This is a long form text area designed for your content that you can fill up with as many words as your heart desires. You can write articles, long mission statements, company policies, executive profiles, company awards/distinctions, office locations, shareholder reports, whitepapers, media mentions and other pieces of content that don’t fit into a shorter, more succinct space.
Articles – Good topics for articles include anything related to your company – recent changes to operations, the latest company softball game – or the industry you’re in. General business trends (think national and even international) are great article fodder, too.
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If you just want to attend the food fair, you can register at efound.eventbrite.com.
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The Entrepreneurship Foundation will help you understand how investors will judge your presentation. Sessions are one hour with Q&A, and include: "The Elevator Pitch," "Content and Style for a PowerPoint Presentation," and "How Investors Evaluate Business Proposals."
WEBINAR SCHEDULE
March 31 - 7:00 pm
April 30 - 7:00 pm
June 30 - 7:00 pm
September 30 - 7:00 pm
November 30 - 7:00 pm
Sign up at https://efound.eventbrite.com
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Grants will be awarded for both new business concepts and for plans to expand an existing business. Within these two stages, we will also allocate encourage grants for
A. Venture Enterprise. Scalable, capital intensive, large market.
B. Personal or Service Business. Limited market, small cap.
In other words, a proposal to open a sub sandwich shop will not have to compete with a plan to build real submarines (which we actually did in Bridgeport).
Additional Awards as Service Vouchers for Selected Finalists:
Vouchers for 6 months at an incubator or co-working space for the price of one month.

PRODUCT OR SERVICE brief description (8 words or less)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE of Product or Service
VALUE PROPOSITION: Problem and your solution, how it's better, or cheaper to produce or deliver (and why), or how customer service is superior, or evidence your target market is underserved
MARKET VALIDATION. Market niche and current research that substantiates sales forecast
REVENUE STREAMS and COST STRUCTURE (How much you charge, who pays, and what it costs to produce including delivery, customer service, and any back-end costs)
CHANNELS of MARKETING and DISTRIBUTION. How will users become aware of the product or service? Describe payment and delivery process.
MANAGEMENT TEAM. Other members, emails, roles in company, and any relevant training or experience
COMPETITION. Names of important competitors, their strengths and weaknesses, and how you plan to compete

Open to residents of Bridgeport only.
Online application due Wednesday, October 13 at
www.Back-Offices.com/Bridgeport
Finalists will be notified via email on Friday, October 15.
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