Cox Business has announced the finalists of Get Started Pensacola, taking place on Wednesday, Nov. 2 at 5:30 p.m. at the Pensacola Little Theatre. The winner will take home a prize package worth up to $20,000. Interested parties may attend this free event by registering at www.CoxBlue.com/GetStartedPensacola. Networking begins at 5:30 p.m. and will include food and drinks.
More than 30 local businesses applied to pitch at the event. The following five businesses were selected as finalists and will pitch their ideas or business plans to a panel of experts in front of a live audience:
Beautiful by Marni Alisha: BEAUTIFUL is a line of luxury hair care products that can help maintain a salon finish between salon appointments. The African American Beauty industry is a multifaceted billion dollar business and my product answers the majority of the major problems that the African American professional woman faces when it comes to haircare.
Coalgae: With the ratification of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016, the world has taken an important step toward a future less reliant on coal and more reliant on clean energy. However, in developing countries, coal is still a major source of power. Coalgae International produces coal from algae quickly, cheaply, and at any location in the world.
Cognitive Big Data System: For video analysts who work in the surveillance industry, gleaning real-time business intelligence and threat information from multiple camera video streams is a challenge. Our computer vision app uses creative machine learning technologies to learn the pixel patterns from each camera’s video stream to understand what’s normal at that location and generates both threat and business intelligence information on the fly.
Reverbalist: Reverbalist is a music engagement platform, putting artists first by bringing the at-show experience to a far broader and more engaged audience, driving casual viewers towards super fandom.
Yellow Dog Company: Yellow Dog Company presents Beach Side Table; a miniature and compact table housed its own tote carry bag to accompany you as you enjoy beautiful Florida beaches or boating activities. Our innovative, practicable, useful line of beach side tables is a sustainable and financially lucrative product.
Each organization above will deliver a two and a half minute pitch to a panel of successful entrepreneurs and business experts. The panel will name a winner to receive a prize package valued at more than $20,000, including $5,000 in cash, a Cox Business technology package* and additional prizes from local partners.
“We had several great ideas submitted for Get Started Pensacola,†said Harbin Bolton, vice-president of Cox Business Florida/Georgia. “I’m really looking forward to meeting these visionaries and learning more about their product. Get Started Pensacola is shaping up to be a fantastic event.â€
Local businesses owners and entrepreneurs not competing are encouraged to attend this free event for networking and learning opportunities from accomplished leaders in marketing, funding and business growth strategy.
To register for this free event, visit www.CoxBlue.com/GetStartedPensacola.