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SUMMARY:Pitch Preview
DESCRIPTION:Virginia early-stage innovative entrepreneurs:  Charlottesville Angel Network (CAN) and Virginia Small Business Development Center (VSBDC) have joined forces to help you polish your pitch presentation.\nCAN and VSBDC are offering four pitch practice opportunities in 2024\, with accredited angel investors in attendance. There is no cost to participate and presenter(s) will leave with actionable feedback from these angel investors. \nThree applicants will be selected for each Pitch Preview event\, held the first Thursday of the selected months\, between 12:00-2:00 pm. Attendees commit to thirty minute time slots consisting of: 5 minutes to join and meet angels\, 15 minutes to pitch\, and 10 minutes for feedback. Events will be held virtually over Zoom\, hosted by Central Virginia SBDC. \n**This is not an application for funding or a formal presentation to request investment.** \nFor more detailed qualification information and to apply\, please read\, and if eligible\, submit an application for consideration in the program. If you aren’t sure if you are ready or if you should apply\, email events@cvsbdc.org to complete a request for counseling form for a confidential meeting. \n\nApply for Pitch Preview\, March 7\nDeadline to apply: February 29 \n\n 
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/pitch-preview-13/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Access to Capital,Business Funding,Online event
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SUMMARY:Stanardsville Business Launch: Pitch & Business Plan Preparation
DESCRIPTION:Week 8: Pitch & Business Plan Preparation\nIn this interactive session\, you will learn tips from the pros and be given access to several resources that can help you prepare your business plan and pitch deck with confidence. Following the program and your draft deck\, opportunities can be provided to meet with experienced investors for friendly feedback. \nHYBRID event: In person at the PVCC Eugene Guiseppe Center (222 S Main St\, Stanardsville) or online via Zoom \nRegister\n\nAbout Stanardsville Business Launch\nTo inspire economic development and job creation in Stanardsville\, we are proud to present Stanardsville Business Launch in partnership with the Central Virginia Small Business Development Center. Stanardsville Business Launch is designed to encourage and develop an entrepreneurial spirit through business development education and mentorships to guide participants through the process of launching or growing their business. \nLearn More \nAll programs of the Virginia SBDC are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/stanardsville-business-launch-pitch-business-plan-preparation/
LOCATION:PVCC Eugene Guiseppe Center\, 222 South Main St\, Stanardsville\, VA\, 22973\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business Funding,Hybrid event - online/in person,Starting a Business
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SUMMARY:Grant Funding for Technology Development & Commercialization Info Sessions
DESCRIPTION:This in person session will provide an overview of grant funding for Virginia based companies and researchers who are developing early-stage technology. Featured will be discussions about the federal Small Business Innovation Research grant programs\, also known as SBIR (11 agencies award over $4B annually in $200K-$2M grants)\, and the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Commonwealth Commercialization Fund ($75K grants for small business and higher education technology development/commercialization). \nEach session will be approximately 2 hours long and include coffee/bagels/pastries for the morning sessions and a light lunch for the lunch sessions. We’ll also have time to hear updates from the local ecosystem and our event hosts! Sessions are free\, but advance registration is requested. \nIf you are thinking about developing new\, innovative technology and/or you are currently in the process of doing so and you are seeking funding to finance the development\, this session is for you! We’ll cover the basics of the programs\, eligibility rules\, funding amounts available\, processes\, timelines\, and other support available to help. \nFunded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nCost: \n· Virginia based pre-startup\, startup\, & university personnel: FREE \n· Coffee & Bagels provided \n  \nEvent Partner Locations: \nMarch 21\, Charlottesville\, VA – 8:30AM-11AM \nUVA Licensing & Ventures Group\, 722 Preston Ave.\, Suite 107\, Charlottesville\, VA \n  \nParking Info: \n· Take a right off Preston Ave into parking lot. \n· You will see a large restaurant\, Kardinal Hall\, just before the turn. Feel free to park anywhere in the lot. Parking is free. \n· We are located between the Juice Laundry and Blue Ridge Cyclery. Enter door and follow long hallway\, go through double doors\, and immediately through door on the left.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/grant-funding-for-technology-development-commercialization-info-sessions/
LOCATION:UVA Licensing & Ventures Group\, 722 Preston Ave\, Suite 107\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22903\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business Funding,In person event,Technology
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SUMMARY:Piedmont Pitch: Business Plan & Pitch Preparation
DESCRIPTION:Week 8: Pitch & Business Plan Preparation\nIn this interactive session\, you will learn tips from the pros and be given access to several resources that can help you prepare your business plan and pitch deck with confidence. Following the program and your draft deck\, opportunities can be provided to meet with experienced investors for friendly feedback. \nHYBRID event: In person for Piedmont Pitch cohort at 300 Preston Ave\, 2nd floor training room\, Charlottesville or online via Zoom \nRegister\n\nAbout Piedmont Pitch\nThe City of Charlottesville Office of Economic Development and Albemarle County Economic Development have joined forces to offer educational programming leading to a pitch competition for local small businesses. Entrepreneurs and small business owners in Charlottesville and Albemarle can apply to participate in the 8-week program which includes business training sessions (Business Essentials Training)\, access to industry research\, business operation tools\, and one-on-one business advising offered by Central Virginia Small Business Development Center. Graduates of Piedmont Pitch will complete a business plan and have the opportunity to pitch for up to $15\,000 in prize money! \nLearn More \nAll programs of the Virginia SBDC are open to the public on a non-discriminatory basis. Reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities will be made if requested at least two weeks in advance.
URL:https://cvsbdc.org/events/piedmont-pitch-business-plan-pitch-preparation/
LOCATION:Central Virginia Small Business Development Center (CVSBDC)\, 300 Preston Ave\, Suite 201\, Charlottesville\, VA\, 22902\, United States
CATEGORIES:Business Funding,Hybrid event - online/in person,Starting a Business
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