Top business builders and investors provide valuable tips and insights on how to get early-stage funding.

The panelists include Aaron Samuels, Co-Founder and COO of Blavity, Thorne Sparkman, Managing Director of the Slater Technology Fund, and Tom Sperry, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Rogue Venture Partners.

About RIBC:

The Rhode Island Business Competition aims to create and foster growth companies in Rhode Island that will increase local employment. This non-profit is supported by a broad range of sponsors that include private businesses, investors, foundations, colleges and universities, public entities, nonprofit organizations, and former competitors. Today, it is one of the leading community-supported business plan competition in the Northeast. The Competition encourages plans for new businesses, as well as from early stage companies.