WVII, BDN Cover Big Gig Pitch-Off Event

WVII (Channel 7) and the Bangor Daily News reported on the latest Big Gig pitch-off and networking event that was held in Orono. The Big Gig is a network for innovators and entrepreneurs in the Orono, Old Town and Bangor areas that was started by a partnership between the University of Maine, Old Town, Orono and Husson University and is supported by Blackstone Accelerates Growth. Event participants were preselected to deliver a three-minute elevator pitch about their business idea to a panel of judges and attendees. Among the pitches was one made by Emma Wilson, who spent most of her senior year at UMaine working as a marketing intern for a small Orono business called Zeomatrix. Wilson pitched the company’s Zeo Litter Bag — a biodegradable bag lined with the company’s zeolite technology that absorbs the odor of used cat litter. Wilson was named the event’s winner.