Stateline FastPitch Competition 2009

When: Tuesday, June 23
3:30 p.m. Initial Presentations
6:00 p.m. Keynote Speaker | Final Presentations
Where: NIU Outreach Center-Rockford, 8500 E. State Street

Registration Deadline: June 10

The RRVEC is proud to announce their FastPitch keynote speaker, Tim Keane. Keane is the Director of The Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship and the Golden Angels Network at Marquette University. He was founder and CEO of RTMS, Inc., a customer software company, an active investor in startups, director of the Angel Capital Association and First Business Bank, and chairman of Taliesin Preservation. In 2007, Mr. Keane participated in several programs promoting entrepreneurship with the US Embassy. Keane began his career at GE Healthcare and is a graduate of Seattle and Marquette UniversitiesIf you have any questions, please E-mail to S.Pritz@RockValleyCollege.edu or phone 815.921.2054.

What is FastPitch?
In three minutes entrepreneurs pitch their business or business concepts to a group of judges from the business and investment community.

There are very creative and interesting concepts from people in the Region and at FastPitch they can showcase those ideas and learn what it takes to advance them.

FastPitch presentation training sessions will be held on Tuesday, June 16 and Wednesday, June 17 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. at the EIGERlab. These sessions are designed to assist applicants with the development of their FastPitch presentations and provide practice with constructive feedback. This training has been beneficial to previous participants and will be facilitated by two of last year’s finalists. The total cost is $15. Please contact Sherry Pritz to participate, 815.921.2054.

Click here to download the 2009 Stateline FastPitch registration form

Click here for the 2008 WREX TV Interview

2008 Winners

1st Place
Bradley Harrison, Harrison Harmonicas

2nd Place
Kerry Frank, Balanced IT Solutions

3rd Place
Michael Swinton, Wireless Slot Controller

2009 Sponsors

• Growth Dimensions
• Riverside Community Bank
• Rockford Local Development Corporation
• Stillman Bank