Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs Competition to Award $440,000 in Prizes for Best Use of Technology
February 01 2016 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Comcast Business’ National Program for Startups
and Entrepreneurs Returns for the Third Year
Comcast Business announced that for the third consecutive year
the company will seek out the nation’s most innovative startup
companies and entrepreneurs to participate in its Innovations 4
Entrepreneurs competition. Current and aspiring business owners can
enter the competition for a chance to win up to $30,000 and
participate in a day of mentoring with teams of business experts
who will provide advice on how to implement their plan.
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Current and aspiring business owners can
enter the I4E competition for a chance to win up to $30,000 and
participate in a day of mentoring with teams of business experts
who will provide advice on how to implement their plan. (Photo:
Business Wire)
Based on a 250-word essay submission, applicants will answer the
question: How could your business use technology to help enhance
your business? Startups and entrepreneurs are encouraged to visit
the Comcast Business Community to submit their application and
essay and review the full program details. Entries are due by March
12, 2016.
“Our sales have increased 32 percent since last year, and I
attribute that to some of the changes we put in place using money
we won in the Comcast Business I4E contest,” said Gail Kincade,
owner of Act II Consignment, a boutique consignment shop and 2015
Grand Prize Winner. “We added a technology-driven loyalty program,
updated our computers, improved our website and hired more
employees so we could ramp up sales. I was able to open a third
store three months after I got back from my I4E trip to
Philadelphia.”
Entries will be judged and two winners will be selected in each
of the 15 Comcast Business Regions: one winner for startup
companies (in business two years or less) and one winner for
entrepreneurs (in business for more than two years). The 30
regional winners 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 earn
an additional $20,000 in cash, plus a trip to Philadelphia to spend
a day attending group sessions with industry experts, who currently
include: Anita Campbell, Founder, CEO & Publisher of Small
Business Trends; Robert Irvine restaurateur, TV star and
entrepreneur; John Jantsch, Marketing Consultant, speaker and
best-selling author; Denice Hasty, Senior Vice President, Product
and Marketing, Comcast Business; Sam Schwartz, Chief Business
Development Officer at Comcast; Louis Toth, Managing Director for
Comcast Ventures; and experts from Drexel University’s Charles D.
Close School of Entrepreneurship.
Regional winners will be announced April 25, 2016. Voting from
among the regional winners will take place between April 26 – May
13, 2016. The six grand prize winners will be announced June 6,
2016 with the Grand Prize event planned for August 2016.
“Startup businesses and entrepreneurs play a key role in
developing our economy and creating new jobs across the country,
and technology can play an important part in helping them turn
business goals into reality,” said Denice Hasty, senior vice
president of product management and marketing at Comcast Business.
“We have seen amazing ideas and examples of innovation from past
I4E winners and participants, and we look forward to bringing
opportunity to more innovative startups and entrepreneurs this
year.”
About Comcast Business
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communication solutions to help organizations of all sizes meet
their business objectives. Through a next-generation network that
is backed by 24/7 technical support, Comcast delivers Business
Internet, Ethernet, TV and a full portfolio of Voice services for
cost-effective, simplified communications management.
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