Attendees crowding the founder expo on the GEODIS Park concourse at Nashville Entrepreneur Day, Spring 2026

Founder toolkit · Nashville Entrepreneur Center

Nashville Entrepreneur Day, Winter

You built something this fall. Bring the people who should see it.

DateThu, Dec 3
Time12:45–6:00 PM
VenueGEODIS Park
CostFree, RSVP
16Impact Grant finalists
25live pitches
6grants awarded on stage
$40,000non-dilutive, no strings

Get your people in the room

Your spot is already covered, so you don't need a ticket. The people you want to see you on Dec 3 do: customers, mentors, investors, friends, family. Send them the RSVP link, or send them this page.

  • Every guest needs their own free ticket. There are 750 seats, and every Nashville Entrepreneur Day so far has filled up.
  • Doors open at 12:30 at Gate A, 501 Benton Ave.
  • Send this page to your co-founders and team so they can share too.

See the Eventbrite page →

A founder smiling as she talks with visitors at her booth
Spring 2026, founder expo.

Pick a graphic

Six cards, one line each. Choose the one that sounds most like you. Tap a card to open it full size, then save it. On your phone, press and hold the image.

Orange card: Be in rooms where your dreams sound normal. Nashville Entrepreneur Day, GEODIS Park, Dec 3.
Be in rooms where your dreams sound normal.
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Blue card: Pay attention to who makes possibility feel closer. Nashville Entrepreneur Day, GEODIS Park, Dec 3.
Pay attention to who makes possibility feel closer.
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Green card: Presence is the new metric. Nashville Entrepreneur Day, GEODIS Park, Dec 3.
Presence is the new metric.
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Olive card: Intuition makes sense after you follow it. Nashville Entrepreneur Day, GEODIS Park, Dec 3.
Intuition makes sense after you follow it.
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Teal card: You have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Nashville Entrepreneur Day, GEODIS Park, Dec 3.
You have nothing to lose & everything to gain.
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Navy card: Good company changes what you believe is possible. Nashville Entrepreneur Day, GEODIS Park, Dec 3.
Good company changes what you believe is possible.
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Copy a caption and make it yours

Written as a starting point. Post it as is, or add one line about what you're building. The more it sounds like you, the more people show up.


            

What your guests walk into · Spring 2026

The Premier Club full for the pitches
The Premier Club, full for the pitches
A founder pitching on stage
Pitching live
A founder demoing to a visitor
Demos on the floor
Spring 2026 Impact Grant winners on stage with their checks
Spring 2026 grant winners
Founders and guests on the concourse during the founder expo
The founder expo

Three things that fill a room

Posts help. Personal asks do most of the work.

Text five people

Pick five people who would want to see you there and send them the text message version. A direct ask beats any post.

Tag the Center

Tag @entrecenter on Instagram and Nashville Entrepreneur Center on LinkedIn. Accept our collab invite and your post reaches both audiences.

Tag your people

Co-founders, customers, mentors, investors. Their reshares carry your post to people we will never reach on our own.

This weekText your five people the RSVP link
Nov 9–13Post with your graphic
Nov 23–25Nudge anyone who hasn't reserved
Wed, Dec 2"See you tomorrow" story or post

Judges and speakers

On stage Dec 3? Your network wants to know.

Any of the six graphics above works. Pick the caption that matches your role.


        
Works on LinkedIn or Instagram.