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11 finalists for ORT JET’s Eureka competition
There’s a lot of excitement a month to go before the Eureka awards evening and the announcement of the winners of ORT JET’s “Eureka Launch Your Business Competition”.
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The pitching panel for the “Eureka Launch Your Business Competition”: Steven Kark; Clive Butkow; Donna Rachelson; Steven Braudo; and Jeff Miller.
ORT JET said in a media release the 11 finalists (out of 78 entrants) recently attended a full-day business ‘boot camp” to fine-tune their final pitches to the panel of judges.
“We were with them every step of the way and prepared them for their final pitch,” said Cindy Silberg, ORT JET Business Mentorship Manager.
The judges included business entrepreneurs Paul Bacher; Rowan Swartz; Eldon Beinart; Lara Rosmarin and the pitching panel included Donna Rachelson, CEO and founder of Branding & Marketing YOU; Jeff Miller, CEO of VCMS; Steven Braudo, deputy CEO of Liberty Holdings; and Steven Kark, CEO of Paycorp Holdings. Guest judges joined the panel at various times throughout the day.
The winners of the competition as well as Business of the Year and Mentor of the Year, will be announced at the Eureka Awards Dinner in Johannesburg on August 28. By booking your seat at this event, you will actively be supporting ORT JET’s projects.