Still time to apply for the 2015 i.e.* Startup Competition
If you’ve got a percolating idea that’s sure to become The Next Top Richmond’s Startup, you really should submit an application to this year’s i.e.* Startup competition.
All that’s required of you is a description of your nascent company and its logo. Applications are due on Monday, so you have the entire weekend to suss out the details and polish everything to a perfect, gleaming shine. With $10,000 on the line for the top prize, what have you got to lose?
Read below for a few more details, and go forth and apply!
Fun fact! Did you know that the i.e.* Startup Competition, the Greater Richmond Chamber’s popular entrepreneurial affair, was only supposed to happen thrice?
Good news for all of the self-motivated folks who thought they missed the boat! i.e.* is bringing it the Startup Competition back for an encore year. Not only that, but the good folks at the Chamber (as well as the sponsors involved) are expanding the prize kitty.
Now, B-corps and other socially conscious organizations are eligible for the Best Social Innovation Startup award (a cool $10,000). Along with the regular Region’s Best Startup award ($10,000) and the $2,500 People’s Choice award, that’s $22,500 in cash prizes. That’s in addition to the free resources (like working spaces) donated by their sponsors, the connections made, and the press their fledgling companies get.
Last year’s winner, Tenant Turner, benefited from the boost. But so did the other nominees—not just because press outlets like us profiled them, but their participation in the process gave them a chance to practice their pitch on the 600+ attendees of the live competition.
From the Chamber:
Entrants must be based in the Richmond Region and either have a viable startup concept or already have launched a startup within the last year. Contestants can enter the competition by submitting a summary of their business idea and a logo at ie-rva.org by April 20, 2015.
Mark your calendars, entrepreneurs
Applications will be accepted through April 20th, 2015 at ie-rva.org.
Online public voting will occur April 21st – 23rd, 2015 at ie-rva.org.
Finalists are announced on April 24th, 2015.
The live competition will be May 12th, 2015, at 6:00 PM at Richmond CenterStage.
