DEADLINE EXTENDED: Because of Tropical Storm Ian, we are extending the deadline for submission of applications to SCORE's "BizPitch Savannah" entrepreneurial competition until midnight Wednesday, October 5.
Aspiring local entrepreneurs with ideas for exciting new businesses have until midnight on Monday, Oct. 3 to submit their application to become a contestant in Savannah SCORE’s “BizPitch Savannah™ 2022” Entrepreneurial Competition.
A kinder, gentler version of TV’s “Shark Tank”, “BizPitch Savannah™”, now in its fifth year, offers aspiring local entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges for the chance to win cash and free professional business services valued at more than $10,000.
Applicants’ businesses can either be a new start-up or have obtained a Chatham County business license after July 31, 2021. Applicants must agree to locate their new business in Chatham County and launch their new business by Jan. 1, 2024. A non-refundable $25 application fee is payable at the time the application is submitted.
Eight applicants will be selected as finalists. They will be trained on how to make an effective business pitch, will be partnered with a Savannah SCORE Mentor, and will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges on Wednesday, Nov. 16.
Three winners will be selected. Each will receive cash and free professional services valued at more than $10,000. The money and services will help the winners to launch their new local businesses.
Competition Rules and Requirements, as well as the Online Application, are available at http://bizpitchsavannah.com. The deadline for submitting applications is at midnight on Monday, Oct. 3.
“BizPitch Savannah™ 2022” is presented by the Savannah Chapter of SCORE, the nation’s largest provider of free business mentoring services and educational programs for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs.
Savannah SCORE was named SCORE’s “2019 Mid-Market Chapter of the Year”. It is also one of the only Diamond Level SCORE chapters in the country, and was named the 2021 “Outstanding Chapter for Community Partnerships”.
Savannah SCORE thanks our sponsors for their generous support of “BizPitch Savannah™ 2022”:
- Platinum Level Sponsor: Truist
- Silver Level Sponsors: Small Business Assistance Corporation, WJCL, Coastal Care Partners
- Bronze Level Sponsors: City of Savannah Economic Development Department; Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA); Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce; First Chatham Bank; Great Oaks Bank; Brody-Frohn Wealth Management Advisors of Wells Fargo; Cadence Bank
For more information about “BizPitch Savannah™”, contact SCORE at [email protected].
For more information about SCORE’s free business mentoring services, go to https://savannah.score.org
