Buffalo Lounge Seeks Oklahoma’s Top Interactive Entrepreneurs for Austin, Texas, Event
Contact: Josh O’Brien
Director of Entrepreneurial Development
(405) 813-2412 or email [email protected]
Oklahoma’s most promising interactive entrepreneurs will make their best pitches deep in the heart of Texas next March in the second annual Buffalo Lounge Elevator Pitch Competition at the annual South By Southwest Conference & Festival.
Oklahoma entrepreneurs will compete for $10,000 in prizes in the one-night pitch competition before a live audience at the Avenue on Congress in Austin, Texas. Winners will be selected by a panel of angel investors, with the top pitch earning a $5,000 grand prize, along with two other $2,500 prizes.
The process of selecting finalists for the Buffalo Lounge event begins with submission of videotaped pitches by a 6 p.m. December 20 deadline. To enter a video pitch, please visit www.i2E.org and click on the Buffalo Lounge logo.
Finalists will be selected and announced in January by a panel composed of i2E, Inc., and Greater Oklahoma City Chamber staff.
Live pitch competition will begin at 9 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2014.
The Buffalo Lounge Elevator Pitch competition is sponsored by i2E and the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. It is part of Oklahoma’s Buffalo Lounge activities at SXSW on March 10-12.
“We’re excited to once again showcase promising Oklahoma entrepreneurs before a SXSW audience that wants to see innovative, new concepts,” said Josh O’Brien, Director of Entrepreneurial Development for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. “The Buffalo Lounge Elevator Pitch competition exposes top Oklahoma innovators to an audience that otherwise might never be exposed to the best that our state has