The Biz Foundry

Eugene Poole

What does the Biz Foundry do?• Educates and supports entrepreneurial companies and individuals in the

region

• Hosts business and technology related classes and events

• Offers co-working space

• Matchmaker

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Entrepreneurial Developer

Accelerator

Summer Course

Lean Launchpad Software

Business Model Canvas

StartupInnovation Early Stage MaturityExpansion

Lean Launchpad and TN TECH

Experiential Course: Not a Typical Academic Lecture

• Collaboration between disciplines

• Get out of the building

• Flipped classroom

• Different speaker each week

Teams• Froodle - App for rewards and promotion management

•OmniNexus - App for formative assessment

• iGT-HD - Echolocation device to compliment walking cane for the blind

•M-possible N-gineering - PCM derived instant water heater

•REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates)

Biggest Success (thus far)• Team Froodle

• Started with an app for restaurant menus

• Went out in the community and found a different need was more prevalent

• Pivot Time!

• Working on app for restaurant mangers who want to manage rewards and promos better and more efficiently

Biggest Failure

• Communication between students and teachers

• Expectations and pace of this course

• “Handsome Team” had to drop because they fell behind