EMPOWERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE TETONS
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Theme: Meet the Entrepreneurship Essentials Grads and Their Businesses
Come join us to hear 15 graduates from the new Entrepreneurship Essentials course share their elevator pitches and discuss their key learnings from the last month. Give support to these new founders and learn about their business ideas! Ventures include a music sync business, a green building supply company, a women's health initiative, a community garden, a craft beer distributor, a patented building system, an online parenting resource, and more!
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NEWS AND NOTES
Entrepreneur News
Extherid Merger:
Extherid Biosciences LLC, a US-based CRO focused on experimental therapeutics and infectious diseases research and Silicon Couloir TEAMS company, announces a merger with UK-based laboratory Perfectus Biomed Limited. The joining of the two companies has formed a holding company, Perfectus Biomed Group, which will result in an integrated, broader research service offering. Congratulations to Extherid!
Give'r in the Wall Sreet Journal:
Give’r gloves were named as a Top 10 Father’s Day gift suggestions in The Wall Street Journal. Give'r is a TEAMS participant. Way to go Give'r!
Marea Launches:
Marea is a women's health company dedicated to community, education, and nutritional support for menstruating women. Lead by Monica Grohne, Marea launched in June with a drinkable multivitamin for menstruators who suffer from the symptoms of PMS. Marea is a TEAMS participant. Congratulations, Monica!
Silicon Couloir Accepting Pitch Day 2020 Entrepreneur Applications
Mark your calendar for Silicon Couloir’s 9th Annual Pitch Day, our signature event of the year. “Shark Tank, Teton style,” Pitch Day features local entrepreneurs showcasing their businesses to a large and interested audience. Cash prizes will be awarded in a number of categories. Due to COVID-19, Pitch Day will be held virtually on September 30th from 5-6:30 pm. Along with a new format, entrepreneurs will still receive the same focused coaching, and experience presenting to an esteemed panel of judges and a large virtual audience.
Pitch Day stars a select group of innovative and creative companies developing in the WYdaho region. This event supports local entrepreneurs to showcase and promote their business or idea.
Presenting entrepreneurs will have three coaching sessions with a team of successful and experienced business experts leading up to the main event. Coaching is a critical feature of the program, as it helps entrepreneurs hone their delivery and synthesize the information that is most likely to interest the audience.
Pitch Day is a celebration of the highly successful entrepreneurial ecosystem in the WYdaho region. We hope to inspire audience members and others in our community to dream up or begin their own entrepreneurial journey.
How to apply:
The application period opens Monday, June 29, 2020, and all applications are due by July 20, 2020.
To apply, please submit a Powerpoint or .PDF deck of no more than 8 pages (NO EXCEPTIONS) Please email applications to will@siliconcouloir.com.
A good deck should include the following (not necessarily in this order):
Cover page with the company name and contact info
The problem your company is solving
Your solution to this problem
Market size
Business model
Competition to your business
Company team
Financial projections or milestones
Due to general solicitation securities rules, we ask that you not end the pitch with an investor ask.
Eligible candidates will be called in to give an 8-minute presentation to the selection committee in late July. Decisions will be made by no later than August 7th. Between selection and the event, finalists will have a minimum of three in-person coaching sessions. Entrepreneurs from Teton County, WY; Teton County, ID; Sublette County, WY; and Lincoln County, WY are invited to apply.
For questions or more information, please email will@siliconcouloir.com.
FREE Business Crisis Coaching Continues
In response to COVID-19, Silicon Couloir has created a Business Crisis Coaching program. Free, confidential one-hour sessions with one of Silicon Couloir's volunteer business crisis coaches are now available to all businesses in the Wydaho region. Coaches offer expertise in a range of areas that include finance, strategy, communications/marketing, executive coaching, operations, management, and human resources. Business owners, CEOs and entrepreneurs requesting coaching are paired with a local coach experienced in their designated area of need. To learn more or request a session please click here.
Read more about coaching sessions in this News and Guide article.
Welcome New Super Trustees & Trustees
It is with tremendous gratitude that we extend a warm welcome to our new Super Trustees and Trustees. Trustee support helps ensure we can continue and grow our vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Wydaho region.
New Super Trustee
Bjorn Borstelmann, Pirate Ship Jon Callaghan
Chris Hessler, Board Member Jake Lamarine, First Republic Bank
Tom Quantrille
New Trustees
Gregory Burns Nancy Donovan
Michael Halloran George James
Richard Linder Michael Mercuri
Christy Brock Miele Jeff Moore
Mark Snell Wayne Teetsel
HAVE NEWS TO SHARE?
As always, please feel free to send news of your company's press, events, successes, and milestones to Gary@siliconcouloir.com and we'll do our best to feature them in our newsletters!
ARE YOU A COMMUNITY CARETAKER?
Silicon Couloir strengthens our Teton regional community by empowering the entrepreneurial ecosystem. More than just business development, we believe in enriching our community character and enhancing our mountain town culture. Help us support business pioneers in the Tetons by becoming a community caretaker!
To offer your time or talent, please email us at Gary@siliconcouloir.com.