News Roundup: Student start-ups and women in tech
The Weekend News Roundup features stories related to local business, technology, entrepreneurship, economy, events, and innovation.
Startup Studio
On Friday, September 20th at the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., the Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ACEI) will host the “Startup Studio Demo Day,” celebrating the graduating companies in the inaugural Startup Studio.
Over the summer, ten startups took their idea to market, and now, they’re ready to present their start-ups to the community.
Teknovation.biz interviewed Haseeb (HQ) Qureshi in May, ahead of the Startup Studio debut (see article here).
“For a lot of these students, they may have a product or business idea, but they don’t know what the customer wants. This program will be about creating the product, getting it into the customer’s hands, and adapting to feedback,” Qureshi said back in May.
Women in Tech Conference
The Knoxville Technology Council’s “Women in Tech” is hosting the third annual Women in Tech Expo: Grow Better Together!
Women in technological fields are welcome to join a diverse group of talented women and invest in their personal & professional growth with a variety of motivating workshops, networking, keynote presentations, and more!
The ticket includes:
- Professional speakers sharing professional & personal growth advice
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Happy Hour
- Networking with peers and local leaders
- Professional Headshot
- Women in Tech swag
- Prize giveaways from local vendors
- Free copy of Show Your Worth: 8 Intentional Strategies for Women to Emerge as Leaders at Work by Shelmina Abji for the first 250 registrants (Update: all copies claimed!)
Keynote speaker Shelmina Babai Abjil will bring energy, motivation, and inspiration with her presentation “Scale New Heights”. Shelmina is a TEDx speaker, board member, former vice president at IBM, and an angel investor.
She started her career as a software engineer and then moved into sales, leading global teams to deliver over $1B in annual revenues and serving as a key decision-maker in hiring and promoting hundreds of professionals.
Register for the conference here.
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