{"id":47660,"date":"2017-11-02T10:29:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T14:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=47660"},"modified":"2017-11-02T16:45:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T20:45:04","slug":"young-entrepreneurs-to-pitch-business-ideas-at-biolinc-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/11\/young-entrepreneurs-to-pitch-business-ideas-at-biolinc-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Young entrepreneurs to pitch business ideas at BioLinc event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to beat the clock and put their business ideas to the test this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BioLinc, Brock\u2019s business incubator run by the Goodman School of Business, and Niagara College\u2019s ncTakeOff program have partnered to host the fourth annual Niagara Young Entrepreneur Kick-Off Weekend from Friday, Nov. 3 to Sunday, Nov. 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fourth-annual event is modelled after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/startupweekend.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Startup Weekend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a worldwide event model that has entrepreneurs working overtime to form teams, create business ideas and pitch them in a competition format against a ticking clock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brock\u2019s event begins Friday, Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. with a public lecture featuring inspirational speaker<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/talliosborne.com\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talli Osborne<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who will share her story of overcoming adversity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her motivational presentation, which is open to the public and takes place in Brock\u2019s Pond Inlet, will focus on conquering challenges and obstacles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While working as a social media specialist at Virgin Mobile Canada, Osborne was named the best customer service agent in the Americas, as well as third best in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the keynote, entrepreneurs will form teams and the timer will start. Teams will have until Sunday to build a solid business idea before then making a pitch to a panel of judges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the weekend, participants will also be mentored by local entrepreneurs and experts, and will receive training on entrepreneurial topics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The event is open to Niagara residents aged 18 to 29, including entrepreneurs who have an early business idea, those looking for a business co-founder or those hoping to refine their business pitch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cost to participate in the full weekend is $15, including meals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/niagara-young-entrepreneur-kick-off-weekend-tickets-38438102399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Registration is available online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The public can also\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/niagara-young-entrepreneur-kick-off-weekend-tickets-38438102399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">register online<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to attend the free Friday night event featuring Osborne.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to beat the clock and put their business ideas to the test this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":47661,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,1,4],"tags":[592,594,4584,5942],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47662,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47660\/revisions\/47662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}