Tendai is the Entrepreneurial Director for EnterpriseCorp, the enterprise development arm of Greater Louisville Inc. - the Metro Chamber of Commerce that cultivates Louisville's (Ky.) entrepreneurial culture and ecosystem. In his role, Tendai works with hundreds of entrepreneurs and startups annually to accelerate their learning and scaling from idea to fast-growth companies. The Lean Startup methods have become instrumental in the best practices used in launching new ventures across diverse sectors in Louisville's startup community. Tendai is an entrepreneur, experimenter, problem solver, business coach and holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and Entrepreneurship M.B.A both from the University of Louisville. He is currently fixated on jigsaw puzzles and teaching himself software programming.