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Smart Mobility Challenge

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The Smart Mobility Challenge is an entrepreneurship-based competition organized by TennSMART with support from LaunchTN and regional Entrepreneurship Resource Centers.

This startup accelerator program facilitates the transfer of technology from the research institution to the market. Over 10 weeks, we showcase real intellectual property and form mock companies with real founders to build an investable business opportunity.

The program takes place biannually and offers university students and postdoctoral fellows from Tennessee's premier research institutions, as well as founders from the public, entrepreneurship education in the commercialization of technology.

If you have a viable technology that you would like to be considered in our program.

If you are interested in being a cohort participant founder.

Spring 2023 Schedule

Week 1: Program Introduction / Q&A Session

Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2023

Location: Virtual

6:00 - 7:00 PM CST

Week 2: Program Kick-Off / IP Showcase

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Location: Virtual

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 3: Founder Basics

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 4: Problem-Market Identification

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 5: Customer-Solution Segmentation

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 6: IP Protection & Regulatory

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 7: Financial Projection & Funding

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 8: Narrative & Pitching

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 9: Pitching - Best Practices

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Location: Virtual via Zoom

6:00 - 8:00 PM CST

Week 10: PITCH DAY

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Location: Baker Donelson Nashville 

5:30 - 8:00 PM CST

RSVP 

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