St. Pete Pitch Night

ABOUT

St. Pete celebrates all things entrepreneurial! As St. Pete continues to grow and make strides to build capacity and density, we discover new and existing gaps that can be utilized as opportunities to keep our community moving forward. St. Pete Pitch Night focuses on showcasing, elevating and seeding community-based businesses.

We take pride in our community coming together to support the entrepreneurs that are helping to make this the city that we love. With that, the Greenhouse and USF St Pete’s Kate Tiedemann College of Business are teaming up again with Regions Bank to bring back St. Pete Pitch Night! St. Pete Pitch Night is planned to return for three dates in 2020, featuring businesses ready to make an impact in St. Pete – and beyond.

FUTURE 2020 DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED! Join for a night of entertainment, entrepreneurship and competition. Don’t miss out on a fun and effective opportunity to make a connection and hear ideas in a city that fosters and supports a strong entrepreneurial community!

VIRTUAL ST. PETE PITCH NIGHT, JULY 2020

Congratulations to ALL the entrepreneurs who competed in July 2020 Virtual St. Pete Pitch Night! View profiles below.

TOP PITCH: Johnny Crowder, Cope Notes

AUDIENCE CHOICE: Tracy David, Oh Yes! Shave Club

ABOUT THE PITCHERS

Local entrepreneurs were invited to apply to pitch for a chance to win up to $5,000! We received a total of 34 applications and five were selected to move forward to participate.

Participant eligibility requirements

Scalable and/or innovative concept
In business for 4 years or less
Previously presented at 1 Million Cups OR currently enrolled in an entrepreneurship program at a Tampa Bay college or University

MEET THE PITCHES

Eat Your Words Custom Cookies - Holly Noah, founder of Eat Your Words Custom Cookies, is a former marketing and strategy executive who left corporate life in 2017 to pursue her dream. Eat Your Words Custom Cookies is a confectionary communications business that specializes in made-to-order personalized cookies that deliver a sweet message. #SayItInCookie

Eventron - Christina Dills is a leading professional in emerging. Eventron is a modern platform to empower sponsors and events with comprehensive performance insights using powerful location-based and online data source and providing transparency of event performance for actionable data and insights for organizers, venues and sponsors.

Oh Yes Shave Club - Tracy David is an Inventor, entrepreneur and overcomer. Oh Yes Shave Club is on a mission to inspire women to accept they are enough all while elevating their shave experience with innovative new razor technology for women! They promise they'll finally love their shave and love themselves. Period.

Jun Cyber - Wilson Bautista is a retired military officer and the owner/founder of Jün Cyber, a cybersecurity consulting firm dedicated to assisting veterans and transitioning military personnel to pursue a career in cybersecurity through its training and mentorship initiatives.

Cope Notes - Johnny Crowder is a suicide/abuse survivor, motivational speaker, comedian, podcast host, touring musician, lived-experience mental health advocate, and the founder & CEO of Cope Notes. Cope Notes uses daily text messages that combine peer support and positive psychology to help improve mental and emotional health.

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