PETERBOROUGH – March 6, 2018 Six Bears’ Lair Entrepreneurial Competition finalists are preparing to pitch their businesses to a panel of judges at The Venue on April 18th. The top six businesses were selected from a group of 20 Bears’ Lair semi-finalists on Tuesday by local business community judges. Chair Diane Richard announced the finalists on stage at the Showcase event at The Venue, where contestants had that opportunity to display the best of their …

[PETERBOROUGH]: Peterborough’s fiercest competition has returned. The 2018 Bears’ Lair Entrepreneurial Competition launched Friday morning at VentureNorth. Bears’ Lair is an annual competition for up-and-coming entrepreneurs in Peterborough & the Kawarthas.   Applications for this year’s competition will open on Tuesday, January 16th. Carey McMaster, Co-Chair and Sponsor Lead for the 2018 Bears’ Lair Competition invited all interested entrepreneurs to attend an orientation session at the Peterborough Chamber of Commerce that evening at 6:00 p.m. …

The Bears’ Lair Entrepreneurial Competition had its Grand Finale at The Venue on Tuesday, April 25, 2017. Six up-and-coming entrepreneurs pitched their businesses to a panel of judges with the goal of winning over $55,000 in cash and business support services.   The 6 finalists were split into the Innovation Stream and the Goods & Services Stream based on their type of business. The winner of the Innovation Stream was Alex Bushell of Lab Improvements, the …

Six Bears’ Lair Entrepreneurial Competition finalists are preparing to pitch their businesses to a panel of judges at The Venue on April 25th. The top six businesses were selected from a group of 21 Bears’ Lair semi-finalists on Tuesday by local business community judges. Chair Diane Richard announced the finalists on stage at the Showcase event at The Venue, where contestants had that opportunity to display the best of their businesses. Three of the finalists …

Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 Bears’ Lair Competition! Rob Howard won the Goods & Services stream with his business Kawartha Local. Rick Dolishny won  the Innovation stream for his business BlushDrop. Read the full article on the Peterborough Examiner.