Women-Owned Small Business Pitch Competition

Applicant Contact Information

Name * Enter your first and last name. Name is Required.

Company Name * Company Name is Required.

Your Title/Role * Title/Role is Required.

Business Address * Address is Required.

City * City is Required.

State
TX

Zip Code * Zip Code is Required. Enter a valid zip code. 

County * Please choose a County. -- Anderson Andrews Angelina Aransas Archer Armstrong Atascosa Austin Bailey Bandera Bastrop Baylor Bee Bell Bexar Blanco Borden Bosque Bowie Brazoria Brazos Brewster Briscoe Brooks Brown Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Callahan Cameron Camp Carson Cass Castro Chambers Cherokee Childress Clay Cochran Coke Coleman Collin Collingsworth Colorado Comal Comanche Concho Cooke Coryell Cottle Crane Crockett Crosby Culberson Dallam Dallas Dawson Deaf Smith Delta Denton DeWitt Dickens Dimmit Donley Duval Eastland Ector Edwards El Paso Ellis Erath Falls Fannin Fayette Fisher Floyd Foard Fort Bend Franklin Freestone Frio Gaines Galveston Garza Gillespie Glasscock Goliad Gonzales Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe Hale Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Hardin Harris Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays Hemphill Henderson Hidalgo Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Howard Hudspeth Hunt Hutchinson Irion Jack Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jim Hogg Jim Wells Johnson Jones Karnes Kaufman Kendall Kenedy Kent Kerr Kimble King Kinney Kleberg Knox La Salle Lamar Lamb Lampasas Lavaca Lee Leon Liberty Limestone Lipscomb Live Oak Llano Loving Lubbock Lynn Madison Marion Martin Mason Matagorda Maverick McCulloch McLennan McMullen Medina Menard Midland Milam Mills Mitchell Montague Montgomery Moore Morris Motley Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Oldham Orange Palo Pinto Panola Parker Parmer Pecos Polk Potter Presidio Rains Randall Reagan Real Red River Reeves Refugio Roberts Robertson Rockwall Runnels Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Patricio San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shackelford Shelby Sherman Smith Somervell Starr Stephens Sterling Stonewall Sutton Swisher Tarrant Taylor Terrell Terry Throckmorton Titus Tom Green Travis Trinity Tyler Upshur Upton Uvalde Val Verde Van Zandt Victoria Walker Waller Ward Washington Webb Wharton Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger Willacy Williamson Wilson Winkler Wise Wood Yoakum Young Zapata Zavala

Phone * Phone is Required. Phone too long. Must be 20 characters or fewer. Please enter an area code and phone number with optional extension.

Phone #2 (Optional) Phone too long. Must be 20 characters or fewer. Please enter an area code and phone number with optional extension.

Email * Email is Required.  Enter a valid email address.  Email too long. Must be 270 characters or fewer.

Gender * Gender is Required.

Age * Age is Required.

Race * Race is Required. White Black or African American American Indian or Alaska Native Asian Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Hispanic or Latino

Website (Optional) Website must be 300 characters or fewer. 

Business Information

What is your 9-digit Federal Employer Identification Number (EIN)? * EIN is Required. Must be a 9 digit number

What year was your business founded? * Year founded is Required.

Is your business registered in the State of Texas? * Answer whether business is Licensed.
YesNo

Are you a minority owned business? * Answer whether business is minority owned.
YesNo

Are you a veteran owned business? * Answer whether business is veteran owned.
YesNo

Does your business have 15 employees or fewer? * Answer regarding number of employees.
YesNo

How have you funded your business to date? Check all relevant funding sources.

• Self
• Family & friends money
• Bank/CDFI/SBA loans
• Angel/VC equity
• Other

What was your gross income for 2022? * Gross Income is Required.

What is your projected gross income for 2023? * Projected Income is Required.

What industry category best describes your business (i.e. manufacturing, retail, entertainment etc)? Please choose an industry. -- Choose an industry category -- Accommodation and Food Services Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Servic Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Construction Educational services Finance and Insurance Health Care and Social Assistance Information Management of companies and enterprises Manufacturing Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction Other Services (except Public Administration) Professional, scientific, and technical services Public Administration Real Estate and Rental and Leasing Retail trade Transportation and Warehousing Utilities Wholesale trade -- Other --

Describe your business. What are the products and/or services you offer? What differentiates you from your competitors? Maximum of 800 characters. Enter the business differentiation.  Business differentiation: enter 1200 characters or fewer.

Business Statement

If selected as a recipient, are you comfortable with participating in PR and marketing, photography, videography and/or media interviews? * PR is Required.
YesNo

Please take this time to answer the following questions in detail as this will help the judges understand and connect with you and your business.

How does your business connect with or support your community? Dollars donated, materials or in-kind donations, etc? Maximum of 1200 characters. Enter 1200 characters or fewer.  If awarded, how do you plan to use the grant money? Maximum of 1200 characters. Enter 1200 characters or fewer.