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ETEC - Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's 100Knoxville

ETEC - Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's 100Knoxville

Friday, February 14, 2025 (7:30 AM - 8:30 AM) (EST)

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Join us at ETEC in-person or virtually on Friday, February 14, 2025, at 7:30am to hear from Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's 100Knoxville. More information is below.

No registration is necessary for in-person attendance.

 

Click here to register for the VIRTUAL meeting: (note, NEW Meeting Link through June 27, 2025:

https://tennessee.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrd-CgrDMiHNTsDsHqH0FyubCh2ys57LzH) 


For more information about ETEC’s weekly meetings, click here


Visit the Find Us page for the meeting location, address, and map.


This month's ETEC Friday Morning Meeting Series are sponsored by The IT Company.




Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's

100Knoxville 

#100Knoxville is a business accelerator program run by the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center with a goal of helping Black-owned businesses in Knoxville grow by $10,000,000 in 5 years.
100Knoxville is inspired by The 800 Initiative in Memphis, Tennessee. 800 refers to the number of Black-owned firms in Memphis. Meanwhile, 100 refers to the approximate number of Black-owned firms in Knoxville according to the last census. like our friends in Memphis, our goal is to help Black-owned firms with employees to double their revenue, and to help Black-owned firms without employees to reach the $100,000 (aka $100k) per year revenue milestone and hire their first employee.  

Program Experience:

The 100Knoxville Grant Cohort Program is set up as a sprint over 5-weeks. It is an intensive program that dives deep into participating businesses to help create structure, systems, and strategies to grow their businesses. The program includes:

  • A pre-program workshop to help participants prep to maximize time during the 5-week program. This workshop includes tools to create a business model canvas and Profit & Loss statement which will be shared with mentors.

  • A "Meet Your Mentor" session so participants and program mentors can meet and schedule their weekly mentor sessions.

  • Weekly tasks, videos, and education sent by program facilitator.

  • A private FB Group set up for each cohort to upload assignments, ask questions, and share information.

  • Participants are expected every week to complete assignments, meet with mentor, and attend Friday coaching sessions. We anticipate this all should take 3 hours every week.

  • A feature story on all KEC social media platforms.

  • Other media interview requests during the program.

  • Following the completion of each program, the KEC team will set up a photoshoot and interview time for participants.

  • Requirements to receive the $5,000 grant at the completion of the program:

    • Attend pre-program workshop

    • Attend "Meet Your Mentor" session

    • Attend all 5 Friday coaching sessions (participants may make-up 1 absence)

    • Meet with your mentor weekly

    • Turn in all assignments to facilitator by the deadline given

Visit: https://100knoxville.com/100knox-stories to learn more and read stories from participants!

ETEC - UT Outreach Center
1201 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830 United States


Click here to register for the VIRTUAL version of the meeting


Meeting ID: 816 0982 8860
Event Contact
Hailey Lewis
Friday, February 14, 2025 (7:30 AM - 8:30 AM) (EST)


Complimentary coffee, bagels, muffins and pastries served.

The Outreach Center is located on the back corner of the building on the Applebee’s side. The entrance faces the Quality Inn and Applebee's. 
Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. 
The main entrance of the ETEC Office will be locked. 

-If you are coming from Knoxville via S. Illinois Ave (TN-62W); at the 2nd intersection, take a right onto S. Rutgers Ave, and continue until you come to the intersection of Rice Rd and Rider Rd, across from ORNL Corporate Headquarters; after the Quality Inn, take a left onto Rider Rd and you will arrive at your destination on the right. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. 

-Alternatively, if you are coming from Knoxville via S. Illinois Ave (TN-62W); you can take a sharp right and merge onto Lafayette Dr; turn left onto W. Gettysburg Ave; turn right onto Manhattan Ave; then at the intersection of Manhattan Ave and S. Rutgers Ave, continue straight across onto Rice Rd until you come to the intersection of Rice Rd and Rider Rd; take a right onto Rider Rd and you will arrive at your destination on the right. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. 







-If you are coming from Oak Ridge via the Turnpike, you will find us between the intersection of S. Rutgers Ave and Wallace Rd, between the Applebee's and Dairy Queen, across the street from St. Mary's School. The Outreach Center is located on the back corner of the building on the Applebee’s side. The entrance faces the Quality Inn and Applebee's. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. The main entrance of the ETEC Office will be locked. 

-If you are coming from Oak Ridge via Illinois Ave; turn onto S. Rutgers Ave, and continue until you come to the intersection of Rice Rd and Rider Rd, across from ORNL Corporate Headquarters; after the Quality Inn, turn onto Rider Rd and you will arrive at your destination on the right.  The Outreach Center is located on the back corner of the building on the Applebee’s side. The entrance faces the Quality Inn and Applebee's. Look for an awning and sign that says University of Tennessee Outreach Center. The main entrance of the ETEC Office will be locked. 
















* Winter Weather Policy *

ETEC prioritizes the safety of our meeting attendees during winter weather conditions.

If inclement weather is expected on a Friday morning, and we decide to move to an ALL-VIRTUAL Zoom format, we will notify members by 5:00 p.m. the evening before. 

Newsletter subscribers will receive an email, and notices will be posted on the ETEC homepage and the calendar event page. We encourage all attendees to check for updates and use the Zoom registration link to join virtually if necessary.

If you do not receive an email and there are no notices on the website, we will proceed with the in-person (hybrid) meeting as planned, but we advise everyone to use their own judgment based on road conditions in their areas.

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