MONDAY, OCTOBER 12
Ribbon Cutting for SoundCorps
7:30 p.m.
Revelry Room: 1400 Market St.
Join the Chattanooga Chamber for a ribbon cutting for SoundCorps during their Launch Party. Hosted at the Revelry Room on the campus of the Choo Choo, this event is in conjunction with Startup Week Chattanooga. No RSVP required to attend and support the Ribbon Cutting. Stay and celebrate afterward!
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
Reality Check - Hixson High School
7:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Hixson High School: 5705 Middle Valley Rd.
Reality Check teaches 9th graders budgeting and emphasizes the connection between education and income by allowing students to role-play as heads of household while trying to provide for their families on a set budget. Community volunteers are needed to assist with this event. To volunteer for this Chattanooga Chamber career readiness program, please contact Cathy Humble at423.763.4321orchumble@chattanoogachamber.com
Hixson Community Coffee
8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Highland Tire and Auto: 3886 Hixson Pike
Ribbon Cutting for Einstein Bros Bagels- Hixson
9:00 a.m.
Einstein Bros Bagels- Hixson: 5229 Hixson Pike, Hixson, TN 37343
Join the Chattanooga Chamber for a ribbon cutting for Einstein Bros Bagels- Hixson
Ambassador Luncheon
11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The Car Barn: 6721 Heritage Business Ct
Admission is $15 in advance or $20 at the door. Please contact Meredith Rivers for more information or to register in advance at423.763.4372or emailmrivers@chattanoogachamber.com
Ribbon Cutting for Blue Turtle Bath Scrubs, LLC.
1:15 p.m.
Blue Turtle Bath Scrubs, LLC.: The Car Barn- 6721 Heritage
Join the Chattanooga Chamber for a remote location ribbon cutting for Blue Turtle Bath Scrubs, LLC. Come celebrate after the monthly Ambassador luncheon at the Car Barn
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
midTown Council Meeting
11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Brainerd Golf Course: 5203 Old Mission Rd
Speaker: Penny Hughey, AIM
Meeting cost $10.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
North Hamilton County Council Meeting
Budweiser: 200 Shearer St.
Speaker: Mayor Jim Coppinger
Meetings cost $10.
Business After Hours at Sports Barn (Downtown)
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sports Barn (Downtown): 301 Market Street
Business After Hours brings an average of more than 75 area business people together for networking and refreshments. This month's Business After Hours is hosted by Sports Barn (Downtown) and co-sponsored by Chicken Salad Chick, Natural Body, and Summit Physical Therapy
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
East Brainerd Council Coffee
8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Chattanooga Courtyard Marriott I-75: 2210 Bams Drive
Join our East Brainerd Council for their monthly coffee on the third Friday of every month. No Cost.
Ribbon Cutting for
Centered Health & Wellness
12:30 p.m.
4109 Mountain View Road, Ste 400, 37415
Join the Chattanooga Chamber for a ribbon cutting for Centered Health and Wellness!
Entrepreneurship Alliance Events
CEO Speaker Series with Emerson Russell
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
The Chattanoogan: 1201 Broad St.
The next installment of the CEO Speaker Series will feature Emerson Russell, CEO of ERMC. The event is co-produced by the Tennessee Small Business Development Center and the Company Lab (CO.LAB) and sponsored by Cohutta Banking Company, Cornerstone Bank, First Tennessee, HHM and SunTrust. The cost of attending the event is $10 and you can register and pay here:https://clients.tsbdc.org/reg.aspx?mode=event&event=30350124.
Free Public Speaking Coaching with AQQOLADE
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Company Lab: 1100 Market St., Ste. 100
Visit The Company Lab the second Wednesday of every month to receive free public speaking coaching from AQQOLADE President Bob Dragone. To schedule a 30-minute time slot for your startup, emailinfo@colab.co.
Who's Looking Out for Your IP? with Chambliss Startup Group
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Edney Innovation Center: 1100 Market St.
This seminar during Startup Week Chattanooga will help you identify your intellectual property and determine the strategies you need to apply to protect it and preserve its value for your business. Chambliss Startup Group will review various strategies, including protecting IP as trade secrets, the use of copyright law, trademarks, and patents. This is a free seminar at the new CO.LAB space.
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Getting Ready for Your Seed Round and A-Round with Chambliss Startup Group
The Chambliss Startup Group team will help startups understand the steps that they need to take to prepare their business for Seed and A-Round investments. They will discuss what investors will look for as they evaluate your business and business plan. This is a free seminar with lunch provided at the new Company Lab space during Startup Week Chattanooga.
The Customer Acquisition Lifecycle with Perry Marketing
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
This presentation by Perri Marketing, Inc., will provide a candid overview of how organizational silos are hurting your business. Learn how silos are preventing you from effectively positioning your business, while delivering the wrong message, and ultimately damaging revenue potential.
Startup Awards
7:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m.
The Camp House: 149 E. ML King Blvd
The Chattanooga Startup Awards are a celebration of the entrepreneurial community in our city and a fantastic way to showcase the work that Chattanooga's startups do each and every day. As we make strides toward becoming a nationally recognized technology hub in the Southeast, this is an opportunity to highlight a growing culture of innovation that's budding here. Finally, we want this to be a time to get together with good food and drink with the people that make Chattanooga such a compelling place to call home. Join the after party sponsored by WayPaver Labs.
Talent Planning for Startups with Eduity
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Talented people is the most important resource for startup companies, but how many startups plan for this critical part of their business? Too few. "Talent Planning for Startups" will be a highly interactive workshop that will walk you through how to identify critical capabilities and cultivate a network that can deliver those capabilities when you need them.
FRI/ 10.16-Free Legal Advising with Chambliss
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Visit The Company Lab the third Friday of every month to receive free legal advising from Chambliss Startup Group. To reserve a 30-minute time slot for your startup, emailinfo@colab.co.
FRI/ 10.16- Cocktails @ CO.LAB
5:30 p.m. to7:30 p.m.
Come celebrate the end of Startup Week with food, drinks and tour of CO.LAB's new home in the Edney Innovation Center!
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