Northwest Colorado Business Pitch Competition
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Northwest Colorado Business Pitch Competition

In sponsorship and coordination with local development organizations, the Town of Hayden is presenting a business pitch competition at Hayden Center on October 2, 2021. After a careful selection process, up to fifteen applicants will be given the opportunity to present a 5-minute pitch to a panel of four officials from local government, venture capital firms, and businesses, along with up to 150-people of the Yampa Valley community. A group of six finalists will then be asked a series of follow-up questions from the judges, and the winning teams will win $10,000, $3,000, and $1,000, along with a $1,000 prize to be awarded by the audience.

The application period for the NW Colorado Business Pitch competition has now closed.
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DATE

 

APPLICATIONS DUE BY

 

PITCH WORKSHOPS

 

VENUE

 

   

MAXIMUM PARTICIPANTS

 

FORMAT

 

 
 
 
 
  

JUDGING CRITERIA

 

judging panel

  

PRIZES

 

 

 

  

SPONSORS 

 

Saturday, October 2, 2021

 

Monday, September 20, 2021 at 12 PM

 

W/Th, September 29 & 30, 2021, 5 PM – 7 PM

 

Hayden Center Auditorium

Live-streamed online

 

15 first-round / 6 finalists

 

All first-round presenters will have up to 5 minutes to present to the judging panel. After all participants have presented, up to 6 will be selected for a follow-up Q&A from the judges lasting a further 5-10 minutes. The judges will rank the three winning participants and the audience will award an additional prize to a participant. A winning team can also win the Audience Favorite award; they are not excluded from this consideration.

 

DOWNLOAD SCORING RUBRIC (subject to change) 

 

TBA

 

1st place: $10,000 Grand prize

2nd PLACE: $3,000 GRAND PRIZE

3rd PLACE: $1,000 GRAND PRIZE

audience favorite: $1,000 GRAND PRIZE

 

colorado small business development council

Greenline Ventures

Mountain Valley Bank

NW COLORADO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS

Rocky Mountain Innovation & Technology Lab

TOWN OF HAYDEN

Startup Colorado

Xcel Energy

Alicia Doolin, Coldwell Banker

Tim Redmond, Commissioner, District II