Live-streaming: The Gigabit Challenge finale’s 19 pitches

The Gigabit Challenge, a business plan competition hosted by Kansas City’s Think Big Partners to mark the arrival of Google’s one-gigabit fiber network in the city, wraps up today with a full day of events, highlighted by 19 business pitches, at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch (4801 Main St.). If you can’t make…

The Gigabit Challenge, a business plan competition hosted by Kansas City’s Think Big Partners to mark the arrival of Google’s one-gigabit fiber network in the city, wraps up today with a full day of events, highlighted by 19 business pitches, at the Kansas City Public Library’s Plaza Branch (4801 Main St.).

If you can’t make it to the event, you can catch the proceedings via the live stream above, follow the action by keeping tabs on @GBChallengeKC or join in the conversation using the hashtag #GBFinale.

From 113 entrants and 39 semi-finalists, 19 finalists were chosen to participate in today’s finale. Finalists will deliver a 10-minute pitch followed by a five-minute Q&A with the judges. The winner of the pitch competition will receive The Gigabit Challenge Grand Prize, which is valued at $100,000.

Also up for grabs is a $250,000 convertible promissory note (CPN) investment from Gramercy Private Equity that will go to the contestant whose business idea Gramercy believes has the best prospects of being rapidly implemented across the globe. 

Below is today’s schedule of events:

  • 7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Continental breakfast and coffee
  • 8:00 – 8:30 a.m. Welcome and introductions
  • 8:40 – 10:00 a.m. Finalist presentations – Group 1
  • 10:15 – 11:55 a.m. Finalist presentations – Group 2
  • 11:55 – 12:00 p.m. Video address from Vint Cerf of Google, Inc.
  • 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch break
  • 1:10 – 2:30 p.m. Finalist presentations – Group 3
  • 2:45 – 4:45 p.m. Finalist presentations – Group 4
  • 4:45 – 5:00 p.m. Community address
  • 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. Awards presentation and closing 

And in case you missed them in our previous posts, the presenters are:

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

To learn more about the Gigabit Challenge see our post: “Think Big marking Google Fiber’s arrival with Gigabit Challenge“.

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