Greater Green Bay Chamber: Urban Hub To Host First-Ever Blueprint Green Bay Pitch Night On Thursday, Nov. 4

Press release from Greater Green Bay Chamber:

11/01/2021

Contact: Patrick Stumpf, economic development communications manager, 651-600-2069.

Culmination of 12-week startup accelerator will give company founders three minutes to pitch, secure grant funding

What: The first-ever Blueprint Green Bay startup-accelerator Pitch NightWhen: Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

Where: The Urban Hub in Downtown Green Bay (340 N Broadway Suite 200, Green Bay, WI 54303).Media notes: Media are invited to attend event and/or request morning live shots in the days leading up to it. Please contact Patrick Stumpf to coordinate interviews. Members of the public are encouraged to RSVP to attend.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (11/01/2021) — Six companies who make up The Blueprint Green Bay startup accelerator’s first-ever cohort are prepared to pitch their companies to a panel of judges as the Urban Hub and Greater Green Bay Chamber host Pitch Night this week. 

Pitch Night is the culmination of the Greater Green Bay Chamber's 12-week startup accelerator program. The night serves as an opportunity for company founders to secure grant funding through a three-minute pitch in front of an audience of potential investors, entrepreneurs, community members, and mentors. 

The cohort of companies is comprised entirely of minority, women and veteran-owned businesses, including:

The Blueprint Green Bay is a first-of-its-kind startup accelerator program in Greater Green Bay—  powered by the Greater Green Bay Chamber and New North— that provides an additional point of access for individuals into the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Since August, members of the program’s first-ever idea validation cohort have met at least four days per week working through the ideation phase of their business. 

The program’s second 12-week cohort— market validation —which will begin accepting applications on Jan. 3, 2022, and begin in March 2022, will provide companies tools to identify market opportunities including defining target market, connecting to a manufacturer (if applicable), learning how to take a product or service to market and how to build a customer base.

This press release was produced by Greater Green Bay Chamber. The views expressed here are the author’s own.