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Teen entrepreneurs to pitch, launch, and test business ideas at CEOs of Tomorrow Pitch & Launch
Local teen entrepreneurs will present the business they have created and a social issue they are supporting — like mental health, breast cancer, and gun violence — at the CEOs of Tomorrow’s 8th annual Pitch & Launch Event on Saturday, Dec. 11, noon-4 pm. Students from CEOs of Tomorrow’s Incubator Program talked with Madison365 about their businesses, products, and experiences in the Incubator Program. Sowmya Rajana, a junior at Middleton High School, has a business called “Never” and is working to raise awareness about mental health. She is selling candles because the aromas can help with depression, anxiety, and stress. This issue is important to Sowmya because her family has lost…
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$40,000 awarded to Brooklyn entrepreneurs by BPL’s business plan competition
One of the terrariums established by TerrartNYC, a landscaping organization devoted to creating self-sustaining terrariums. Photograph courtesy of Brooklyn General public Library Brooklyn Public Library’s 18th annual PowerUP! Company Strategy Level of competition awarded $40,000 to aspiring business people at a digital pitch level of competition and awards ceremony Wednesday evening hosted by Joe Connolly, company anchor for WCBS NewsRadio 880. Dime Community Financial institution introduced the $20,000 grand prize to Charly Uzcatequi, Timothy Chu and Henger Ydrogo for TerrartNYC, a landscaping company focused to producing self-sustaining terrariums in New York Metropolis. A judging panel of organization homeowners, nonprofit leaders and lecturers picked TerrartNYC from a field of in excess…
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AustinTalks | New business center in Soul City helps entrepreneurs turn their dreams into reality
“It was all a dream” reads the glowing neon terms etched on a wall inside the Aspiration Middle at 5927 W. Chicago Avenue. The business middle, positioned in Austin’s Soul City Corridor, aims to assist business owners go beyond dreaming and carry their small business strategies to actuality. “It all starts with a aspiration and an concept, but sometimes folks just never know how to flip those people desires into a truth. So we want to take the guesswork out of it,” stated Marseil Jackson, the Dream Center’s CEO. “We’re hoping to assist as many folks as we can. It is all about financial improvement.” The Aspiration Centre is a…
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Entrepreneurs invited to participate in Regions Bank 2021 Business Plan Competition
November 05, 2021 Business people invited to take part in Locations Financial institution 2021 Business Strategy Competitiveness by Christi Mathis CARBONDALE, Ill. — Contacting all business people. Here’s your likelihood to post a business enterprise plan for the probability to gain money prizes in the Locations Lender 2021 Business enterprise System Levels of competition. Southern Illinois business people will contend for up to $10,000 in innovation and smaller business development funding furnished by Locations Lender by the SIU Basis. The Illinois Smaller Business Advancement Centre at SIU will provide complex assist and business enterprise aid and the deadline to post entries is Friday, Nov. 12. The prime prize is $5,000.…
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Meet the Student Entrepreneurs Pitching Their Business Ideas at Fowler Business Concept Challenge
Wednesday, November 3, 2021Subject areas: Changemaker The Fowler Company Concept Challenge (FBCC) is exactly where entrepreneurial pupils go to ignite new thoughts at the College of San Diego. For the earlier thirty day period, pupils of all majors have been practicing and honing their pitching skills for the prospect to compete at the FBCC Grand Finale. 16 semi-finalist groups have been picked to pitch an first business strategy to a panel of judges. Guest judges involve notable San Diego company leaders this sort of as Caroline Perry, senior vice president of company administration and typical counsel at the San Diego Padres Dan Novak, retired vice president of global advertising and…
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Area entrepreneurs can vie for funds in business plan contest | SIU
Here’s your chance to submit a business plan for the chance to win cash prizes in the Regions Bank 2021 Business Plan Competition. Southern Illinois entrepreneurs can compete for innovation and small business development funding as part of the Regions Bank 2021 Business Plan Competition. The bank is awarding a top prize of $5,000 along with second and third prizes of $3,000 and $2,000 respectively through the SIU Foundation. The Illinois Small Business Development Center at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will provide technical support and business assistance and the deadline to submit entries is Friday, Nov. 12. “Despite the challenges of this past year with the pandemic, we’ve witnessed a…