Pinnacle Awards Young Entreprenuer of the Year 2013: Matt Tunstall, Stalltalk, Inc.

Each year the Knoxville Chamber votes and announces winners in different business categories at the Pinnacle Business Awards. The awards are for those who the Knoxville Chamber and the community feel have excelled in business.

One of those categories is Young Entrepreneur of the Year, which is reserved for a professional they deemed worthy, who meets their criteria of being under the age of 40 and someone who they consider to be on the right track to becoming a top business owner as well as a community leader.

This year’s winner is Matthew Tunstall, owner of Stall Talk, Inc. His company, Stall Talk provides advertising on hundreds of thousands of porta-potties at outdoor events. Imagine a marathon, or outdoor concert series where there is a long row of porta-potties next to each other. We’ve all spent our time waiting in line for your turn, but with Stall Talk, instead of those being blue, green, orange or grey - they now feature an ad, just like a billboard.

Matt has been racking up the awards since launching his company in September 2011. He has won awards from Technology 2020, the East Tennessee Technology Council and the 2012 Governor's Innovation Conference. Why? Because Stall Talk has quickly become one of the largest outdoor seller advertising companies in the United States.

They currently hold multi-year exclusive contracts with over twenty percent of the U.S Portable Restroom Industry thanks to our 300,000+ portable restrooms. Some of the higher profile companies that they work with are: the University of Tennessee/IMG College, the Tennessee Titans, the NFL, the MLB, NASCAR, the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex, MLS, Disneyland, AC Entertainment, Star Events, as well the City of Chicago.

Past recipients of the Knoxville Young Entrepreneur Award are:

2005 – John Tolsma, Knowledge Launch 2006 – Jimmy Rodefer, Rodefer Moss & Co, PLLC 2007 – Chuck Witkowski, Protein Discovery, Inc. 2008 – Chris VanBeke, Tennetic Ventures, LLC 2009 – Sean Christman, Slamdot 2010 – Sara Hedstrom, Hedstrom Design 2011 – Brian Winter, Pyxl, Inc. 2012 – Parker Frost, Gigmark