6th Annual Edison Project Finals

The 6th Annual Edison Project Entrepreneurial Competition is a celebration and recognition of the entrepreneurial spirit of the Greater Hickory Metro.
 
The Edison Project competition concludes with a final pitch to an audience made up of community members to kick off Global Entrepreneurship Week, presented by Lenoir Rhyne University, on Monday, November 13th at Market on Main from 5:30pm - 7:30pm. This event is open to the public.
 
2017 Finalists :
Buddy Case - Santiago Ambroggio
Sanctuary, Inc. - Ge Yang
Philip Hart Guitars - Philip Hart
Appalachian Essentials Investments, LLC - Sean Williams
FarmToHome - Cedric Clyburn and Chanler Watts
InPort - Jens Roessler, Tomas Hans, and Sercan Cihan
Player Pass - Abigail McGarel, Christopher Taylor, and Tylyn Triplett
Deliver Eats - Justin Lunsford
Foothills Digest - Carmen Eckard
Apple Valley Orchard & Cidery - Justin Fox
New Heirloom - Daniel Setzer
1st Surfer - Andrew and Karen Johnson
Blinktronic Candle Lantern - Bart Austin
 
Learn about the 2017 Edison Finalists and their business name and idea on our website by clicking this link.
 
These entrepreneurs, who have an idea for an innovative, viable business in the Hickory Metro area, will vie for an economic incentive in the amount of $10,000 for 1st place, $5,000 for 2nd place, and $3,000 for 3rd place, thanks to generous corporate sponsors listed below, but first must compete in several rounds of competition.  
 
The Edison Project's Co-Chairs are Byron Hicks, Regional Director of the NC Small Business and Technology Development Center and Jeff Neuville, Director of the Small Business Center at CVCC and the program is generously sponsored by: Alex Lee, Inc, Catawba County, Catawba Valley Community College, Catawba County Economic Development Corp. Committee of 100, Concept Frames, Lenoir-Rhyne University Center for Commercial & Social Entrepreneurship, the Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce and the Burke County Chamber of Commerce.