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SUMMARY:StartUp Akron: Bring Your Business to Life
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DESCRIPTION:Get going on your business-ownership dream. Learn how to enter
  (and win!) a pitch competition\, secure your business' IP\, write a busin
 ess plan\, network\, and more. .\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/7
 912196
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Doors open at 10 am. Visit with exhibitors
  from local organizations that support small businesses. Network with othe
 r entrepreneurs.</p>\n<p>10:30 am &ndash\; How to Win a Pitch Competition\
 , aka \, Refining Your Elevator Speech</p>\n<p>11:30 am - Introducing the 
 StartUp Akron Pitch Competition</p>\n<p>Noon &ndash\; Intellectual Propert
 y for Business Startups</p>\n<p>1 pm &ndash\;&nbsp\; Your Business Plan</p
 >\n<p>Thank you to the Burton D. Morgan Foundation for generously supporti
 ng StartUp Akron.</p>\n<p><img src="https://akronlibrary.libnet.info/front
 end-images/editor/akronlibrary/BDMF-logo.jpg" width="211" height="153" alt
 ="" /></p>\n<hr />\n<p>Looking for seed money to start your business? Need
  a financial bump to take your idea to the next level? Main Library's <str
 ong><a href="https://www.akronlibrary.org/startup-akron-pitch-competition"
 >first-ever pitch competition</a></strong> includes cash prizes and a netw
 orking reception.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Independent judges will evaluate a select
 ed group of local entrepreneurs as they compete for prize money to launch 
 or grow their businesses.</p>\n<p>Grand prize:&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbs
 p\;$3\,000</p>\n<p>Second prize:&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;$1\,500</p>\n<p>Thi
 rd prize:&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; $500&nbsp\;TechZone&nbsp\;stipend
 </p>\n<p><a href="https://services.akronlibrary.org/event/7946028"><strong
 >StartUp Akron Pitch Competition</strong></a> is Wednesday\, May 17\, with
  a warmup by Emcee Vanessa Michelle at 6:30.&nbsp\; Pitches start at 7 pm.
 </p>\n<p>Entrepreneurs might also be interested in the <strong><a href="ht
 tps://services.akronlibrary.org/event/7906541">StartUp Akron: Ask an Attor
 ney - Business Law Clinic</a></strong> on Thursday\, April 6\, from 5 to 8
  pm at Main Library.</p>\nhttps://akronlibrary.libnet.info/event/7912196
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