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UTC honoring three who made mark here

Starting a business isn’t for everybody.

Few have the stomach to put it all on the line, day after day. It’s not just the house, the car and the future that go back to the bank if the business fails.

A dream — the steely determination that drives an entrepreneur forward day after day — dies along with every bankrupt company.

Harshad Shah isn’t the first Chattanooga-area businessman to hit it big by taking risks and working hard. But he is among a group that the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will honor April 12 for their entrepreneurial contributions to the region.

The College of Business will celebrate three of Chattanooga’s business pioneers as part of its ever-growing Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.