Belmont University Thomas F. Cone Sr. Center for Entrepreneurship

Cone Center 2024 Kick Off Event THIS Wednesday! 🥳 Come meet our Entrepreneurs in Residence and learn how you can engage with the Center & grow as an entrepreneur!

What does it take to build a multi-million dollar business while raising three children as a single mom? Cordia Harrington, founder and CEO of Crown Bakeries and the 2023 Belmont Entrepreneur Legacy Award Recipient, sits down with President Greg Jones to share her incredible journey of resilience, innovation and giving back. Listen to the podcast in the link below! 🎙️

https://www.belmont.edu/hope-people/episodes/bakers-recipe-for-success.html

Applications are NOW OPEN for Nashville Entrepreneur Center’s 2024 NEXT Awards & Entrepreneurs’ Hall of Fame 🏆. NEXT showcases Nashville’s top emerging startups bringing together over 700+ business leaders.

Take center stage OR nominate a deserving founder who should be recognized 🙌

Awards criteria ⬇️
• Headquartered in Middle Tennessee 📍
• Founder must be actively involved with the company 💯
• Proven growth, success and some level of scale 📈
• Must have made a significant impact within last 12 months 📆
• Must be a for-profit company 💰

Applications close June 14, 2024, at 11:59pm. Application link can be found in our bio!

Entrepreneur Magazine is BUZZING for .bartending! 🐝 Alumni Jess Blakely and Willow Sprague shared their entrepreneurial journey of turning their side hustle into a thriving full-time business and community. Head to the link in our bio to check out the full story!

It’s that time again! 🤩 Nominate your favorite Belmont Entrepreneur for our 2024 Belmont Entrepreneur Awards. Each year, we honor our Top 100 Belmont alumni and celebrate their outstanding work in Nashville and beyond! 🥳

This award is open to all Belmont Entrepreneurs! Self-nominations are also allowed.

Submit yours here: https://forms.gle/rhuaucYtELTGSaM7A

It’s that time again! 🤩 Follow the link in our bio to nominate your favorite Belmont Entrepreneur for our 2024 Belmont Entrepreneur Awards. Each year, we honor our Top 100 Belmont alumni and celebrate their outstanding work in Nashville and beyond! 🥳

This award is open to all Belmont Entrepreneurs! Self-nominations are also allowed.

The future is BRIGHT! 🚀 Our ETP program had the opportunity to work with high school students in the 100 Kings organization through a multiple week program that ended with an awesome pitch competition 🤩

It Must Be Wednesday x Entrepreneurship Village is happening TOMORROW! 🤩 Come check out our student entrepreneurs & get some goodies!

See you there! 🥳

What an exciting night at our second annual Buntin Initiative Creative Pitch Competition! 🤩 We had 8 entrepreneurs share their creative businesses and 3 prize winners! So grateful to partner with &

🥇AZ Rooms, Asher Isenberg
🥈T.A.M.A., Abby Griffith
🥉High Cotton Events, Emma Collums

Last week we had the chance to hear 6 entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas and present their business plans! We are SO proud of all our student Entrepreneurs! ⭐️

🥇Jess Finny,
🥈 Bailey Jackson, Montana Craft Company
🥉 Paloma Tavares, Casa Paloma
People’s Choice: Jess Finny,

Interested in launching a creative business within the music, fashion, art, or other industries? ⭐️🎸 Apply for our Buntin Creative Pitch Competition for the chance to give a 5-minute pitch to possibly win thousands in cash prizes! Competition will take place on Wednesday, April 3!

Application can be found in the link in our bio & closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 26th! APPLY NOW! 🤩

Application for the Business Plan Competition is now open! 🤩 Due by 11:59pm on Tuesday, March 12th. Come compete for thousands in cash prizes!! $$ Application and more info can be found in the link in our bio!

Emily Henegar, recent Belmont ‘22 alum and owner of Cookie in the Kitchen, created custom cookies that were delivered to Taylor Swift during her Eras Tour stop here in Nashville! She has made cookies for countless other celebrities as well- check them out on !

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Join tomorrow for their first Well Core event of the year! 💚 Belmont’s Directors of Counseling Services, Katherine Cornelius and Suzanne Rhinehardt, will be sharing about their adventures in beekeeping and running their small business, Full Circle Honey!

