[nabentre] InnovateHER 2017: Innovating for Women Business Challenge (with $70, 000 in prizes)

[Everett Gavel]

Hi All,

You don't have to be a woman to enter. You need
only develop a product or service to help women in
business. Or families with a woman in business. 


Strive On!
Everett


InnovateHER 2017: Innovating for Women Business
Challenge 

The SBA Office of Women's Business Ownership
invites all entrepreneurs in the United States to
compete for $70,000 in cash prizes 

SBA is launching the third year of the
InnovateHER: Innovating for Women Challenge, a
prize competition to showcase the most innovative
products and services that impact and empower
women's lives. Through this Challenge, SBA is
looking for entrepreneurs to create a product or
service that:  

- Has a measurable impact on the lives of women
and families
- Has the potential for commercialization 
- Fills a need in the marketplace 

Participants need to submit a Business Plan
(maximum 20 pages including attachments) by
midnight of June 3, 2017. Finalists will be
selected and need to be available for additional
questions and review through June 20, 2017. 

Visit www.sba.gov/InnovateHER to learn more and
for challenge rules.  National Finalists will
present a live pitch to a panel of expert judges
and compete for up to $70,000 in cash prizes: 1st
Place - $40,000; 2nd Place - $20,000; and 3rd
Place - $10,000
Final round will be held in September, 2017
(Location: TBD) 

All SBA programs and services are extended to the
public on a nondiscriminatory basis. Reasonable
arrangements for persons with disabilities will be
made if requested at least two weeks in advance.


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