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Local students face the 'Sharks' in Investor Panel showdown

March 23, 2015
/ Staff Reports
/ economy

Ten local students will have the chance to present their business plans to some of the most prominent members of the Greater Pensacola area’s business community during its second annual Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) Investor Panel Presentation. The purpose of this event is to give participating YEA! students the opportunity to get their business ideas off the ground. It is designed as a shark-tank-like event and will be judged by a panel of local investors made up of Pen Air’s Pam Hatt, Studer Community Development Group’s Andrew Rothfeder, Gulf Power Company’s Gary Sammons, Beck Partner’s Gregg Beck, Sam’s Club’s Rob Magin, Warren Averett’s Cyndi Warren, Central Credit Union’s Maggie Conaghan, Nowak Enterprises’ Peter Nowak, Chick-fil-A’s Robert Barnes, Florida SBDC’s Mike Myhre, and THG Investments’ Chad Henderson. The students have been refining their business plans for nearly five months and will be pitching their proposals on stage for funding of their startup company. They will be judged based on the pragmatism and merit of their project, and investors will be granting funds for offsetting startup costs without taking an equity position in the company. Who: Pensacola Young Entrepreneurs Academy (YEA!) – hosted by the Greater Pensacola Chamber, Global Business Solutions, Inc., and the University of West Florida College of Business What: Investor Panel Presentation When: Tuesday, March 24, at 6:00 p.m. Where: The University of West Florida Center for Fine & Performing Arts, 11000 University Pkwy., Bldg. 82 Cost: Free For more information about YEA!, visit PensacolaChamber.com/YEA

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