What unique opportunities does an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem like Chattanooga's offer to our educators and students? How can the energy of a startup community translate to energy in our schools - and vice versa? Join the Public Education Foundation and Real World Scholars to hear from an expert panel and to join the conversation around what's happening in education locally and across the country! Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/innovation-education-opportunity-in-the-gig-city-tickets-38410564031
Tuesday October 17, 2017 7:30am - 9:00am EDT
Public Education Foundation100 East 10th Street
Chattanooga, TN 37402
Start your morning off with other creatives, thinkers and doers and enjoy a complimentary cup of coffee at Basecamp! Thanks to Milk and Honey for fueling Startup Week CHA!
Whether your product is a technology product or not, every company is a tech company. Today's workforce communicates using technology and is more efficient than it has ever been because of technology. Face it, if your customers are going to buy, the entire process, from marketing to sale, will be facilitated by technology, especially web-based technology. You need to know the following:
How to vet a technical candidate
How to write technical requirements
How to upload your own content (blog post etc.) online
How to market your product using the languages of HTML and CSS
How to manage updates to your website without suffering high costs and delays
How to effectively evaluate technical progress on outsourced labor
Join TechTown and Savvy Coders for this amazing event.
Join David Hendee from Carbon Five giving an updated version of this Startup Week crowd favorite. We will break into teams and learn how to utilize new tools and skills for designing user-centric products and experiences.
Learn how to use the map to design new products and improve existing ones. We'll explore:
- Describing existing real-world experiences with simple, visual experience maps - Annotate our maps with customer pain points from user interviews, personas, or domain expertise - Ideate multiple solutions to customer problems - Adjust our experience maps to capture our new product concepts - Discuss ways to extend experience maps
Tuesday October 17, 2017 9:00am - 10:30pm EDT
They Edney Innovation Center 1100 Market St, Chattanooga, TN 37402 (Floor 5)
Most people never achieve their maximum potential. Some meet resistance or fail and just give up. Others achieve some degree of success and coast on autopilot, while a slim minority soar to greatness. “The graveyard is the richest place on earth because it is here that you will find all the hopes and dreams that were never fulfilled..." Les Brown Learn how to release your inner lion and achieve the impossible.
Good advice is priceless. Whether you are seeking or giving advice, the process is not always simple or straightforward. In this session, both new entrepreneurs and seasoned advisors will learn the different types of advice, the basic obstacles to overcome, and a suggested framework for the advising process. You will discover how to make the most of advice on both the giving and receiving end.
Will follow up with final description. Generally, this workshop will explore common relationship snafus among startup companies that lead to legal problems. Through felt board (yes, it needs to be that elementary), case studies, and possibly role playing, this workshop will hopefully emphasize the importance of relationship management at early stages to prevent the burning of bridges that can't be repaired.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
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In the first year that securities crowdfunding has been available, a few hundred companies have attempted to raise funds under Regulation Crowdfunding. Many were successful, many were not. Some became exposed by the mistakes of the online platform they were using, and some are liable to get themselves into trouble in the future. CrowdCheck, a market leader in due diligence and disclosure services for companies undertaking offerings under Regulation Crowdfunding, will provide an overview of Regulation Crowdfunding activity to date along with a discussion of the dos and don'ts for companies considering securities crowdfunding.
EPB is known for breaking the traditional electric utility mold, and part of that success is due to its culture of encouraging entrepreneurial thinking. In this session, you'll learn the basics of successfully creating, pitching, and executing new ideas within an established work place environment. You'll also learn how intrapreneurship can be fostered from the top down in an any organization. The panel will feature David Wade, EPB's CEO. Drink and snacks will be served.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
EPB 10 W M L King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Learn how having original art in the office space can increase productivity, focus and job satisfaction. Learn about the tangible and intangible benefits of original art.
Are you thinking about starting your own podcast and not sure where to start? Head over to The Studio at the Chattanooga Public Library for an open house during the taping of Monty Bruell's podcast, Studio Next. Watch live as this locally produced podcast comes together and is professionally recorded for distribution in the library's new professional recording studio. Stick around after the recording session for a Q+A with producer, host, entrepreneur, Monty Bruell. Learn more about what audio engineering workshops are in the works at The Studio for you to take the next step.
Help us build the best library collection for Chattanooga's entrepreneurs. Submit your recommended reading list at the Pop-up Collect-a-thon table inside select StartUp Week events all week at The Edney.
