Fredericton entrepreneurship hub Planet Hatch will hold its first Newcomer and International Student pitch competition, which has a total prize purse worth $10,000 on Friday.
Scheduled for Aug. 26, the competition will include two streams: an idea stream for prospective entrepreneurs and a business plan stream for those with existing companies. Competitors in the idea stream will be judged based on a one-minute pitch and business plan stream companies will be judged on a five-minute pitch.
The idea stream will offer a $1,300 first prize, a $900 second prize and a $400 third place prize, as