Register to attend the Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition! The audience gets a say in who wins!
The WV Hive Network is excited to present the Fall 2024 installment of its Pitch Southern West Virginia Business Idea Competition! The upcoming competition, to be held at WVU Tech in Beckley, WV, is open to residents and businesses located in Raleigh, Fayette, Nicholas, Summers, Webster, Pocahontas, Greenbrier, Monroe, Mercer, Wyoming, McDowell, Logan and Mingo Counties and also to WVU Tech students. The competition will be held on November 14, 2024 beginning at 5:30pm.
During the in-person competition, entrepreneurs who applied and were selected to pitch will have five minutes to present their business idea to a panel of judges and explain why it is innovative and how it will make a difference to southern WV.
Prizes:
- 1st Place: $2,500
- 2nd Place: $1,000
The remaining three finalists will be awarded $500 each for Honorable Mention.
In addition, the finalist receiving the most votes from the audience in attendance will receive $250 as the “Audience Favorite.”
Prize money must be used to further the business idea.
Thank you to our sponsors for this event!
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