APPLY FOR THE PITCH COMPETITION TODAY! The Small Business Exchange offers countless opportunities to network with local community entrepreneurs, Urban League SBU Alum, and learn from experienced industry leaders. Your registration will include access to interactive workshops, presentations, the Pitch competition, and vendor opportunities that will allow you to expand your business and achieve the scalable returns needed to grow or expand your business to the next level. This is your chance to connect to our innovative ecosystem, corporate executives, and other diverse entrepreneurs looking for key partnerships and ways to collaborate in our robust economy.

Don't miss your chance to compete for $10,000.00!

Directions: Your application will require you to submit a 1-minute video. In the video you submit with your application, please introduce yourself, explain what you're doing and why, give us your value proposition, and tell us anything else you want to about the founders or your venture. The video should be one minute long and should be uploaded to YouTube. If you don't want other people to find it, mark it as unlisted. Don't mark it as private or disallow embedding, or we won't be able to see it. And please, no extra side-effects (i.e. slide shows, music, signs, etc.), the video should contain nothing except you talking.

The purpose of this pitch competition is to provide a platform for a local founder of a startup to obtain additional management skills that will enable them to take advantage of capital opportunities and qualify for financing that will lead to higher levels of sustainable business growth.

To register for the Pitch Competition, please complete the application here: https://goo.gl/forms/si8IdNbL5HGakRTT2

For more information or to apply for the community pitch, contact Phillip Yates at pyates@haul.org or call our office at 713.393.8700.