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WATERVILLE — The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at Thomas College, in partnership with the Central Maine Growth Council, has announced it will once again host a “Top Gun” program starting in early 2020 for entrepreneurs in Kennebec and Somerset counties, as well as in the communities of Burnham, Unity, Thorndike, Freedom and Troy.
The program is open to businesses in all industries and sectors and concentrates on early stage businesses and those that are looking to get to the next level.
The Top Gun program is overseen by the Maine Center for Entrepreneurs and is designed to provide a cohort of between eight to 10 businesses with top-level instruction and mentorship over a 15-week duration. Entrepreneurs enrolled in the program will move through a designed curriculum that will bring industry and topic experts into the classroom weekly in order to assist participating individuals to take their businesses to the next level.
In addition to the weekly programming and mentoring that the program provides, participating entrepreneurs will also work toward developing a business pitch that they will first deliver in a competition within their cohort. Two of the entrepreneur’s business pitches will be selected from each regional program to compete in the state Top Gun Showcase business pitch competition at the end of the program. Prior participants have competed for a cash prize of $25,000.
Entrepreneurs that are within the geographic area may visit www.mced.biz to submit an application for selection into the program or www.thomas.edu/institute for more information. Applications are being accepted until Nov. 20. There is a fee for taking part.
For more information or for assistance in applying, contact Joshua Devou at the Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation at 207-859-1159 or at joshua.devou@thomas.edu.