COFFEE TALK THIS WEDNESDAY! ☕️🤩 Join us at 10am with guest speaker Tommee Profitt along with Sarah Moseley with ! A lifelong musician who taught himself to play piano as a child and started producing his own music at age 12, Profitt has released over 25 of his own projects and produced over 1,000 songs. Come learn more about his entrepreneurial journey.

Coffee and Well Core provided!

TOMORROW! Join us for our first Coffee Talk of the spring semester! ☕️ We have the founders of joining us to share their story of starting and running a business together! 🩷

Mark Your Calendars for a TV Event! 📺🎉 Massey Alumni Jessica Blakley (Economic & Poly Sci ‘19) & Willow Sprague (Int’l Business ‘18) founded BarBees Bartending after graduating from Belmont. Jessica and Willow are BUZZING to share their news... You can catch them promoting BarBees Bartending on ABC’s SHARK TANK on January 26th at 7pm CT!!!! 🐝🦈
bartending offers connective and celebratory cocktail classes for any occasion, in any location. Classes are available both in-home and virtually for bachelorette parties, corporate team-building, or as a way to celebrate at home! We can’t wait to hear the full pitch next Friday!

Tune in, Bruins! 🤩 We could not be more proud of these two!

🌟 ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT! 🌟

Ben and Emily Eggebrecht, both Belmont ‘13 alumni, own Consider the WLDFLWRS, a fine jewelry store located right near campus! Emily has always found a deep and personal meaning in jewelry, and used to sell her pieces from a small booth set up during talent shows. She was able to grow her passion into a highly profitable, locally renowned business with a storefront in the same building she used to set up her small tables. Ben has supported her in this endeavor over the years and became an official co-owner in 2016.

We are so proud of our entrepreneurs!!

What an awesome night getting to celebrate and honor our Top 100 at our 2023 Belmont Entrepreneur Awards! ⭐️❤️🎉 We could not be more proud of our alumni entrepreneurs!

REBOOT Recovery has a BIG announcement! On Veteran’s Day, they launched Military REBOOT, an all-new course for service members, veterans, and their families. We’re proud to support our Belmont alumni, Evan and Jenny Owens, as they continue to impact the lives of many through their business!

Belmont alum, Grace Moore, began her entrepreneurial journey while playing pickleball during the pandemic in 2020. Moore spotted an opportunity to introduce style into this market with the increasing popularity of the sport. A year later, Recess Pickleball officially launched, growing into what is now a nationally-recognized brand. She credits much of her success to what she learned from her social entrepreneurship major at Belmont!

Nike has teamed up with Slim + Husky’s! The Terminator High sneaker is embroidered with the company’s logo on the insoles, the name on woven on the label, “GET GEEK’D” written on the backside of the tongue- and of course the famous Swoosh! The first drop of Slim + Husky’s X Nike Terminator High sneakers was released earlier this month, which sold out in just a few hours!

We are proud to announce Belmont’s Entrepreneurship program has been ranked #1 in TN by Princeton Review for the second year in a row! 🤩 So thankful for all our hard working entrepreneurs, alumni, faculty, and staff who made this happen.

Read more in the link in our bio!

What an awesome pitch competition this morning! We are SO proud of all our student Entrepreneurs! ⭐️

🥇Grace Singleton & Cece Murray,
🥈 Tate Renner, R&R Rentals
🥉 Catherine Fischer, Homestead Health
People’s Choice: Jesse Hartland, Plasticrete

Don’t forget! Our annual business pitch competition is Wednesday, November 15th from 10-11am in JCM 570! Come support your fellow students and future entrepreneurs share their ideas and receive Well-Core credit!

Come join us to perfect your business pitch in preparation for the Business Pitch Competition! Reminder that applications for the competition close November 7th at midnight! See you there!

It’s time to apply for the BUSINESS PITCH COMPETITION! 🤩

If you’re a student entrepreneur and want to compete to win thousands in cash prizes, make sure to apply using the link below! 🙌

🔗: linktr.ee/belmont.etp

Applications due by midnight on November 7th. Competition will take place on November 15th!