The Dallas Entrepreneur Center (“The DEC”) and Comerica Bank announced the launch of the second annual North Texas business pitch contest. This year’s contest is focused exclusively on women and minority-owned business entrants. Comerica Bank will again be the presenting sponsor, providing the full prize amount of $50,000 for the winning business pitch as well as in-kind support to further The DEC’s efforts to help entrepreneurs in North Texas.
The DEC began accepting applications for the contest on July 15, 2015.
Interested entrepreneurs should visit http://comerica.thedec.co/ for more information.
The announcement of the 2015 business pitch contest is made in celebration of the two-year anniversary of The DEC, a 501c3 non-profit organization, established in 2013 to provide a business support structure for entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial hopefuls. Since its inception, The DEC has served entrepreneurs across North Texas by providing them education, training, programming, events, collaborative space, access to capital and promotion. With two locations serving North Texas, The DEC provides an entrepreneurial center in the West End of downtown Dallas as well as in Addison, called The Addison TreeHouse, through a partnership with the Town of Addison.