Saturday, August 21, 2010

Pitch Your Idea in 90 Seconds Contest

On October 8, 2010, the Center for Entrepreneurship in the Walker College of Business will host the annual “Pitch Your Idea in 90 Seconds” sponsored by 3tailer in Charlotte, NC. All Appalachian students are invited to submit a business idea for this event. The top 20 student ideas selected will be “pitched” in a 90-second speech to a panel of entrepreneurial judges. One student will win the $1,000 grand prize.

The second-place winner will receive $500 and the third-place winner will receive $250. Please share this information with everyone you think may be interested in this unique opportunity. Ideas can include non-profit ventures, socially minded endeavors, and classic business ideas.

Registration for the Pitch Your Idea Contest is available online now! Pitch Your Idea Contest Registration. 3tailer, LLC is a Charlotte-based company founded by Jon West and Chad Ledford, 2006 graduates of the Walker College of Business. The idea of 3tailer began while Chad and Jon were students at ASU.

They turned a $1,000 investment into a multi-million dollar company (3tailer.com) that now owns and operates more than 40 Ecommerce websites.The deadline to submit ideas is September 13. Call Julia Rowland at 262-8325 or e-mail rowlandja@appstate.edu with questions.

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