{"id":68219,"date":"2025-06-05T08:31:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=68219"},"modified":"2025-06-05T08:31:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T12:31:32","slug":"envisioning-success-for-entrepreneurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/envisioning-success-for-entrepreneurs\/","title":{"rendered":"Envisioning success for entrepreneurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>This story originally appeared in the spring 2025 issue of Our Tennessee, a systemwide magazine for alumni of all University of Tennessee campuses and institutes.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68220\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-attachment-id=\"68220\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/envisioning-success-for-entrepreneurs\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536&amp;#215;864\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-68220 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Bradshaw, director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, started the Urban Vision Initiative to connect entrepreneurs from underserved communities with UTC business students.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1-580x326.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/ot-sp25_envision-success_feature-1536x864-1-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Bradshaw, director of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, started the Urban Vision Initiative to connect entrepreneurs from underserved communities with UTC business students.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One entrance to the James R. Mapp Building\u2014which houses the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)\u2014faces the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus. The opposite entrance opens to downtown Chattanooga\u2019s MLK Boulevard, a street sprawling with local businesses.<\/p>\n<p>To Mike Bradshaw, CIE director, this is symbolic of the Urban Vision Initiative\u2014a CIE program that links entrepreneurs from underserved communities with UTC student consultants to support their journey toward economic success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted people who were stressed and worried and felt out of control in their businesses to understand what their businesses were doing and to bring some clarity,\u201d Bradshaw says. \u201cSo much is up to the entrepreneurs, and you\u2019ve got to be humble approaching folks in the nuts and bolts of the business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to help. I wanted to be able to use what I believe is the strongest asset that the university has, which is our students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Urban Vision Initiative (UVI) is modeled after the Urban Poverty and Business Initiative at the University of Notre Dame. The program began in 2022, funded by support from the Chattanooga-based Jack and Charlotte Frost Family Foundation. Part of that support allows the program to recruit and pay student consultants to assist participating business owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started UVI with the goal of helping businesses who had achieved their first revenue but probably hadn\u2019t chosen their first employees,\u201d Bradshaw says. \u201cThey were just out there scrambling for what they could get.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the program supports 12 to 20 local business owners; this year, 18 Chattanooga entrepreneurs are participating. For six weeks, the entrepreneurs partake in a boot camp to learn how they can strengthen their business plans. Bradshaw then pairs his students with one or more entrepreneurs, based on their skills, interests and the business owners\u2019 needs.<\/p>\n<p>The UVI program provides business owners with support in areas that can make or break an entrepreneur\u2019s success. The program tackles challenges such as addressing accounting issues, managing social media and developing marketing strategies. \u201cThings are so intertwined,\u201d Bradshaw says. \u201cProblems are connected to other problems. One of the simplest things is a lack of handling of accounting; that\u2019s where a lot of uncertainty lies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall business folks have a tendency to concentrate on just getting action going. When the action happens, it creates a lot of artifacts that go behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68225\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1264\" height=\"1280\" data-attachment-id=\"68225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/envisioning-success-for-entrepreneurs\/_mg83549\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1264,1280\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1684436227&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_MG83549\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-1011x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-68225 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Calvin Woods, founder of Cal\u2019s Headlight Restoration, left, receives his graduation cord from Urban Vision Initiative mentor Bill McDonald.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-scaled.jpg 1264w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-1011x1024.jpg 1011w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-768x778.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-800x810.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-580x587.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-610x618.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-1517x1536.jpg 1517w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-2022x2048.jpg 2022w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83549-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1264px) 100vw, 1264px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calvin Woods, founder of Cal\u2019s Headlight Restoration, left, receives his graduation cord from Urban Vision Initiative mentor Bill McDonald.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>One of the current UVI student consultants is Graham Davis, a junior business management major from Knoxville. He has been collaborating directly with business owners since September 2024. For one entrepreneur whose business involves taking women into the outdoors as a self-care practice, Davis has been brainstorming new revenue streams and developing strategies to scale the business. \u201cWe\u2019re working on a survey that she can put on her Instagram and other socials to garner interest about products,\u201d Davis says. \u201cWe are also working on a user manual so that other women can guide hikes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a really cool experience because I\u2019ve been able to do some prototyping, which is what I want to do in my future career.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Davis explains that the value of UVI lies not only in students assisting local business owners but also in providing them with the opportunity to apply their skills in a real-world setting. \u201cYou can pick how you help,\u201d he says. \u201cYou get to build on your skills in business. You\u2019re not playing with people\u2019s money, but you are affecting somebody who is actually working with real money and their real business. You have a pretty significant effect on what they\u2019re putting out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bradshaw says that this is part of UVI\u2019s mission\u2014to give students insight into often overlooked challenges of running a business. \u201cProviding them exposure to entrepreneurship in its very raw form\u2014in its most difficult, under-resourced, terribly uncertain about whether it\u2019s going to work\u2014is important,\u201d Bradshaw says, \u201cand there\u2019s no greater, no stronger predictor of post-graduation hiring success than a paid internship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before his role as CIE director, Bradshaw was the director of The Company Lab, a nonprofit that supports Chattanooga\u2019s entrepreneurial ecosystem. One of his primary goals was to \u201ccreate a city where people\u2019s children didn\u2019t want to leave at the first opportunity they had.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He carries that philosophy with the UVI program. \u201cIf you\u2019ve got the heart and the drive, we will help you channel it to something that would be highly rewarding for you\u2014creating these experiences here and providing the opportunities for young people to do things they would never get the opportunity to do otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Learn more<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/enrollment-management-and-student-affairs\/admissions\/visit\">Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/tag\/urban-vision-initiative\/\">Urban Vision Initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/about\/center-for-innovation-and-entrepreneurship\/urban-vision-initiative\/uvi-student-consultant\">UVI Student Consultant Internships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/apply\">How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_68224\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1145\" data-attachment-id=\"68224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2025\/06\/envisioning-success-for-entrepreneurs\/_mg83690\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1145\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1684437255&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"_MG83690\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-1024x916.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-68224 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906.jpg\" alt=\"Shateria Smith, left, founder of Simply Props, and Ella Livingston, founder of Cocoa Asante, at the Urban Vision Initiative graduation ceremony. Photo courtesy of Gary W. Rollins College of Business.\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-1024x916.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-800x716.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-580x519.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-610x546.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/05\/MG83690-e1746472926906-1536x1374.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shateria Smith, left, founder of Simply Props, and Ella Livingston, founder of Cocoa Asante, at the Urban Vision Initiative graduation ceremony. 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