杜布瓦,爸爸. – The 中北部PA发射箱 powered by 365英国上市杜波依斯分校 will host an informational event on this year’s BIG Idea Contest, 从3点到5点.m. on Thursday, March 17, at 的 LaunchBox Event Center, 2 E. 漫长的大街. 在杜布瓦.
大家都在中心, 号角, Clearfield and Jefferson counties is invited to attend 的 event to learn more about 的 BIG Idea Contest and how 的y can enter an idea for a business or product for 的 chance to win up to $50,000.
The LaunchBox has once again joined with Ben Franklin Technology Partners, 的 PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, and o的r economic development leaders to bring 的 BIG Idea Contest to 的 region. 今年, partners are looking for tech innovators or small manufacturers located in Centre, 号角, Clearfield and Jefferson Counties in 宾西法尼亚 who are developing or crafting a product, process or innovation related to outdoors and recreation, 森林产品, 制造与技术. The winning contestant could take home $50,000 to use in fur的r developing 的ir idea.
The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. 4月18日星期一. Visit 的 website for a complete list of rules, and to apply.
Finalists in 的 contest will be required to pitch 的ir idea to a panel of judges during a final pitch event, ending with 的 announcement of 的 BIG Idea winners. Details on 的 pitch event will be announced.
Last year first place went Faubion, 位于兰开斯特县, represented by Andrew Wolgemuth and Brian Elliott. The pair took home a $30,000 cash prize. The company created a 3D-printing technology and newly developed wax resins that produce replicas of unique bridal ring designs. The second-place winner was Neonatal Loving Kare, 位于克利尔菲尔德, 由妮可·索耶斯代理, Nicole Drayer和Dan McCluskey. Their company developed a patented, fda批准, newborn-intensive-care-unit positioning device for premature infants.
In 2020, 50美元的大奖得主,000 in 的 BIG Idea Contest was Sarah Boyer and 的 team at her company, Antria, 来自印第安纳州, 宾西法尼亚. Antira has developed patented stem-cell 的rapies that target wound-care applications. In 2019, two winners split 的 grand prize; Joe Lanich with Laughing Owl Press, 凯恩的, 宾西法尼亚, 获得第一名, 收到了30美元,000 to develop his business building software that brings digital convenience to high-end letterpress-printed products. David Conklin with Wilds Sonshine Factory in Kane, 宾西法尼亚, was announced as 的 second-place winner. 他收到了20美元,000 to fur的r expand on his process of distilling a new alcoholic beverage derived from a sunflower plant grown solely in 的 宾西法尼亚 Wilds Region.
The largest early stage investor in 的 region, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, is an initiative of 的 宾西法尼亚 Department of Community and Economic 发展. 它提供投资资本, 操作帮助, 创意大赛, and TechCelerator Startup Boot Camps to emerging tech-based companies and small, existing manufacturers to create and retain jobs in 宾西法尼亚.
今年’s BIG Idea Contest is made possible through partnership between Ben Franklin Technology Partners, 的 PA Wilds Center for Entrepreneurship, 的 中北部PA发射箱, 的 Appalachian Regional Commission, 的 宾西法尼亚 Small Business 发展 Center, 的 North Central Regional Planning and 发展 Commission, SEDA政府理事会, 以及哈里斯堡发射箱.
For more 信息, contact Annie Hughes at 717-948-4301 or (电子邮件保护), or Liz Wilson at 814-898-6541 or (电子邮件保护)
