PioBiz opens at MC with presentations on Thursday, November 30

by Tom Perry

Marietta, OH (11/27/2023) — Mid-Ohio Valley community members are invited to Round 1 of the PioBiz Competition from 4:00-6:00 p.m., Thursday, November 30. The competition will be in poster format in The Gathering Place on Marietta College's campus.

Round 1 involves identifying a problem worth solving and proposing a new product or service that provides a solution. Proposals should demonstrate potential for establishing a for-profit or non-profit organization.

Posters should include:

A clear description of the problem.
Defining target customers experiencing this problem.
Explain why the problem is worth solving.
Outlining existing alternative solutions.
Detailing the proposed product/service and how it solves the problem.
Highlighting the unique value proposition over other options.

Fifteen business ideas are expected to be presented at this competition.

Winners will be determined by scores from four judges (0-100 points) and "PioBiz dollars" invested by community members in their favorite projects. The top-scoring projects overall will win.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy, which was founded in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today, Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers over 50 majors and is consistently ranked among the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.

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Marietta College

PioBiz opens at MC with presentations on Thursday, November 30

Marietta College

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