Polish up your business plan! All Cheboygan County entrepreneurs and new businesses of two years or less are invited to apply to compete in the Invest Cheboygan County Business Model Competition for startup capital toward their business and a chance to advance to the finale competition, Grand Event, to compete for more startup funds. Competitors will receive business counseling from professionals to help in preparing a 4-minute business pitch for the panel of judges on the night of the competition. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be awarded as well as an audience selected People’s Choice Award. To fill out an application and for more information visit
www.investcheboygan.com. The public is welcome to come and cheer on their favorite businesses for this exciting competition! Call the Cheboygan Opera House box office at 231-627-5841, email box office manager Rose Cesa at rose@theoperahouse.org, or visit https://www.theoperahouse.org/ to reserve tickets. Tickets are free and seating will be festival style where you will choose a seat once you arrive. There will be time for competing businesses to network and make connections with other business professionals and angel investors in the audience. The competition will be held at the Cheboygan Opera House on November 6, 2019. Doors open at 5:00pm and the event starts at 5:30pm. Sponsored by Consumers Energy and DTE Energy Foundation