5 groups from Northern Kentucky College are amongst 16 from throughout Kentucky that can current their revolutionary and passionate concepts throughout KY Pitch, Kentucky’s largest collegiate enterprise pitch competitors.
The Governor’s College for Entrepreneurs and the Frazier Historical past Museum team-up to current the competition on Apri 2 beginning at 10 a.m. on the Frazier Museum in Louisville. The general public is invited to root for Kentucky’s future innovators and enterprise leaders as they compete for tens of hundreds of {dollars} in funding.
The groups, representing faculties from throughout the Commonwealth, will pitch their enterprise concepts and area questions from a panel of judges. As much as $40,000 in prize cash is at stake to assist fund the way forward for the successful enterprises.
(From Governor’s College for Entrepreneurs)
“Kentucky’s college students are main the way in which to a brighter future and that’s at all times clear while you see the intense, artistic and revolutionary individuals at any GSE occasion,” mentioned Gov. Andy Beshear. “I’m grateful to each GSE and the Frazier Historical past Museum for partnering collectively to supply one other rewarding expertise for our college students to showcase their onerous work and dedication.”
The Governor’s College for Entrepreneurs (GSE) runs KY Pitch, which options two completely different classes for the groups of collegiate entrepreneurs. The Exploratory Monitor is for early-stage enterprise concepts, whereas the Developed Monitor is for companies nearer to being launched or are already working. Financial prizes are awarded in each tracks. To be eligible for the prize cash, companies should be based mostly in Kentucky as they develop over the subsequent few years.
“From highschool by means of school and into the enterprise world, GSE identifies, conjures up, and empowers Kentucky’s future innovators,” mentioned Anne Jewell, President and CEO of the Governor’s College for Entrepreneurs. “Our objective is to assist drive financial development throughout the Commonwealth by supporting the enterprise desires of scholars who’ve the grit, drive, and fervour to be Bluegrass entrepreneurs and create jobs right here.”
The KY Pitch competitors might be staged within the coronary heart of Frazier’s Kentucky Rivalries exhibition, which spotlights essentially the most iconic opponents and showdowns within the historical past of the Bluegrass State.
The competitors is included with common admission to the Frazier, and a particular $10 ticket worth is being supplied in celebration of GSE’s tenth Anniversary. Company should point out KY Pitch to obtain the discounted ticket fee. Spectators will be capable to come and go throughout the contest. The Exploratory Monitor will compete first, adopted by the Developed Monitor within the afternoon.
The school groups and their enterprise concepts slated for KY Pitch are listed beneath. Winners might be introduced at 3:15 p.m. The schedule is topic to vary:
Exploratory Monitor
10:10 a.m.- Unify, College of Louisville
10:22 a.m.- Auntie’s Soulfood and Sweets, Sullivan College
10:34 a.m.- Girly Pumps, Northern Kentucky College
10:46 a.m.- IHSA Present Supervisor, Halfway College
10:58 a.m.- Truthfully Me, Sullivan College
11:10 a.m.- FinWise, Northern Kentucky College
11:22 a.m.- Helix Headgear, Halfway College
11:34 a.m.- Northern Raise, Jap Kentucky College
11:48 a.m.- Simulation777, Morehead State College
Developed Monitor
1:00 p.m. – enVee, Sullivan College
1:15 p.m. – JAC Landcare, Northern Kentucky College
1:30 p.m. – Farm Transition Academy, Morehead State College
1:45 p.m. – Midwest Mulberry, College of Kentucky
2:00 p.m. – Sonder Media, Northern Kentucky College
2:15 p.m. – Breezy, College of Kentucky
2:30 p.m. – Muscara Software program Options, Northern Kentucky College
Governor’s College for Entrepreneurs