccer at 16. While the mishap sidelined her play, it focused her sights on a new goal: a career in biomedical engineering.
Andy’s Beekeeping, Rolling Storage, SLOT, BackDoor, JC Sweets, and Ready4Rescue win prize money prizes in the Graves Business Plan Competition to advance their business ideas.
Three businesses owned by students at UT were awarded funding in the spring 2019 Boyd Venture Challenge.
Three student operated companies won recent pitch competitions across the country. All three companies were winners in the fall 2018 Boyd Venture Challenge, hosted by the Anderson Center.
An idea for a mobile storage solution won first place in this semester’s Vol Court Pitch Competition.
UT students, faculty, and staff, along with members of the local community, are encouraged to pitch their business ideas at Vol Court, a semiannual pitch competition and speaker series.
Three businesses owned by students at UT were awarded a total of $25,000 in the fall 2018 Boyd Venture Challenge.
A smart lock with increased security technology won the top prize at this semester’s Vol Court Pitch Competition.
Student-owned start-up businesses seeking funding can now apply to the Boyd Venture Challenge, a seed-fund grant competition which awards students up to $20,000 in startup capital.