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Local wifi firm named business plan competition semi-finalist

GLOUCESTER, ma, April 21, 2008: Hotz1.net, a startup WiFi service provider in Gloucester, MA, has been named a semi-finalist in the 2008 North of Boston Business Plan Competition. The competition is a joint effort of The Merrimack Valley Economic Development Council, Inc., the Merrimack Valley Venture Forum, and the Enterprise Center at Salem State University in Salem, MA.

The North of Boston Business Plan Competition showcases each contestant's business plan in front of a panel of judges, many of whom are early stage investors. Winners will be awarded cash prizes — $10,000 first place, $6,000 second place and

$4,000 third place. The semi-finalists will present their business plans to the judges on April 23rd and the three winners will be selected. On May 14 the finalists will present their plans to a live audience and the judges at the Recital Hall on the Central Campus of the College (71 Loring Ave) from 4 to 6:30.

Christine Sullivan, Executive Director of the Enterprise Center stated that this year, "We have received the largest number of applicants in our four year history and expect to have an outstanding competition this year." The 2008 North of Boston competition is an enlarged version of the Enterprise Center's previous North Shore Business Plan Competition, expanding this year to include the Merrimack Valley.

Hotz1.net has started operations in Gloucester, MA and is currently offering services to the Main Street Business District. They are operating from the Cape Ann Business Incubator, Inc. (CABI), located at 183 Main Street, which provides lease space and business support services to their new business. For more information on the Business Plan Competition, please go to the Enterprise Center web site at www.enterprisectr.org/bpc

 

If you have any questions, please call Erika at 978.282.7779 or e-mail erika.hansen@businc.org

 

 
 

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