Survey of Technology Entrepreneurship

Are entrepreneurs born or made? This course bridges the "town and gown" barrier by bringing to campus numerous entrepreneurs to share their journey from idea to the marketplace. Students that seek to start their own company in the future will be inspired, motivated and instructed about the keys to success for company startups. In addition to presentations by area entrepreneurs, the course will review and discuss reading materials that describe the attributes of successful company leaders. In a world economy, our nation must produce entrepreneurs to be able to compete globally.

This seminar is tentatively scheduled to meet during Full Session on M from 6:45 pm - 7:35 pm.

Note: Please check the official timetable for the most up-to-date information about meeting times and locations and availability.

About the professor

Lee Martin
Dr. H. Lee Martin has recently been hired by UTK to create an engineering entrepreneurship program for the college of engineering. He is a successful entrepreneur, holder of 20 US Patents, author of the book "Techonomics" and a mentor of many area entrepreneurs. While a student at UT in the 70's, he recived the highest student honor - Torchbearer and he was recognized as the National Young Engineer of the Year by NSPE in 1986. He has received two Research and Development RD100 awards for innovation in product design and started a company that went public in the NASDAQ excahnge creating technology for virtual internet home tours. [Note: his status is pending currently as he is in the hiring approval process while serving to complete the NSF project].

Contact Information

Email: hmartin1@utk.edu
Phone: 974-6148

 

This class is part of UT's Ready for the World initiative. Find out more about how UT is making its students Ready for the World.