Entrepreneurs…we have a very exciting competition to tell you about. We hope you’ll all get in the game.
This past May, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced a partnership with Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations (STCI) to create a $25,000 challenge for startups to move or expand in Boston’s Innovation District called…wait for it…The Innovation District Welcome Home Challenge.
The Challenge invites businesses to compete by promoting their business or business plan on a web-based forum. And here’s the kicker:
The public (entrepreneurs, innovators, stakeholders, the general public, funders and organizations) gets to vote on the submissions, supporting the ones they think best fit the Innovation District!
Boston will be the first city – and second government entity – to use this platform. The winning submission will receive a $25,000 prize to locate in the Innovation District; if that business is already in the Innovation District, the funding can be used for that business to grow.
Want to pitch your start-up business or vote on ideas? Create an account at Vencorps.com and enter the Innovation District Welcome Home Challenge.
For more in the Innovation District and recent updates, visit www.InnovationDistrict.org or follow @IDBoston.
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