Aspiring entrepreneurs invited to submit innovative business ideas to Pitch It!
Thursday, September 7, 2017, Peterborough – FastStart invites students at Trent University, Durham College, Fleming College and University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) to submit their innovative business ideas for the third annual Pitch It! competition, a competition for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Running for four weeks, Pitch It! culminates on Wednesday, Oct. 4 from 6-9 p.m. in a Dragons’ Den-style pitch competition at Fleming College’s Sutherland Campus to a panel of industry judges. This is an opportunity for students to win $500, meet other aspiring entrepreneurs, and find help in bringing their innovative idea to the market.
The event will showcase three to five contestants pitching their idea from the following business categories: agriculture and food, information technology and media, clean tech and the environment, trades and retail business, and lifestyle and fashion.
“This event is a great opportunity for young and aspiring entrepreneurs to push themselves into pitching a business idea and getting feedback from real professionals,” says Karen Zavitz, FastStart Lead. “It is important for students to have events like this to not only showcase their great business ideas, but also practice putting those ideas into action.”
Applications will close on September 22 at noon and the final Pitch It! competition is open to the public. For more information about Pitch It! or to download a submission form, visit faststartfs.ca/pitch-it-2017
The Pitch It! competition is sponsored by FastStart, an entrepreneurial training partnership designed to increase the entrepreneurship skills and awareness of university and college students and help them develop solid business plans and take products to market. FastStart enables students to apply entrepreneurial thinking to their future careers, whether they are in startups, established businesses, social innovation or public service.
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FastStart is funded by the Government of Ontario and the Ontario Centres of Excellence. FastStart is part of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs (ONE) Ontario’s innovation system. The ONE is made up of regional and sector focused organizations designed to help Ontario-based entrepreneurs rapidly grow their companies, and create jobs. For more information visit http://www.onebusiness.ca/
Please visit faststartfs.ca to find an on-line copy of this release.
For more information, please contact:
Durham College
Allison Rosnak
Allison.Rosnak@durhamcollege.ca
Fleming College
Laura Copeland
laura.copeland@flemingcollege.ca
Trent University
Kate Weersink
kateweersink@trentu.ca
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Bryan Oliver
Bryan.Oliver@uoit.ca