Posted: Saturday, September 7, 2013 10:00 am
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The Rock and Walworth County Fast Pitch competition has been canceled.
James Otterstein, economic development manger for Rock County, said there were “unavoidable conflicts” that would have impacted the pre and post competition activities.
He added the competition will be back in the spring.
“It was a collective decision and on that note, the partners look forward to assembling a quality 2014 Fast Pitch Competition,” he said.
The competition was scheduled for Oct. 2 at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Otterstein did not elaborate on what the conflicts were that caused the event to be canceled.
The Rock County Alliance website still lists the event at UW-Whitewater with a tentative times scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Final presentations were scheduled to start at about 5:30 p.m. No exact date has been set for the competition.
The competition allows entrepreneurs in any phase of their business to pitch an idea to a panel of business owners. The contestants have three minutes to make their pitch. Both high school and college students can enter in the “student” category.
The panel of judges then chooses the finalists, who get additional time to pitch their idea again and answer questions. According to the Rock County Alliance website finalists also get to pitch their ideas to the general public.
The winner receives $5,000. Second and third place also receive a cash prize. Students also can enter their business ideas for a chance to win $2,500.
Local vendors also are on hand to help the potential business owners with ideas on how to further their pitch.
This summer Eigerlab hosted the Stateline Area Fast Pitch competition in Rockford. Eigerlab has done the FastPitch competition for seven years. Charles Meyers won the $5,000 prize for his “String Gator.”
The tool cuts string needed for landscaping tools such as a string trimmer to the right length. Racine and Kenosha recently held their competition in August.
Last year, the Rock/Walworth County Fast Pitch competition was held at Blackhawk Technical College’s central campus between Beloit and Janesville.
While a date has not been set for the Rock and Walworth County competition this spring, Otterstein said details would be forthcoming.
“Interested contestants are encouraged to check back online at www.rockcountyalliance.com within the Business Resources section, as those details will be posted and updated accordingly,” he said.
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