Last year we added nearly 50 books for entrepreneurs to our collection, all recommended by SWC attendees! With your help we can continue to build a strong collection for entrepreneurs at the library and make it available to everyone. Invited guests, featured experts, inspired attendees, experienced boot-strappers and keynote headliners can all easily contribute to Chattanooga's entrepreneurial ecosystem by simply suggesting recommended reading via the library’s Patron Request system. If we don't already have the material and can locate the title via one of our providers, we will order it! We call it giving the people what they want. Have a recommendation right now? Why wait? Go ahead and submit via our simple online form: chattlibrary.org/patron-request-purchase-library-materials
Tuesday October 17, 2017 10:00am - 12:00pm EDT
The Edney1100 Market St, Chattanooga, Tennessee 37402
Most of us are walking around with some pretty impressive computers in our pockets but we're lucky if we know how to use it for more than just phone calls and emails. Come learn how to use some great cross platform applications to produce quality graphics for your small business. Perfect for social media blasts, business cards or quick production promotional items.
There are lots of reasons why enterprises seek to improve the efficiency and outcomes of their innovation efforts. Competition, obsolescence, and extinction are three strong motivators for business leaders. Tapping into the startup community seems logical. Though wickedly talented, startups tend to make things no one wants. With a high failure rate, enterprise business leaders often see betting on startup success as being too risky (because in reality they don't make choices they make career decisions).
Enterprises want to think like entrepreneurs but need to launch at scale quickly, deriving revenues the enterprise recognizes and considers meaningful. Startups accelerate when they have an enterprise partner with market access who can fund, foster, and focus them on the right challenge.
Enterprises and startups, come learn about a community led open innovation approach where enterprises translate business needs into innovation challenges then match-make in the startup community to build knowledge and find breakthrough solutions. A pick, partner, and pilot strategy.
I share information with facilitators on how to create presentations that appeal to each listener's learning style, therefore, reaching 100% of their audience.
We will talk about: - Lemons, sugar, and water ;) - Marketing fundamentals for startups and small business - Marketing plan and how to create one in 15 min - How to define your brand voice and messaging - Product design and testing Tickets: lemons-cha17.eventbrite.com
Join Dr. Fallon Wilson, cofounder and CEO of Black in Tech Nashville as she discusses the importance of building strong, smart, and inclusive cities. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-week-cha-featured-speaker-building-strong-inclusive-smart-cities-with-dr-fallon-wilson-tickets-38237872506?utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=viewmyevent_button
Every business, no matter the size, has data to protect. It's not really a matter of if, but when you will experience cyber and data privacy threats. In this interactive session, we'll provide tips on how to proactively protect your data related to employees, customers, vendors, operations, and intellectual property. From creating password strategies to setting up incident response plans, we'll discuss best practices that can potentially save you a ton of stress, cash, and even your reputation. Lunch is on us!
Tuesday October 17, 2017 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Chambliss Conference Center605 Chestnut Street, Suite 1700 Chattanooga .TN 37450
Liberty Tower, 17the Floor
Modern additive manufacturing systems based on powder bed technology integrate several well-established solids processing unit operations. Examples of relevant solids processing steps include mixing, fluidization, powder dosing, powder transport and storage, roller spreading, sintering and powder classification. Powder based systems can be viewed essentially as a miniaturized solids processing plant in a box. Though additive systems present their own unique set of challenges, established design principles are often overlooked. Solids processing plants often have poor efficiencies, long start-up times, and large sensitivities to feedstock material property variations, and powder bed fusion printers have not proven to be an exception.
This E&G Associates' presentation will focus on one of the essential foundations of solids processing, namely solids handling and storage. In particular, the problem of bin design will be presented as an introduction to the language and methodologies of solids processing and powder mechanics. Using well-established design principles, attendees will be shown that it is possible to design a storage system to prevent powder arching, ratholing, and segregation. Traditional characterization methods will be emphasized, including material property measurements of powder cohesion, powder/wall friction, and permeability, as well as related particle scale characterization of particle size, shape, and surface energy and hardness. Extensions as well as limitations of powder mechanics to related areas will be highlighted, namely roller spreading, fluidized and partially aerated flows. Lastly, the presentation will also touch upon some additional unit operations such as solids mixing and powder wetting.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 12:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
BDC/INCubator
We live in a complex, fast moving, political environment. As policies and laws change, we need to understand how they affect our shared global resource, the Internet. It's important that we understand how our choices and actions will affect the future health of the Internet -- to ensure that it remains an open platform that encourages innovation and gives us control over our data and our private lives.
