Louisiana Film Prize has had a phenomenal inaugural year. Now it's time to reveal the five finalists for this year's prize!

From Louisiana Startup Prize:

 

Startup Prize set to announce the 5 entrepreneurs who will compete for ultimate Grand Prize of $25,000 in cash and $45,000 in prizes.

 

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER, La. – The Louisiana Startup Prize (www.LaStartupPrize.com), “The Most Amazing Entrepreneurial Competition on the Planet,” will announce the five finalists that will be competing in the final event of the Louisiana Startup Prize (an event called the Startup Prize FINAL FINAL) at a public event on September 4 at 6pm. The event is free and will be held at Cohab.

In its first year, the Startup Prize hosted 92 registered startups (the internal expectations were 30-35)  for the Qualifying Events that took place in June and July. To qualify for the Startup Prize FINAL FINAL, the entrepreneurs had to attend at least one out of two of the qualifying events,

“The Startup Prize’s inaugural year has blown us away,” said Gregory Kallenberg, executive director of the Louisiana Startup Prize. ”It was amazing to see such incredible ideas and experience so much entrepreneurial energy. I truly feel like we’ve started something special here.”

During the FINAL FINAL, the five finalists will ultimately be competing for the Grand Prize of cash and services equaling over $70,000. The Grand Prize includes $25,000 cash, $10,000 worth of marketing services from Williams Creative Group, $10,000 of accounting services from Heard, Mcelroy and Vestal, one free year of office space provided from American Tower (valued at $20,000) and a $5,000 corporate video provided by Fairfield Studios. While these are great incentives for the entrepreneurs, the most exciting factor is that the LASP Board of Directors (a group primarily consisting of investors) has the opportunity to invest further into any of these final projects.

“Our goal is to differentiate the Startup Prize from other pitch contests,” said Kallenberg. “Our aim is create a connection between our best and brightest entrepreneurs and a group of investors who are ready to start funding these ventures.”

The La. Startup Prize (www.LaStartupPrize.com) is an incredibly unique concept that has combined entrepreneurial education with the intensity of a competition. The Startup Prize’s main goal is to develop better entrepreneurs, connect them with investors and help create an entrepreneurial culture in northwest Louisiana.

The highly competitive, highly exclusive Startup Prize FINAL FINAL event will kick off with a public event mixer on Friday, Sept. 26th. Entrepreneurs will spend their day on Saturday, Sept. 27th, presenting their concepts to the Startup Prize’s “Board of Directors”, a select group of investors and consultants, and end the evening with a pitch event called the Startup Prize Coliseum. The $50,000 winner will be announced on Sunday, Sept. 28th at a public brunch ceremony. An official agenda and ticket information for the Startup Prize FINAL FINAL will be released soon.

Contact Sabrina Adsit 318-213-6437 or visit www.LaStartupPrize.com to enter and learn more information about the La. Startup Prize.

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