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Social Entrepreneurship

Unlike our usual CrowdPitch events, we're looking specifically for profit-based social ventures who aim to improve our community to pitch at this event. There are two criteria which every pitching company must meet:

1. You must be a viable, for-profit company
2. Your business model must benefit the Utah community by solving local social problems, for example:
   • green energy and environmental solutions
   • local sustainable agriculture & small-scale agri-products processing
   • address social and economic problems using private sector approaches as an alternative or complement to non-profit approaches
   • an organization set up to incubate, mentor, and create more for-profit companies run by minority or women entrepreneurs

How it Works:

At CrowdPitch a few entrepreneurs pitch their businesses to a Panel of Experts & a live audience. After the event a free networking lunch will be provided.

Look forward to:

• Invaluable feedback from Utah's top entrepreneurs & investors
• Visibility in front of Utah's entrepreneurial community
• Free lunch!

Pitching Companies:
FundingUniverse will select several companies to present on-stage at the CrowdPitch event.

Panel of Experts:
A panel of experts has agreed to judge the CrowdPitch presentations & provide feedback

Audience Participation:
Attendees in the audience will receive $100 of play "Monopoly" money that they will use to "invest" in their favorite company pitch.  After all of the presentations, the audience will place their monopoly cash into their favorite CrowdPitch presentation.

Selecting the Winning Presenters:
After all of the presentations, 2 winning presenters will be announced based on the amount of "monopoly cash" that is "invested" (one by the panel of expert investors and the other by the audience).

 

Win an opportunity to pitch to Innoventures Capital

The winner of the CrowdPitch will be awarded an opportunity to pitch to Innoventures Capital Partners.

Panel of Experts

• Todd Manwaring — BYU Director of the Social Entrepreneurship business plan competition
• Fraser Nelson — founding Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Utah
• Steve Grizzell — Managing Director of InnoVentures Capital Partners

When & Where

• November 4
• 11:30 - 1:30 pm MDT
• Lone Peak & Red Pine Rooms
• Karen Gail Miller Conference Center
• 9750 S 300 W
• Sandy, UT

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