WABI covers Big Gig pitch-off finale
WABI (Channel 5) reported on the Big Gig’s season finale pitch-off event held at the Black Bear Inn. 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 three previous pitch offs; all competing for the $5,000 grand prize, WABI reported. “It gives you an opportunity that you don’t have in any other sort of atmosphere,” said finalist Tyler Cote. “It allows someone like me to all of a sudden be in a competition where there are professionals I can get feedback.” Patrick Breeding of Zephyrus Simulations, who is pursuing a master’s degree in biomedical engineering at UMaine, won the first-place prize for his company’s medical breathing simulator.