Vermont Business Magazine Business Bikers, participants in Road Pitch 2015, and the Vermont community are invited to join the Candidates running for Governor of the State of Vermont at Gov Pitch 2016.In keeping with the spirit of Road Pitch 2015 – each Candidate will give a 3 minute “pitch” on how they plan to stimulate the entrepreneurial environment in Vermont.
Gov Pitch 2016 will be held onMonday, October 26, 2015, 6 pmto 8 pm, Flynn Space, 153 Main St, Burlington, Vermont.Tickets are $15.00 and are available at http://www.flynntix.org/Productions/Details.aspx?perfNo=12872&perfCodePrefix=OFZ16G. All proceeds will benefit United Way of Chittenden County.
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To get the candidates and guests in the pitching mood, a short film retrospective of Road Pitch 2015, produced by Comcast Business will be shown.Comcast will also preview two :30 second commercials produced and donatedto the Vermont Department of Economic Development and Vermont Department of Tourism and Marketing.
“We created RoadPitch in 2014 to help promote and enhance Vermont’s entrepreneurial climate,”said Cairn Cross, Co-founder and Managing Director of FreshTracks Capital. “Our business bikers are interested in mentoring entrepreneurs, making connections and introductions as necessary and perhaps investing in emerging opportunities. We believe that entrepreneurial activities are the key to vibrant local communities and we look forward to premièring the FreshTracks film and listening to the gubernatorial candidates discuss their vision for entrepreneurship.”