{"id":3945,"date":"2015-04-29T13:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T12:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2016-03-15T16:53:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T15:53:16","slug":"pitch-to-rich-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/general\/pitch-to-rich-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch to Rich 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/voom.jpg\" alt=\"voom\" width=\"715\" height=\"151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/voom.jpg 982w, https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/voom-300x64.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Calling all you budding (and blooming&#8230;!) entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Media Business is\u00a0giving you the chance to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/\" target=\"_blank\">pitch Richard Branson your business idea<\/a><\/strong>. And as if the prospect of that isn&#8217;t thrilling\u00a0enough, the ten best pitches will win a share of more than \u00a31,000,000 in prizes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3950\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mzuridesign.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/branson.jpg\" alt=\"Voom\" width=\"553\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/branson.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.mzuri.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/branson-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><br \/>\nThere are three categories for which to apply:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/grow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grow<\/a><\/strong>: for those wanting to change their business from the inside. The winner in this category will receive a \u00a3250k campaign, while two runners-up will recieve \u00a3100k campaigns. Not bad! Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/grow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/new-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">New\u00a0Things<\/a><\/strong>: the category in which the #VOOM team would like to see &#8216;big ideas with the capacity to disrupt&#8217;, they&#8217;ll be\u00a0accepting entries from yet to be formed ventures, small, medium and large businesses. The winner will be awarded a \u00a350k cash investment as well as mentoring from Virgin&#8217;s investment team. Two runners up will receive \u00a310k towards investment. Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/new-things\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Things<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/start-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Start-Up<\/a><\/strong>: Do you have an exciting, &#8216;game-changing business plan?&#8217; The winner of the Start-Up category will receive a \u00a3150k campaign with support from Virgin for one year, while the two runners up will receive \u00a350k campaigns. Intriguing? Read more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/start-up\/\" target=\"_blank\">Start-Up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The #<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginmediabusiness.co.uk\/pitch-to-rich\/\" target=\"_blank\">VOOM<\/a>\u00a0website is full of useful resources that will help you to\u00a0create a smashing application. Watch the Pitch to Rich 2015 #VOOM video <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YBwbi3hyynE\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>. 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