The public is invited to Ivy Tech Community College’s Entrepreneurship Expo and annual School of Business Speaker Series, sponsored by Banterra Bank and Elevate Evansville, Thursday, May 2, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. For additional information contact Chris Johnson, talent connection manager, cjohnson228@ivytech.edu.
Entrepreneurship Expo and Annual School of Business Speaker Series
9-10 a.m. – Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition. Top entrepreneurship students in the Garatoni School of Entrepreneurship & Innovation will present their pitches for their businesses before a panel of local judges.
9-10 a.m. – Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition. Top entrepreneurship students in the Garatoni School of Entrepreneurship & Innovation will present their pitches for their businesses before a panel of local judges.
10-11 a.m. – Ivy Tech School of Business Speaker Series. This event will feature Matthew Nix, president and CEO of Nix Metals. Nix started working as the 5th generation in his family’s mom & pop welding business at the age of 8, sweeping the floor and cleaning machinery for $5 a Saturday. Later, he began learning the ropes as a summer intern. In 2004, he began working full time, after earning a certification in welding technology. In 2017, he completed an online certificate in Executive Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame. Today, Nix serves as the President and CEO of Nix Companies, Inc., a holding company he founded in 2017. Among its holdings remains Nix Industrial, his family’s 120+ year legacy business. The business has grown from four family members to a regional company with more than 150 team members, and has achieved 100X revenue growth in less than 20 years.
11 a.m.-1 p.m. – Entrepreneurship Expo. Businesses that have been created in this year’s Entrepreneurship classes will be represented in booths throughout the event. The winner of the Pitch Competition will be awarded $3,000 during this event and a $500 award will be given for the best display at the Expo.
Speaker Series, Vectren Auditorium, Room 147
All others, Koch Student Center, Room 152
