

WELLSBURG — Numerous men and women or groups with tips for new company ventures will compete for numerous thousand dollars to assistance them accomplish their objectives in a competitors to be held Tuesday at Brooke Higher College.
Ohio Valley Company Alliance Corp. will hold its initial company pitch competitors at five:30 pm in the college auditorium.
Admission is free of charge for the occasion, which OVBAC member David Click expects to be really fascinating.
“We have a lot of persons who have place a lot of time and believed into their projects,” Klick mentioned, noting the seven competitors from Brooke and Hancock counties with ambitions for a wide variety of corporations.
Click is co-chairing the occasion with Dr. Heather Stone and Joan Simonetti.
He is amongst a lot of members of the alliance with previous ties to the Wellsburg Chamber of Commerce and the former Brooke County Financial Improvement Authority, which for numerous years joined forces to host the company pitch competitors.
“This year, I would say we have the finest candidates given that I have been involved in the field.” And that is the most significant pot for the winners,” he mentioned.
Click mentioned that thanks to the generosity of nearby corporations and other organizations, the group will split $eight,000 in between the two winners, with the biggest quantity going to whoever comes initial.
He noted that the prize funds will be paid out as the two company ideas are created.
Klick mentioned the competitors is comparable in format to television’s “Ank Tank,” with contestants provided a restricted quantity of time to submit their proposals to a panel of 5 judges.
The 5 are: Luke Diserio, chief executive officer of American Muscle Docks and Fabrication Kelly Jeffers, winner of the final company proposal Ingrid Loy, promoting instructor at West Liberty University Jai McLaughlin, vice president of accounting and finance at Wheeling-Nippon Steel and Weirton lawyer Michael Simon.
Each and every of the contestants was instructed to prepare a presentation that integrated the estimated charges of their venture, the target marketplace and a vision of the company for two to 5 years.
“We have a lot of persons who have place a lot of time and believed into their projects,” Klick mentioned.
To assistance contestants prepare, the Ohio Valley Company Alliance invited them to West Virginia’s Inspiring You Center for Modest Company Improvement seminar series and directed them to other sources.
Held at the Brooke County Public Library, the free of charge seminars present guidance to potential and present company owners in places ranging from establishing a company program to promoting their goods and solutions to possible shoppers to understanding economic statements.
In addition to the event’s sponsors, Klick thanked the Weirton, Follansbee and Wellsburg Chambers of Commerce, which also offered help and Brooke County college officials for producing the auditorium obtainable for the group.
He mentioned the group hopes to spur financial development all through the Northern Panhandle and sees events like the pageant as a way to help that.
“We consider this could seriously be sufficient to move the needle for somebody,” Click mentioned.
(Scott can be reached at vscott@heraldstaronline.com.)





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