This Internet Health Roundtable will be a discussion among entrepreneurs, policymakers, community leaders, and everyday internet enthusiasts. We'll discuss issues including access to the open internet (including the gigabit high-speed internet), digital privacy and cybersecurity, innovation and competition, internet access and diversity online, and data collection, governance, and use, and how these issues affect businesses and communities in Chattanooga and beyond. Please join us for lunch and a lively discussion! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/internet-health-roundtable-tickets-37708548283
Tuesday October 17, 2017 12:00pm - 1:30pm EDT
Granfalloon400 E Main St #120, Chattanooga, TN 37408
Every budding professional needs a head shot but sometimes the process of pairing with the right photographer, finding your best side, striking a pose, and oh-so-many do overs is enough to send you searching for the nearest selfie stick. Let's take the pressure off and have some fun in the Public Library's new photo studio on The 4th Floor complete with basic backdrops, professional lighting, and a friendly staff to help you relax! Take one? Take 5! Bring a flash drive and we'll send you home with your new official photo to use on your website, LinkedIn, or online dating profile!
Tuesday October 17, 2017 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Chattanooga Public Library1001 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Corey Thomas, CEO of Rapid7 once said, “You can’t build a company unless you start from a healthy place.” Most other successful startup founders agree with the sentiment, but, what does this mean?
- How might physical health be measured by more than stamina, strength, and endurance?
- Could spiritual health be regarded as where one feels loved — so much that love and validation can then be given to others effortlessly without expecting anything in return?
- Or what if mental health wasn't defined by what was wrong with people, but by what's right — characteristics like curiosity, mindfulness, empathy, and self-discipline?
- Healthy companies start with healthy entrepreneurs. But what do we mean by that — and, from there, how do we measure it?
Moderated by Laura Hessler, currently Manager of Talent Acquisition at BlueCross Blueshield of Tennessee, has advised numerous startups on HR policies throughout her career. Questions will be received from the audience after panelists share brief insights and research findings about how startups can create environments that foster happiness, prevent burnout, and reward work-life balance.
On the panel will include:
Michael Brooks, Jr., co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Spire Labs (http://spirelabs.co), a venture hub for Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) brands that promote health and wellness among individuals as well as throughout companies.
Shelley Prevost, Ed.D., Counseling Psychology, is CEO of Torch, General Partner at The JumpFund and Partner & Director of Happiness at Lamp Post Group. She is a frequent contributor at Inc. and writes about female entrepreneurship and creating healthy startup environments.
Alex Lavidge, Founder at The Startup Experts, spent three months in 2017 at Optimum Health Institute, a raw vegan retreat and healing center where he lost 55 lbs. and studied the benefits of building company cultures that nourish mind, body, and spirit.
$5,000 invested in Bitcoin over 6 years ago would have bought 100,000BTC and might have been worth over $160 million today.
Could more opportunities for similar exponential returns exist in the future?
Co-moderated by Alex Lavidge, a contributor at Startup Southerner (an online media hub covering startup news and advice for startups in the southeast) and Mary Ann Twitty, this session will interview Brad Hart and some of his colleagues whom are experts in the cryptocurrency community internationally.
Mr. Hart was a Principal and Founder of Hartwood Capital LP which last reported verified 106% returns net of expenses in 2013. After this success and 8x-10x returns investing in cryptocurrencies as well, he went on to create Make More Marbles (http://makemoremarbles.com), an online media hub and community of entrepreneurs worldwide helping each other create abundance whom are passionate about personal development and continual learning.
Disclaimer: This panel is intended for educational purposes only. No specific products, paid services, or securities will sold or endorsed at any time. It is the aim of this event to encourage dialogue. Every prospective investor should conduct due diligence with their financial advisor using numerous resources before making any high-risk investment decision.
Many people don’t recognize that our relationship with ourselves is a direct reflection of our relationships with our businesses. How we are with ourselves is demonstrated in the way we serve our customers, our employees, and partnerships. So, let's take this journey together in exploring how we can not only better love ourselves, but how loving ourselves can elevate our business and business relationships.
