Because of the impact of Tropical Storm Ian, the deadline for submitting applications to become a contestant of Savannah SCORE’s “BizPitch Savannah™ 2022” Entrepreneurial Competition has been extended to midnight Wednesday, October 5.

The online application and competition Rules and Requirements are available at http://bizpitchsavannah.com.

This competition is an opportunity for aspiring local entrepreneurs to win cash and free professional services valued at over $10,000 to help them launch their new business. Applicants’ businesses can either be a new start-up or have obtained a Chatham County business license after July 31, 2021.

Applicants must agree to locate their new business in Chatham County and launch their new business no later than January 1, 2024. A non-refundable $25 application fee is payable at the time the application is submitted.

Eight applicants will be selected as finalists. They will pitch their business ideas to a panel of judges on Wednesday, November 16 from 4-6:30 PM. The public will be invited to attend at no charge.
Three winners will be selected. Each will receive cash and free professional services valued at more than $10,000 to help them launch their new local businesses.

“BizPitch Savannah™ 2022” is presented by the Savannah Chapter of SCORE, the nation’s largest provider of free business mentoring services and educational programs for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs. Savannah SCORE was named SCORE’s “2019 Mid-Market Chapter of the Year”, is one of the only Diamond Level SCORE chapters in the country and was named the 2021 “Outstanding Chapter for Community Partnerships”.

For more information about “BizPitch Savannah”, contact SCORE at [email protected].
For more information about SCORE’s free business mentoring services, go to https://savannah.score.org