Please join us for the Fourth Annual Will This Float? at Milligan College, Tennessee. Student tickets are $5 with valid student ID. All others are $15. Ticket price includes refreshments and a chance to make your vote count! Doors open at 6 p.m. at the Gregory Center. Pitches will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. Live text message voting will take place via big screen at the end of the event. Come out to support local entrepreneurship here in the Tri-Cities TN/VA!!

In gearing up for this years 2009 Will This Float? event, we wanted to try and refresh a few things.  Part of that was commissioning a new logo and we are happy to report that Sam Mays with Freshpunch came through with a winner.

Obviously this blog has been ignored as of late.  However, there has been a lot of behind the scenes work going on getting read for the 2009 Will This Float? competition.  The 2008 event was a bigger success than any of us originally imagined and a lot of work is going into making 2009 even better.

If  you’ve got an idea that you think will float, please click here and submit it.  If chosen, you will have the chance to give your 8 minute pitch, get feedback from our judges, and then wait and watch as all in attendance vote.

Here are some quick details about this years event.

• When: November 19th, 2009 beginning at 5:30pm and going until the last boat floats.
• Where: The Bus Pit in Downtown Kingsport, TN (map).
• Tickets: $20, click here to purchase.

The folks behind Will This Float? have another awesome event ready to take off.  FloatCamp ’09 will be held March 28, 2009 at the ETSU Innovation Lab.  

What is a FloatCamp?

Ever hear of a BarCamp?  We have taken the BarCamp concept as a base to create the next Will This Float? event.  We have a few pre-planned sessions during the day which will be of interest to entrepreneurs and the community in general.  And at the end of the day there will be an impromptu pitch competition somewhat similar to the November 2008 event.  However, the rest of the time is BarCamp time.  There are 11 open slots (45 minutes) each for you to present a session on something you are the expert on.

I Want To Lead A Session

Awesome!  Head over to the Proposed Sessions page at www.floatcamp.org and click the Edit Page button (you must have a Google Account to be able to edit pages).  Add some details to that page about what you’d like to present and be ready on March 28th.

Now here is where it gets interesting.  The morning of the event, everyone interested in presenting will have a chance to stand up and describe quickly what it is they want to talk about.  Attendees will then get to vote on what they’d like to see and the schedule will be set. 

I’d Love To See Someone Present About [enter neat topic here]

Help give others the motivation to come out and lead a session.  Please add any topics you’d like to learn more about to the Session Wishlist page over at www.floatcamp.org.  Hopefully someone will come along and take the challenge.

FloatCamp Needs Sponsors

Please see the Sponsor Info page for more information on what we need and what you get!