From the Knox Biz Journal: Local businesses have a chance to show off by entering the Tennessee Business Enterprise Resource Office and Tennessee Main Street Program's video competition.

Grab your video camera and show Tennessee what your business is made of. Participants are encouraged to show examples of their products and ideas and tell the world why they are an entrepreneur or small business owner.

There are these categories to participate: Main Street…

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Personal money management expert Dave Ramsey will be in Maryville on Sept. 24 to speak on "Entreleadership, A lesson on leadership from an entrepreneurial perspective." - See full article below.

http://blogs.knoxnews.com/harris/2010/09/dave-ramsey-to-speak-in-maryville.html

Tennessee Open for Business is hosting a video contest.

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development will use the winning entries in a department-produced video and print piece intended to identify and promote innovative entrepreneurs in Tennessee communities and encourage others to join them as small business owners.

There are several categories in the competition. Check it out!

A pair of budding businessmen from Knoxville and one from Marietta, Ga. have been selected for a new University of Tennessee MBA program that will cover the cost of tuition while helping the trio launch new businesses. Complete story here.

"The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today unveiled its online 'Data Visualization Center,' a graphic-driven window to backlogs, office actions and other workings of the world’s busiest IP agency." Find it here at http://www.inventorsdigest.com/?p=4475

Carly Harrington posted a good article on new co-working spaces in Knoxville: Shared Spaces Fit for Business

C.E.O. provides students, interested in the opportunity to explore the possibilities and advantages of entrepreneurship. Members will benefit from business experience, networking with entrepreneurs, faculty and other students, interacting with guest speakers, attending entrepreneurial workshops and exploring business start-up ideas with other students and mentors. For the first meeting Pizza and drinks will be provided. Meeting is located in 701 Stokely Management…

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