PEORIA PITCH COMPETITION May 1 | 6-8pm | Peoria City Hall Council Chambers WHAT WE’RE DOING Startup GP and i3 Broadband are putting on a business pitch competition for early stage startup businesses. Businesses will be split into two categories…
A few of us participated in a webinar about angel investing put on by Hyde Park Angels on February 16. The title of the webinar was "8 Steps To the Perfect Pitch" and it is available to be seen in…
Click here to register today for 2017 Brave Launch Pitch Day - Nov. 9! The front conference room at Peoria Next Innovation Center buzzed with entrepreneurial energy Tuesday evening during the third week of the Brave Launch accelerator sessions. The…
Last Thursday, I attended Brave Launch’s Pitch Day, hosted by The Turner Center for Entrepreneurship at Bradley University. What it is Brave Launch is a business model accelerator program in which startup teams focused on lean methodologies and customer discovery…
According to Global Accelerator Network, there are three reasons that can keep companies from receiving investments: 1. You're talking to the wrong group. Many startups seek funding from VCs, but about 80% of all funding comes from angel investors that…
KeyStart is getting some media attention this week! InterBusiness Issues featured an article I wrote about how KeyStart Pitch Competition works and about how it helps the local economy. Check it out here. Our next KeyStart is coming up quickly…
Congratulations to KeyStart Winner, Branden Martin of Device Tree!
Caterpillar is hosting 10 startup companies from around the country in Peoria today. From their website: This diverse group of Caterpillar leaders work in areas of technology and innovation throughout the company. But today, they’re wearing a different hat, as…
A couple of months ago, we shared an announcement that Kauffman Foundation–the parent organization of 1 Million Cups–is holding a $10,000 pitch competition for 1MC alumni. We found out today that not one but TWO of our 1MC alumni presenters…
On the heels of another successful KeyStart event, here is a short video with some advice on the oh-so-important Q&A portion of the presentation.