Name: The Drive, a Business Pitch Competition
Start: 2024-10-03T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Ivy Tech Community College Kokomo Region

*** DEADLINE TO ENTER ***
To apply as a contestant, you must complete the form at greaterkokomo.com/thedrive by April 28, 2024.

The Drive, a business pitch competition presented by Inventrek Technology Park, will return this year and again award $10,000 in seed money to a local entrepreneur.
An initiative of the Greater Kokomo Economic Development Alliance, the contest is open to those with a startup idea or expansion of an existing business located within Howard County. Expansion could include increasing square footage, adding a product line, and increasing geographical reach.
Businesses with 100 or fewer employees are eligible to participate.
The competition will take place during a “Shark Tank”-style event at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 3 at Hingst Hall on the Ivy Tech Kokomo campus.
The event will be open to the public, and there’s no cost to attend.
Contestants will pitch their business idea to a panel of judges in front of an audience.
To become a Drive sponsor, contact Caitlin Sheets at [email protected].
Thank you to our generous sponsors: Card Payment Solutions, City of Kokomo, Community First Bank of Indiana, Indiana University Kokomo and Ivy Tech Community College.