WELLSBURG — Several folks or groups with ideas for new organization ventures will vie for several hundreds of pounds to assist them make their objectives a actuality in a contest to be held Tuesday at Brooke Higher University.
The Ohio Valley Company Alliance Corp. will keep its initially Business Pitch Contest at 5:30 p.m. in the school’s auditorium.
Admission is free for the celebration, which OVBAC member David Klick expects to be very attention-grabbing.
“We have a great deal of folks who have set a good deal of time and assumed into their assignments,” said Klick, noting the seven competition from Brooke and Hancock counties with ambitions for a large variety of enterprises.
Klick is co-chairing the occasion with Dr. Heather Stone and Joan Simonetti.
He is among the a lot of alliance associates with past ties to the Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce and the former Brooke County Financial Improvement Authority, which had teamed for many decades to keep company pitch contests.
“This yr I’d say we have the ideal candidates considering the fact that I’ve been concerned with the pitch. And it’s the greatest pot for the winners,” he claimed.
Klick claimed thanks to the generosity of area enterprises and other corporations, the group will divide $8,000 among the two winners, with the biggest quantity likely to the 1 that areas initial.
He observed the prize money will be disbursed as the two enterprise concepts are made.
Klick stated the contest is identical in structure to television’s “Shark Tank,” with the contestants provided a confined time to produce their proposals to a panel of five judges.
The 5 are: Luke Diserio, main govt officer of American Muscle mass Docks and Fabrication Kelly Jeffers, winner of the past small business pitch Ingrid Loy, a advertising teacher at West Liberty University Jay McLaughlin, vice president of accounting and finance at Wheeling-Nippon Steel and Weirton lawyer Michael Simon.
Every single of the contestants has been instructed to get ready a presentation that consists of approximated fees for their endeavor, their qualified industry and their eyesight for the enterprise in two to five many years.
“We have a good deal of individuals who have set a lot of time and thought into their projects,” said Klick.
To enable the contestants put together, the Ohio Valley Organization Alliance has invited them to the West Virginia Modest Small business Progress Center’s Inspiring You series of seminars and referring them to other means.
Held at the Brooke County General public Library, the cost-free seminars present guidance to aspiring and existing business entrepreneurs in topics ranging from acquiring a small business program to promoting their merchandise and expert services to potential shoppers to knowledge fiscal statements.
In addition to the event’s sponsors, Klick expressed thanks to the chambers of commerce of Weirton, Follansbee and Wellsburg, which also have offered aid and Brooke County college officials for producing the auditorium obtainable for the team.
He said the team hopes to spur financial progress all through the Northern Panhandle and sees activities like the contest as a way to assist that.
“We consider this could genuinely be adequate to shift the needle for someone,” stated Klick.