25 Jan Pitch for Good: Tennessee Tough presented by Pinnacle
The Tennessee Titans and Nashville Entrepreneur Center (NEC) have launched a collaborative partnership to identify and honor Nashville’s top entrepreneur/small business. The Pitch for Good: Tennessee Tough presented by Pinnacle contest will bring together leaders in local entrepreneurship and allow them to compete for an opportunity to become a Titans team sponsor in 2021.
Meet the entrepreneurs competing below!
Winners from each NEC Pitch for Good event will be invited to pitch in a playoff-like competition and you are invited to watch. Leading up to the finals, a Selection Committee of industry experts will score each of the contestants (listed below) to narrow it down to the top 4. Those 4 will deliver their 1-minute virtual pitch live at the championship event taking place Monday, Jan. 25 (12:00-1:00 PM CT).
The winning entrepreneur will become a Titans sponsor for a year, receiving a package of media and hospitality rights to promote their business on our NFL stage.
Judging Criteria:
- How well the entrepreneur defines the problem?
- How viable is this business solution?
- How well can this solution impact Nashville?
- Was the pitch well presented and timely?
- Will this business change the world for the better?
Pitch For Good Winner Final Interview:
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/felicia-jackson-cpr-wrap
Meet the Finalists
Teresa Vasquez – Autism Possible
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/teresa-vasquez-autism-possible
Category: Black Founders // Autism Possible empowers Autistic Individuals and their families through advocacy and creation of innovative technologies that limit anxiety and meltdowns, build independence, reduces familial stress and makes their lives easier and better.
Felicia Jackson – CPR Wrap
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/felicia-jackson-cpr-wrap
Category: Black Founders // CPR Wrap provides a disposable CPR template designed to guide, protect and empower anyone to perform safe, fast, effective CPR.
Emily Thomas – Expected Value
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/emily-thomas-expected-value
Category: Nashville // Expected Value’s mission is to improve patient health outcomes by accurately and fairly predicting avoidable hospital readmissions through unique data streams and state-of-the-art machine-learning algorithms.
Harry Hoover – filterjoy
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/harry-hoover-filterjoy
Category: Pandemic // filterjoy directs two e-comm subscription brands: Filterjoy.com, a HVAC air filter subscription for homeowners; and Filtersnap.com, a HVAC air filter subscription for property management tenants.
Pitch for Good – Category Spotlight
Pitch for Good – Healthcare
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/pitch-for-good-healthcare
Pitch for Good: Music and Entertainment
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/pitch-for-good-tennessee-tough
Meet the Semifinalists
Eric Mayer- EDP Biotech
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/eric-mayer-edp-biotech
Category: Pandemic // EDP Biotech – is a rapid COVID-19 testing lab in Knoxville, TN. We specialize in rapid response testing kits (20 minutes) and offer full lab testing services as well.
Erik Nelson- FanFlex
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/erik-nelson-fanflex
Category: Music and Entertainment // FanFlex allows venues to upload their concert calendar and availability dates, while connecting performers to those open time slots.
Amanda Latifi- Hafta Have
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/amanda-latifi-hafta-have
Category: Data/Analytics/AI // Hafta Have is a patent pending, white label technology that bridges the gab between in-store shopping and online buying.
Madison Campbell- Leda Health
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/madison-campbell-leda-health
Category: Woman Founders // Leda is a DIY sexual assault evidence kit that allows sexual assault survivors to collect time-sensitive evidence as the comfort and privacy of their own space.
Spencer Jones- Lineus Medical
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/brian-forrester-midas-health
Category: Healthcare // Lineus Medical is the creator of SafeBreak Vascular, a break-away, peripheral IV device designed to seperate when a damaging force is placed on it.
Brian Forrester- Midas Health
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/brian-forrester-midas-health
Category: Healthcare // In highly competitive labor markets, Midas Health gives employers the ability to recruit candidates by using AI to generate and manage digital content.
Stacy Baugues- PowerUp Fitness
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/stacy-baugues-powerup-fitness
Category: Woman Founders // The mission of PowerUp Fitness, LLC is to promote the physical, mental, and social development of youth through fun fitness programming.
Stuart Bostock- SCI Mast
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/stuart-bostock-sci-mast
Category: Pandemic // SCI Mast is a modern, mobile safety tower which provides 24-hour high quality CCTV surveillance with live/recorded footage and AI customization.
Timothy Burkhead- TM Inc
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/timothy-burkhead-tm-inc
Category: Music and Entertainment // TM Inc. provides on-the-road support, live event consultation, and tour coordination services for live music professionals of all budgets and experience-levels.
Mock Abdelaal- Velos Labs
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/mock-abdelaal-velos-labs
Category: Data/Analytics/AI// Solution for the U.S. Department of Defense where 53 percent of the Army’s vehicles are Humvees and are not expected to be replaced in the near future with autonomous, smarter vehicles.
Domonique Townsend- Work Life Success
https://www.tennesseetitans.com/video/domonique-townsend-work-life-success
Category: Nashville // Work Life Success provides on-demand coaching services to help companies better support their working moms and caregivers to navigate increased demand in work and in life successfully.