WABI covers Top Gun regional showcase

WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Top Gun regional showcase held in Bangor. Seven members of the 2017 Top Gun Bangor Region Class competed by pitching their business ideas to a panel of judges who chose two finalists to move on to the final competition in Portland where they could win $10,000. “These entrepreneurs are practicing their business pitches because it is something that they’re going to need to do as they grow their business,” said Renee Kelly, an event organizer and assistant vice president for innovation and economic development at the University of Maine. “They’re going to have to sell their business to customers or bankers or investors sometime in the future. Just practicing and getting here to do that is really valuable for them. But if someone wins the $10,000 that’s going to be a huge head start.” The Top Gun program is hosted and organized by UMaine in the Bangor region in partnership with the Maine Center for Entrepreneurial Development, and involves many local business sponsors, program advisers and mentors. Mainebiz reported on all of the regional winners who will compete in the final compeition.