Comcast Business Names Regional Winners in Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs Program
28 April 2015 - 3:00AM
Business Wire
32 Startups and Entrepreneurs Now May Win Up To
$30,000 Cash and Consultation from Robert Irvine, Patrick
Fitzgerald and Comcast Business Innovation Experts
Public Voting Period Open from April 27 – May
10
Comcast Business announced that today 32 small business owners
from across the U.S. have been named regional winners in the
“Innovations 4 Entrepreneurs” (I4E) program, a national competition
that will award more than $600,000 to aspiring entrepreneurs who
are leveraging technology to enhance their business. Each of the
regional winners, 16 startups and 16 entrepreneurs, receives a
$10,000 cash award to fuel growth within their business.
Winners were selected based on essays they submitted
highlighting how they would use technology to take their business
to the next level. Entries were judged by John Jantsch, marketing
consultant, speaker and best-selling author of Duct Tape
Marketing, The Commitment Engine and The Referral
Engine and Anita Campbell, founder, CEO and publisher of Small
Business Trends. They come from a wide range of locations,
backgrounds and types of businesses, in industries including
healthcare, technology, hospitality, retail, media and video
production, children’s camps and education, agriculture,
counseling, construction and many more. The full list of regional
winners and their essays are available here.
The next round of the competition is the public vote, where six
businesses will be selected as grand prize winners and receive an
additional $20,000 cash award as well as an all-expenses-paid trip
to Comcast Business headquarters in Philadelphia. While in
Philadelphia, they will have the opportunity to receive one-on-one
consulting with nationally recognized business experts: Patrick
Fitzgerald, MB & Undergrad Entrepreneurship Lecturer at the
Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and DreamIt Ventures
Managing Director; Robert Irvine, Celebrity Chef and Entrepreneur;
and Comcast senior executives.
Public Voting will be held April 27 – May 10, 2015. The six
grand prize winners will be announced the week of June 1, 2015,
with the grand prize winner event in Philadelphia August 12-13,
2015.
“Entrepreneurs and startups can accelerate their growth by
leveraging technology to make their business more efficient and
scalable,” said Denice Hasty, Senior Vice President of Marketing
and Product Management, Comcast Business. “The Innovations 4
Entrepreneurs program celebrates these 32 businesses that are using
technology in smart, strategic ways and we are pleased to
underwrite the investments they need to help them continue to
execute on their plans.”
About Comcast Business
Comcast Business offers Ethernet, Internet, Wi-Fi, TV and Voice
solutions to help organizations of all sizes transform their
business with Gigabit speeds and the most advanced communications
technologies. Powered by a next-generation, fiber-based network
covering 39 states and 20 of the nation’s top 25 markets, and
backed by 24/7 technical support, Comcast Business is one of the
largest contributors to the growth of Comcast Cable. Comcast
Business is the nation’s largest cable provider to small and
mid-size businesses and has emerged as a force in the Ethernet
market; recognized over the last two years by leading industry
associations as its fastest growing provider and service provider
of the year.
For more information, call 866-429-3085. Follow on Twitter
@ComcastBusiness and on other social media networks
at http://business.comcast.com/social.
About Comcast Cable:
Comcast Cable is the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet
and phone provider to residential customers under the XFINITY brand
and also provides these services to businesses. Comcast has
invested in technology to build an advanced network that delivers
among the fastest broadband speeds, and brings customers
personalized video, communications and home management
offerings. Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) is a
global media and technology company. Visit
www.comcastcorporation.com for more information.
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