The Human Library: 1:1 Maker Sessions Take advantage of extended one-on-one sessions for Start Up Week with the Public Library's 4th Floor Creative Specialists. Get the focused dedicated help you need to start, fix or finish your creative project. Book a library specialist for some one-on-one time on a variety of topics: 3D printing, 3D design, Adobe Creative Cloud, Laser Cutting, CNC Router, Vinyl Plotter, Cricut, Cameo, Electronics, Sewing, VR. Sessions are available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm and 5pm. First come-first served by reservation only. Call 423-643-7753.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Chattanooga Public Library1001 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
It’s not uncommon for a B2B entrepreneur spend several years bringing a product to market. Then there’s the “then what?” This breakout session will look at the timing of marketing, when to start up your inbound programs, if/when to start up outbound, and what you need to focus on before and after.
You don’t need a big budget to have a big impact. The key is to prepare, and do the right things at the right time. Additionally, we’ll review what and how you should be measuring your sales & marketing activity.
This event is geared towards B2B, but the fundamentals reviewed in this breakout session will be applicable to B2C as well. Register Here: https://perrimarketing.com/suw-registration/
Want to generate more revenue online? Delegator will share actionable strategies that increase returns from digital advertising while cutting wasted spend. Learn how to effectively take advantage of Google and Facebook to find and convert new customers. Questions are welcome after the presentation.
Getting your startup growing will require negotiating--you can't avoid it. But do you have the skills you need? Without the track record, resources, and ability to make deals and compete with more established players, it's going to be tough. And where can you find the training you need to develop your skills?
MAP Negotiation understands because we're a Chattanooga startup, too--but with a combined 40+ years of experience negotiating and teaching others how to do it like the pros. In this workshop, you'll practice negotiating with a partner and then get feedback from experts, along with tips and techniques that you can use right away to make deals you'll feel great about!
In the chaotic world or owning your own business we forget to put the "destress mask" on ourselves before we help others. Come and learn some quick 5 minute breathing techniques and things you can do at home or the office to reduce stress and give yourself some peace.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 3:50pm - 4:50pm EDT
Peace. Strength. Yoga.
1800 Rossville Ave, suite 118, Chattanooga, TN 37408
You have the power to change your community but is convenience holding you back? Come learn how your personal role is bigger than infrastructure and government in the health of your community. Together we will work through the hard questions. Who’s your community? What is negatively impacting the health of your community? What can you do to change the health of your community? How can you get others in your community involved?
Join a panel of real estate professionals as we discuss real estate for startups and how buildings that cater towards startups play a role in our Innovation District.
Join us as we discuss 10 crucial steps for protecting your startup's intellectual property. As part of the discussion, we will address brewing startups and sample from Big River's selection of draft beer.
Every company needs a Hacker, a Hipster, and a Hustler. The Hacker makes the website and tech run, the Hipster makes everything look cool and is in charge of User Experience, the Hustler goes out and gets the customers!
At our event you will identify what type of 'H' you are, submit contact information where people can contact you, then you will have 30 seconds at the mic while your contact information is displayed behind you to make your pitch to the room on why they should contact you. Audience members can write down your info, then make arrangements with you offline to meet and discuss potential projects.
The value of our community grows to the extent that we have A) Human Capital Resources and B) that people have access to those resources. Let people know what you are great at, so that the whole community can benefit when you do your work to impact the world!
The more perfect the community's knowledge of who is great at what, and the more we can match up complementary skill sets, the brighter Chattanooga will shine!
Can't wait to find out what all of your talents are!
Tuesday October 17, 2017 4:30pm - 5:20pm EDT
Camp House 149 E M L King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Join us for the kick off the local Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) Tech4Good chapter! Come meet fellow techies–accidental or professional–interested in technology for social & environmental impact. https://chatech4goodstartupweek.eventbrite.com
Tuesday October 17, 2017 4:30pm - 6:00pm EDT
Wildflower Tea Shop
1423 Market St Chattanooga, TN 37402
Take advantage of extended one-on-one sessions for Start Up Week with the Public Library's 4th Floor Creative Specialists. Get the focused dedicated help you need to start, fix or finish your creative project. Book a library specialist for some one-on-one time on a variety of topics: 3D printing, 3D design, Adobe Creative Cloud, Laser Cutting, CNC Router, Vinyl Plotter, Cricut, Cameo, Electronics, Sewing, VR. Sessions are available Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday at 2pm and 5pm. First come-first served by reservation only. Call 423-643-7753.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Chattanooga Public Library1001 Broad St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
In the congested allergy relief category (pun intended), how do you successfully launch a brand that breaks through and motivates consumers to try a new product during the sniffiliest season? Sanofi Consumer Health Care in Chattanooga teamed up with VaynerMedia to tackle this challenge for the Spring 2017 launch of their XYZAL Allergy 24HR oral antihistamine product.
