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April 25, 2016 – Scottsdale, Arizona — Calling all innovative, early stage sport and entertainment startups that want to pitch their business to the leaders and innovators of professional and collegiate sports teams, leagues, and venues.
Christine Stoffel, CEO & Founder of SEAT – Sports & Entertainment Alliance in Technology, is launching the third annual SEAT Startup Tech Innovation Competition. Ms. Stoffel has brought together an impressive list of sport & entertainment executives as the SEAT Silicon Sports 2016 Steering Committee. These individuals have helped to shape the application process and will take part in the review of all startup applications.
The SEAT Silicon Sports 2016 Innovation Showcase will take place on July 19, 2016 in Las Vegas, during the third day of the annual Sports Entertainment and Technology Conference.
Eight early stage startups will receive 7 minutes on stage to demo their solution and explain why it will revolutionize sports. The audience, whom are decision-makers across the Global sports & entertainment industry, will vote live for the startup they believe has the most potential. The winning startup is invited to attend the remainder of the conference and meet with several progressive organizations one on one.
As a bonus, all companies selected to pitch will get to attend the entire pitch day of the SEAT conference to network at their own table in the exhibit hall, perform demonstrations and gain unprecedented access to over 1,000 sport, college, venue & technology global leaders.
Applications to participate in the SEAT Silicon Sports Start-up Pitch Competition are open until Friday May 20, 2016. For detailed information and application process: www.SEATSiliconSports.com
For more information about SEAT Consortium visit www.SEATConsortium.com.
For more information about Christine Stoffel visit www.ChristineStoffel.com
For Press or Media Contact: Christine Stoffel, SEAT -CEO, cstoffel@seatconsortium.com or BJ Scott,
SEAT-Sr. Director Global Marketing bjscott@seatconsortium.com Cell: 623-670-0492
SEAT, LLC & SEAT Silicon Sports, LLC 2016 Startup Tech Competition Press Release April 25, 2016