Get Started Arizona 2017

A Venture Community

Welcome to the application page for Get Started Arizona! This year we are taking applications using Gust.com.

Whether you’re a startup or looking to grow your current business with a new idea, join us to learn from an esteemed panel of experts to turn that idea into a revenue generating success.

Get Started Arizona will highlight six entrepreneurs who will pitch their idea to a distinguished panel of business professionals, investors and experts. One winner will be awarded $25,000 in equity-free cash.

Application:
Please register now to complete your application to pitch your business at our Get Started Arizona event taking place on October 17, 2017. Begin completing your application by clicking on the blue "Apply By" button above. Complete the signup by creating an account.

Must be an Arizona Resident to apply. All applications are due by 11:59pm PST on September 25, 2017.

Finalists will be notified by September 28, 2017 of their selection to compete in the Get Started Arizona pitch competition to be held on October 17, 2017, at the Leo Rich Theatre in Tucson, Arizona starting at 5:00pm.

For application questions, please email info@startuptucson.com.

Rules:
You can enter to pitch by visiting the official registration page at https://gust.com/programs/get-started-arizona-2017/ (the “Website”) and completing all of the required information and following all posted instructions.

Contest is open only to legal residents of Arizona who: (1) are at least 18 years of age; (2) are the owner, principal, or general manager of a business that is physically located within a Cox Business serviceable area.

Entry Period begins 09/01/17. BY ENTERING THE CONTEST, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT (1) YOUR MATERIALS ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL AND NO CONFIDENTIAL OR FIDUCIARY RELATIONSHIP IS INTENDED OR CREATED BY ENTERING THE CONTEST; AND (2) THE CONTEST ENTITIES MAY POSSESS OR COME TO POSSESS INFORMATION THAT IS SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL TO YOUR MATERIALS, AND YOU HEREBY AGREE THAT THE CONTEST ENTITIES MAY USE SUCH SIMILAR OR IDENTICAL INFORMATION WITHOUT LIMITATION, COMPENSATION, OR CREDIT TO YOU. Void where prohibited. Sweepstakes subject to Complete Official Rules.

To obtain a copy of the winner’s list or a copy of these Official Rules, send your request along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to “Cox Business Get Started Arizona: Network. Learn. Pitch Contest” Winners/Rules, Shana Keith, Cox Communications, Inc., 1400 Lake Hearn Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319. Sponsor: Cox Communications, Inc., d/b/a Cox Business, 1400 Lake Hearn Drive, Atlanta, GA 30319.