WABI covers Big Gig pitch-off event at UMaine
WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Big Gig’s season finale pitch-off event held at the University of Maine’s Foster Center for Student Innovation. The Big Gig is a network for innovators and entrepreneurs in Greater Bangor that was started by a motivated group of municipalities, organizations and universities, including UMaine. The Big Gig competition allows local entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas or early-stage companies to a panel of judges who select a winner. The season finale featured the winners of the season’s four previous pitch offs; all competing for the grand prize of $1,500, WABI reported. “We’re really trying to support entrepreneurs in our community and encourage even more people who might be thinking about starting a business someday to come out and actually try their hand at it and get some support from our community” said Renee Kelly, an event organizer and assistant vice president for innovation and economic development at UMaine. The winner was Joshua Henry with GO Lab Inc., an R&D company that produces an eco-friendly, wood fiber insulation product, the report states.