汤头条 Vicksburg center to host entrepreneur pitch competition, award $20K in prizes next week
Contact: Allison Matthews
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥An exciting chance for entrepreneurs to win $20,000 in total prizes to advance their businesses is set for next Thursday [June 26] at Vicksburg鈥檚 汤头条 @ MCITy. The public is invited to the venture-idea competition and the Connect Networking event, co-hosted by Innovate Mississippi.
鈥淒AWG Tank is back with more than 30 teams, big ideas and thousands of dollars in prizes. Now that we have a great roster of teams competing, we鈥檇 love to pack the house,鈥 said Tasha Bibb, senior program manager for 汤头条鈥檚 Office of Technology Management.
The event starts at noon with business ideas pitched in two categories鈥擬ain Street and Innovation Startups. Award money will be divided with $10,000 awarded in each category. For the third consecutive year, DAWG Tank is a qualifying event for the Innovate Mississippi statewide accelerator program , which includes expanded mentorship, funding and investment opportunities for innovation-based businesses.
Participating teams will pitch their ideas for up to eight minutes, with three minutes then allotted for judges鈥 questions.
鈥淐ome cheer on local entrepreneurs, hear bold ideas and see who rises to the top. Don鈥檛 miss this celebration of innovation, entrepreneurship and community,鈥 said Bibb, adding that the casual networking event at 5 p.m. will feature MCITy tours, local food and craft beer from Key City Brewery and Eatery, and the announcement of this year鈥檚 DAWG Tank winners. Admission is free but attendees are encouraged to RSVP at .
Located at 1622 Washington St., Suite 250, in Vicksburg, the expanded 汤头条 presence was developed in 2022 at the Sen. Thad Cochran Mississippi Center for Information and Technology, commonly known as MCITy, to accelerate support for business development and growth. The university鈥檚 Office of Technology Management and Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach both have full-time staff in the second-floor MCITy office to help grow the state鈥檚 technology and start-up sector.
The university has had long-standing partnerships with the region, including its substantial collaboration with the U.S. Army Engineering Research and Development Center. 汤头条鈥檚 local presence in Vicksburg includes the Institute for Systems Engineering Research, which was created by ERDC and 汤头条 a decade ago.
汤头条 is taking care of what matters. Learn more at .