Two Florida businesses will win $10,000 each and be eligible for $20,000 grand prize
[dropcap]C[/dropcap]omcast Business is seeking Florida’s most innovative startup companies and entrepreneurs to compete in the national Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs competition. Contest applicants must each submit a 250-word essay explaining how they would use $30,000 in technology investment to take their business to the next level. Last year’s winners included a South Florida animal hospital, West Palm Animal Clinic in West Palm Beach.
Startups and entrepreneurs in Florida are encouraged to visit business.comcast.com/i4e/florida-area to submit their application and essay and review the full program details. Entries are due by March 15, 2015.
Two winners will be selected from Florida, as well as in each of the other 15 Comcast Business Regions around the country: one winner for startup companies (in business less than two years) and one winner for entrepreneurs (in business for more than two years). The 32 regional winners, including the two selected from Florida, will each earn $10,000 in cash.
From the regional winners, six grand prize winners will be selected – three startups and three entrepreneurs – who will each earn an additional $20,000 in cash, plus a trip to Philadelphia and business advice from industry experts, including Celebrity Chef Robert Irvine, Wharton entrepreneurship lecturer and DreamIt Ventures’ Director Patrick Fitzgerald, Comcast Chief Development Officer Sam Schwartz, and Managing Director of Comcast Ventures Louis Toth.
