WABI, WVII Cover Top Gun Regional Pitch Competition
WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on the 2015 Top Gun Regional Pitch Competition and Product Showcase at the University of Maine Foster Center for Student Innovation. Two regional entrepreneurs — Matt James of CourseStorm and Chuck Donnelly of RockStep Solutions — were selected by a panel of judges to compete in the statewide Top Gun Showcase in June where they will pitch for a chance to win $10,000. The Top Gun entrepreneurship accelerator is a five-month program that engages entrepreneurs in growing their businesses. It combines education, mentoring, pitch-coaching and networking opportunities. “It is all about sort of fast-tracking their growth, and so this is kind of the culmination of all of those months,” said Jesse Moriarity, coordinator of the Foster Center. The program is a partnership of the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, Maine Technology Institute, Blackstone Accelerates Growth and UMaine.