The Startup Showcase

The Startup Showcase Uni-Five Podcast For a long time, I pondered over how we could best help entrepreneurs, particularly entrepreneurs in the African American community. Given the landscape in which we are all aware, a bevy of talent, skills, ideas, energy, and intelligence but a lack institutional springboards, especially in the realm of entrepreneurship. I think I'm on to something. A new system, a way to support and empower entrepreneurs. I call it Uni-Five a Startup Community it's a platform for organizing Startup Showcases which are very similar to pitch competitions. However, showcases extend well beyond a normal pitch competition and everyone in a showcase can potentially walk away a winner even the host. Showcases are just that they showcase entrepreneurs and their unique business story and the problem their business solves in the world. These pitches (presentations) are made by entrepreneurs captured in video in front of a live audience. The idea is to...