2009 New Ideas for a New Carolina Contest
November 18, 2008
SOUTH CAROLINA – DO YOU HAVE A NEW IDEA?
COLUMBIA, SC – November 18, 2008 – Do you want to win $5,000? Do you have a big idea for a business? If so, then enter your idea at www.NewIdeasSC.com for the New Ideas for a New Carolina Business Ideas Contest. You need to hurry though because the contest ends December 2, 2008.
Share your ideas for a business that stokes your fire, blows your mind and shows your get-up-and-take-charge-of-my-dream spirit. Your idea could bring new jobs, new energy, new talents, new life and new wealth to South Carolina. It’s easy to enter: Answer a couple of questions, describe your idea and THAT’S IT! No plans to submit, no prototypes to build – just tell us about your idea and how it will work.
The winners will be announced at the ThinkTEC Innovation Summit in Charleston on February 11, 2009. This year’s contest will award the grand prize winner $5,000 of seed money for their business idea, a scholarship to a FastTrac® entrepreneurial training program, tickets to the ThinkTEC Innovation Summit and a Dream Team of Mentors to help the winner cultivate their idea. Four first place prizes of $2,500, a scholarship to FastTrac® and tickets to the ThinkTEC Innovation Summit will be distributed as well as five $1,000 honorable mention prizes. Also, once again the contest will feature the People’s Choice category where the residents of South Carolina will be able to vote for their favorite idea.
In its fourth year, South Carolina’s New Ideas for a New Carolina Business Idea Contest consists of the New Ideas Dream Team, a coalition of representatives from SC Launch!, New Carolina – SC’s Council on Competitiveness, FastTracSC, ThinkTEC and other organizations around the state who will spend October and November touring cities throughout South Carolina promoting this year’s contest.
The 2008 winner went to Dr. Ron Fulbright from Spartanburg County. His idea was Scentinel, a rapid-deploy, all-weather, nanosensor system used to detect the presence of thousands of elements and chemical compounds in the environment such as levels of greenhouse gasses, atmospheric conditions, water conditions or toxic agents.
So what are you waiting for? Enter your Idea at www.NewIdeasSC.com by December 2 for a chance to win!
About New Ideas for a New Carolina
An idea from the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce to promote the FastTracSC program, New Ideas for a New Carolina and the 2009 contest is powered by New Carolina – SC’s Council on Competitiveness and its partners: FastTracSC, ThinkTEC and a number of other state and local organizations with a shared vision for a brighter future for South Carolina.
