Denise Williams, owner and founder of Diva De La Creme plant-based ice cream company, was the big winner at the MORTAR at Bounce Life’s a Pitch event on April 20. Our finalists presented their pitches to five judges in pursuit of a $3,000 business grant. The pitch competition and graduation ceremony was held in person with limited capacity and broadcast on Facebook. It closed out the cohort’s 15-week accelerator program. Ivra Bassett of the Ivra Bassett Agency was also recognized and awarded the Entrepreneur Light Award – a $750 prize for the cohort member who exemplified camaraderie, teamwork and support for his or her fellow entrepreneurs throughout the length of the program.
Congratulations to Denise, Ivra and all of our Cohort 3 graduates!
Ivra Bassett, Ivra Bassett Agency
Dray Evans, The 10 Spot
Tiffanie Gaines-Goler, Here We Grow Child Enrichment Center
Angie Higgins, Embracing UR Journey
Latif Hughes, School House Productions
Taylor McKinnie, Mizz Shakesum
Eric Nichols, Eric Does Data, LLC
Barbara (Barb) Stacy, 1Life Health Coaching
Regina Tyson / Tanika Beard, Angelic Hearts
Denise Williams, Diva de la Creme, LLC.
Kimberly Zeiner, Maudern Designs LLC,
Thank you to our emcee for the night, Lucas Tindell, and our five judges – Mark Greer, Daniel Roberson, Cindy Woodrum, Tiffany Roper and Doug Weintraub.
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