SQUARE1 invites Tristate Small Businesses and Startups to its High School Startup Pitch Final luncheon on April 2nd.
SQUARE1 has been working with students for the past several months providing entrepreneurial curriculum and coaching to prepare them to pitch their startup ideas.
On March 14th, more than 50 teams competed for the final spots and an opportunity to win $1,000. Six teams remain and will present.
The event will be held at the St. Elizabeth Training Center in Erlanger.
“We feel the mentorship and support of our regional small business community could prove invaluable to these aspiring entrepreneurs,” expressed SQUARE1 President Keith Schneider.
If you feel you could add value to the program as a mentor, speaker, or even create opportunities for these students to intern or visit your company you are encouraged to attend the event. To purchase discounted tickets, you can visit this website and use promo code Smallbiz.
The event includes pitches from the 6 best high school teams from the more than 50 teams that participated in the semi-final on March 14th. Students participating in the program will have an opportunity to ask questions of an all-star lineup of panelist including:
Our MC – Colin Mayfield, Anchor for WLWT News 5 Today
Our Intrapreneur of the Year – Craig Buchholz, Chief Communications Officer for P&G
Our co-Entrepreneur Success Awardees – Rebekah Gensler and Matt Butler, Former Founders of Signature Hardware and leaders of the Devou Good Project
Our Community Innovator of the Year – Ed Hartman, Marketing Director at Furniture Fair
Our Legacy Award – Anthony Muñoz, Former Cincinnati Bengal NFL Hall of Famer and founder of the Anthony Muñoz Foundation.
SQUARE1 presents this 2nd Annual Startup Scholars Pitch event along with Orchestrate Technologies.
The event concludes months of work with several of the region’s high school students in which the ideated, researched, planned, and presented new business ideas. Orchestrate Technologies is proud to sponsor this event as it provides great lessons that strengthen the skills of their future workforce as well as builds the confidence and likelihood of a new generation of small businesses.
The community is encouraged to join SQUARE1 to celebrate these students by attending the event and potentially contributing as a sponsor.
More info on these opportunities is available at the website.