Join Wes Atwood, Allergy Category Brand Manager at Sanofi Consumer Health Care in Chattanooga and Jesse Hutchison, Vice President at VaynerMedia Chattanooga, as they discuss the strategy behind Xyzal's launch with a social-first, insights-led approach aimed at targeting allergy sufferers with relevant and memorable brand messaging.
This discussion is intended to provide attendees with an understanding of how brands and organizations can leverage online conversations for valuable consumer insights, the approach to building a social-first communications strategy, and how to efficiently deploy creative at scale for real-time learnings and business development.
You’ve established your career and settled down. Now, you and your partner are contemplating starting a family. In this session, new mom and PR professional Jessica McCosh will share her experience and offer advice for taking the plunge into parenthood after 30.
You know the ins and outs of your business. But do you know the best way to finance your business operations? During this one-hour session, Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union business lenders will compare and contrast financing opportunities available to entrepreneurs — including crowd funding, angel/venture capital, peer-to-peer lending, traditional loans and others. After the session, you'll leave with a better understanding about the variety of financing options available and which ones might be best for you. You’ll also have a chance to talk with lenders one-on-one. Light appetizers will be provided.
Great ideas begin with great people coming together. Come network with fellow entrepreneurs, investors, and Chattanooga CHA-ge makers at OddStory Brewing. Share ideas, make new connections, and raise questions while sampling local beer and snacks from OddStory. Must be 21 years and older, ID required at door. Limited capacity, registration required via Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cha-nge-makers-meet-greet-tickets-37276929299
Tuesday October 17, 2017 5:30pm - 7:30pm EDT
OddStory Brewing336 East MLK Chattanooga TN 37403
There are a lot of steps to starting a business. If you're in the beginning stages, or looking to expand, don't miss The Chattery's special Startup Week Edition of Speed Learning! Think speed dating, minus the awkward conversation, sweaty palms and rejection. We'll take you through all the steps of improving your business skills by having experts on hand to talk about creating a business plan, marketing, public relations, legal requirements, and more.
Best of all, we'll also have drinks. Interested? Sign up for free below!
The House is partnering with Stir, Frothy Monkey, Backstage Bar, Hush Lounge & Chattanooga Whiskey to provide a 'Station Street Cocktail Tour'. Patrons can pull up The House app and find an Exclusive Offer that night to these participating places.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 6:30pm - 10:00pm EDT
Station Street
This session will explore the short-term, long-term and long-long term consequences of our continual pursuit of higher performance. It is good to pursue success. It is imperative to understand all the ways success is measured.Free coffee provided.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 7:00pm - 7:50pm EDT
Cadence Coffee11 E 7th St, Chattanooga, TN 3740
Improve your creativity and comfort in meetings, pitches and brainstorming sessions with the principles of Improv. This workshop teaches how to apply the skills used on stage by professional improvisers to enhance communication and collaboration in any environment. Taught by professional improvisers and company members of Improv Chattanooga, Elena Nikolaeva and Jacob Moore.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
First Draft Theater1800 Rossville Ave, Suite 106 Chattanooga, TN 37408
What is the end of innovation? Why do we even innovate to begin with and how will we know if we are successful in such an endeavor? Dr. Greg Thompson seeks to pull our imaginations to the deeper questions of why innovation will matter for our communities in the 21st century. Dr. Thompson is the CEO of the Thriving Cities Group, Executive Director of New City Commons, and a former Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
Tuesday October 17, 2017 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
Camp House 149 E M L King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37402
Unwind from the day's events with a little healthy competition! Team up with other participants (and compete against Tomorrow Building tenants) to create the safest egg-drop apparatus before launching it off the balcony. Cookies and milk provided, pajamas encouraged. :)
Tuesday October 17, 2017 8:00pm - 9:20pm EDT
Tomorrow Building 818 Georgia Ave, Chattanooga, TN 37402
