BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T130000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:October Virtual Lunch: Venture Sharks Finals DESCRIPTION:Venture Connectors' 11th annual business pitch competition is going virtual! Early-stage companies and entrepreneurs who are seeking funding for their business plans will compete for cash and prizes. Venture Sharks has awarded more than $100\,000 in prizes since it was launched in 2010.The top ideas were selected to compete in our preliminary round in mid-September\, where the field was narrowed to four finalists. Those four lucky startups will fend for themselves against a panel of savvy investor sharks fishing for the next great deal during our regular monthly lunch on Wednesday\, Oct. 7. Competitors will be given a few minutes to present\, then the judges will fire off questions to them in the style of the popular television show\, "Shark Tank."One lucky survivor will receive a prize package designed to help them take their idea to market\, including a $5\,000 cash award\, one-on-one mentoring from established entrepreneurs and advisors\, as well as in-kind services provided by Open i Advisors and other sponsors. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Venture Connectors&rsquo\; 11th annual business pitch competition is going virtual! Early-stage companies and entrepreneurs who are seeking funding for their business plans will compete for cash and prizes. Venture Sharks has awarded more than $100\,000 in prizes since it was launched in 2010.
The top ideas were selected to compete in our preliminary round in mid-September\, where the field was narrowed to four finalists. \;
Those four lucky startups will fend for themselves against a panel of savvy investor sharks fishing for the next great deal during our regular monthly lunch on Wednesday\, Oct. 7. Competitors will be given a few minutes to present\, then the judges will fire off questions to them in the style of the popular television show\, &ldquo\;Shark Tank.&rdquo\;
One lucky survivor will receive a prize package designed to help them take their idea to market\, including a $5\,000 cash award\, one-on-one mentoring from established entrepreneurs and advisors\, as well as in-kind services provided by Open i Advisors and other sponsors.