Get Started Pensacola deadline Oct. 7 [podcast]

Kristin Longley of Cox Business discussed on “Pensacola Speaks” Get Started Pensacola. Local entrepreneurs pitch their idea or product to a panel of judges for their chance to win a prize package worth over $20,000.

Local entrepreneurs interested in competing in Get Started can sign up at coxblue.com/getstartedpensacola, where they must provide a 250-word description of the idea or business plan to be pitched. Applications will close Friday, Oct. 7. Entrants will be notified by Oct. 12, if they have been selected as a finalist. The five finalists will receive coaching sessions courtesy of the Small Business Development Center at the University of West Florida in advance of the competition to prepare.

The finalist will pitch their ideas on Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 5:30 p.m. at the Pensacola Little Theatre.

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Author: Rick Outzen

Rick Outzen is the publisher/owner of Pensacola Inweekly. He has been profiled in The New York Times and featured in several True Crime documentaries. Rick also is the author of the award-winning Walker Holmes thrillers. His latest nonfiction book is “Right Idea, Right Time: The Fight for Pensacola’s Maritime Park.”