Audience Guidelines for the Mayoral Forum

For the Mayoral Forum portion of our Startup Day 2019 program, you are asked to remain silent. Refrain from cheering, clapping, booing or otherwise disturbing the flow of the forum AFTER the candidates are announced and walk on stage.

Audience members are not allowed to bring in signs, noisemakers or anything that could be distracting from the forum.

Security will be present at The Mill & Mine, and security officers will have the discretion to refuse entry to any attendee. Any audience member that is unruly or acts out will be immediately escorted out of The Mill & Mine.

Startup Day's Event Program

Discover the world-changing ideas coming from Knoxville’s entrepreneurs at Startup Day 2019!

This year’s festivities are bigger than ever: a mayoral forum moderated by WATE 6 On Your Side is planned, where Eddie Mannis and Indya Kincannon (the two candidates competing in the November general election to become Knoxville’s next mayor) will present their vision for entrepreneurship and innovation.

Startup Day’s main event is the annual “Shark-Tank”-style pitch competition for a chance to win up to $10,000 in cash prizes. This year, six of Knoxville’s most investable startups will pitch their businesses on-stage before a panel of expert judges. In addition to the opportunity to spotlight their startup for investors, entrepreneurs will compete for a “crowd favorite” cash prize presented by SunTrust Bank.