DETROIT – The deadline for the $440,000 Comcast Business Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs Competition is March 12. If you can submit a 250-word essay that explains how your business can use technology to enhance it, you could grab $30,000 as well as expert business mentoring.
Startups and entrepreneurs are encouraged to visit the Comcast Business Community to submit their application and essay and review the full program details.
Entries will be judged and two winners will be selected in each of the 15 Comcast Business Regions: one winner for startup companies (in business two years or less) and one winner for entrepreneurs (in business for more than two years). The 30 regional winners will each earn $10,000 in cash, so $20,000 is available in Comcast Business’ Heartland Region, Michigan, Indiana and parts of Kentucky.
From the regional winners, six grand prize winners will be selected – three startups and three entrepreneurs – who will earn an additional $20,000 in cash, plus a trip to Philadelphia to spend a day attending group sessions with industry experts, who currently include: Anita Campbell, Founder, CEO & Publisher of Small Business Trends; Robert Irvine restaurateur, TV star and entrepreneur; John Jantsch, Marketing Consultant, speaker and best-selling author; Denice Hasty, Senior Vice President, Product and Marketing, Comcast Business; Sam Schwartz, Chief Business Development Officer at Comcast; Louis Toth, Managing Director for Comcast Ventures; and experts from Drexel University’s Charles D. Close School of Entrepreneurship.
Regional winners will be announced April 25. Voting from among the regional winners will take place between April 26 – May 13, 2016. The six grand prize winners will be announced June 6, 2016 with the Grand Prize event planned for August 2016. Total cash awarded will be $440,000.
For more information, click on http://cbcommunity.comcast.com/i4e
