Celebrating Emerging Rochester Entrepreneurs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Corrie Strommen
Collider Foundation, Director of Community
Celebrating Emerging Rochester Entrepreneurs
CO.STARTERS Graduates To Showcase Ideas at the Collider Cup
Rochester, Minnesota
September 6th, 2022
Rochester 501(c)3 nonprofit Collider Foundation is honored and excited to announce the inaugural launch of the Collider Cup, an event designed to celebrate our CO.STARTERS graduates, give them the unique opportunity to share their business ideas with the Rochester community, and compete for a cash prize, provided by CO.STARTERS sponsor, Minnwest Bank.
Our 12 CO.STARTERS participants have spent the past 10 weeks completing a rigorous training program through the CO.STARTERS curriculum, which Collider is proud to have launched in Rochester for the first time this year. This program cost $150 per participant, which included the curriculum, facilitation through Rochester-based certified CO.STARTERS Core facilitators, and access to a community of support. Our CO.STARTERS participants have worked hard within the program to fine tune their business ideas and determine next steps they need to take to move forward.
The Collider Cup will take place on Tuesday, September 13th at the Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota’s Rochester Campus from 5:30-7:30pm. This event will serve as a business pitch competition as well as a community celebration for emerging entrepreneurs in Rochester. A panel of judges will determine the winner of the pitch competition and the public will be asked to vote for their favorite idea. All ticket proceeds will be awarded to the “crowd favorite” winner.
Collider Foundation believes that the support, education, and growth of our entrepreneurial ecosystem is a pathway to a more prosperous and inclusive future for the Rochester community. We as an organization aim to identify and assist local innovators in overcoming barriers to success by empowering an impactful, inclusive, and entrepreneur-first ecosystem. We are excited to have had the opportunity to fulfill our mission through CO.STARTERS and offer assistance to 12 unique entrepreneurs through this cohort.
CO.STARTERS at Collider is supported by Think Mutual Bank, Fredrikson & Byron, and Launch Minnesota.
To attend, purchase a ticket at the link below.
For additional information contact Amanda Leightner at amanda@collider.mn or call (507) 722-0306
