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Back by popular demand is LAUNCH CHA's Startup Showdown! Join us for our annual pitch competition between LAUNCH CHA entrepreneurs during Startup Week Chattanooga.  These entrepreneurs have gone through our Business Entrepreneurship Academy, have fine tuned their business pitches and are ready to go head-to-head in a fierce competition in front of a panel of esteemed judges from… Read more

LAUNCH’s Business Entrepreneurship Academy is a 10-week course aimed at adults interested in starting a business, and those who have already started one. This class works on validating and expanding an individual’s business idea. Topics include how to develop a business plan, market research, customer development, financial planning, marketing, branding, social media, and more. At the… Read more

LAUNCH’s Business Entrepreneurship Academy is a 10-week course aimed at adults interested in starting a business, and those who have already started one. This class works on validating and expanding an individual’s business idea. Topics include how to develop a business plan, market research, customer development, financial planning, marketing, branding, social media, and more. At the… Read more

LAUNCH’s Business Entrepreneurship Academy is a 10-week course aimed at adults interested in starting a business, and those who have already started one. This class works on validating and expanding an individual’s business idea. Topics include how to develop a business plan, market research, customer development, financial planning, marketing, branding, social media, and more. At the… Read more

The latest group of entrepreneur, hailing from Business Entrepreneurship Academy classes held in at the Eastgate Town Center, the Business Development Center and Mt. Canaan Baptist Church. Led by facilitators, these entrepreneurs are now ready to graduate and start their own business. Please join us in celebrating their achievement, and learn about the businesses that will soon be a part of the… Read more

LAUNCH’s Business Entrepreneurship Academy is a 10-week course aimed at adults interested in starting a business, and those who have already started one. This class works on validating and expanding an individual’s business idea. Topics include how to develop a business plan, market research, customer development, financial planning, marketing, branding, social media, and more. At the… Read more

LAUNCH’s Business Entrepreneurship Academy is a 10-week course aimed at adults interested in starting a business, and those who have already started one. This class works on validating and expanding an individual’s business idea. Topics include how to develop a business plan, market research, customer development, financial planning, marketing, branding, social media, and more. At the… Read more

LAUNCH CHA's youth entrepreneurship pitch competition is here.  On December 2nd, attend PITCH IT, a regional competition between students from Tyner Academy, East Ridge High School and Central High School. Teams from each school will have 3 minutes to pitch their business, and then will face questions from the judges panel.  Other students, parents, faculty, community members and the… Read more