This Week’s Top Stories Include Plans underway to raise tolls on Delaware Memorial Bridge First State Educate, Scripps agree to new Spelling Bee Walgreens in Trolley Square closing Meyer signs third gun law for NCCo DSU ranks in top 3 of public HBCUs for 5th straight year Week 3 Premier PT Player of the Week, Conrad’s Atallian Click on the …
Droneversity wins $10,000 Swim with Sharks grand prize
Ashlee Cooper was standing a chair taking photos of balloon decorations when a passerby told her she needed a drone. Now her company, Droneversity, has won $10,000 in the 12th Annual Swim with the Sharks Pitch Competition, held Wednesday at Penn Cinema on the Riverfront. The Emerging Enterprise Center’s competition showcases innovative entrepreneurs and celebrates the spirit of entrepreneurship in …
Swim with the Sharks live pitch set for Sept. 25
Five Delaware entrepreneurs will compete Sept. 25 for a $10,000 prize in the Emerging Enterprise Center’s Swim with the Sharks pitch competition. The finalists are: Coffee Rendezbrew Color + Blow Droneversity Kai Coders Sindri Materials Corp. The 12th annual “Shark Tank”-style pitch contest, presented by the Delaware Division of Small Business Office of Supplier Diversity, will be hosted by DETV’s Ivan Thomas at Penn …
State programs like EDGE help women-owned businesses grow
WILMINGTON — When Ashlee Cooper was offered the opportunity to return to the teaching job she lost during the pandemic, she declined because her toddler’s school hadn’t reopened yet. She opted instead to open an event-planning company. Her “ah-ha” moment came when someone saw her standing on a chair to photograph a balloon sculpture and suggested she use a drone …
EDGE funding goes to 10 more Delaware startups
Delaware has given grants to 10 small businesses, as winners of the seventh round of the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion competition. Five STEM-based companies will each receive up to $100,000 for eligible expenses while five Entrepreneur Class businesses will each receive up to $50,000. Specific amounts to each company were not released. EDGE is a matching grant program. The …