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September 19, 2016 | Tom Ballard

“Startup Week Chattanooga” announces kickoff speaker

Startup Week ChattanoogaThe organizers of “Startup Week Chattanooga,” set to launch October 3, have announced an impressive kickoff speaker. She is Kay Koplovitz, Managing Partner at Springboard Growth Capital, Chairman of Springboard Enterprises, and Founder and former Chief Executive Officer of USA Networks.

Koplovitz will get the week’s activities underway with an 11:30 a.m. presentation on October 3 in Miller Plaza. Her visit is sponsored by EPB Fiber Optics along with Mike and Meg Aiken, Chambliss Startup Group, and Henderson, Hutcherson and McCullough.

Among other accomplishments, she is the first woman to ever head a television network. For those who cannot attend, Koplovitz’s presentation will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8BIX3PchjA.

For more information on “Startup Week Chattanooga,” click here.


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