Browns support Urban League of Greater Cleveland s 6th annual pitch competition The Browns supported the pitch competition by donating a marketing-valued sponsorship of $25,000 to Perfect Pineapple Wraps Feb 05, 2021 at 03:39 PM Copied!
In January, the Entrepreneurship Center at the Urban League of Greater Cleveland hosted its 6th Annual Pitch Competition in conjunction with the launch of the UBIZ Venture Capital Small Business Loan Fund. This fund was established to bring tangible solutions to disparities in small business lending for African Americans and other disadvantaged small businesses.
With 2020 having been a very difficult year for business owners, the Urban League of Greater Cleveland celebrated small business owners throughout Greater Cleveland by honoring their commitment and hard work in entrepreneurship. Specifically, the Urban League looked to celebrate business owners who:
What is NightCap?
At a first glance, NightCap looks like your ordinary hair scrunchie. But closer observation reveals that this scrunchie has a small hidden section that holds a flexible cover made of nylon/ spandex, which can be used to cover your glasses. This unique scrunchie that looks fairly innocent and fashionable, could very easily save you from the nightmare of having your drink spiked when you re out having fun. It is machine washable and has a small opening for a straw. Also available is a separate carrying bag with stainless steel straws and a specially designed cleaning brush.
NightCap looks like a scrunchy but acts as a cover for the glasses (nightcapit.com)
UT Entrepreneurship Student To Be Featured on ABC’s “Shark Tank” on Feb. 5
University of Tampa first-year student Shirah Benarde and her brother Michael Benarde, a graduate student at Florida State University, are scheduled to pitch their drink-spiking prevention scrunchie
, NightCap, on ABC’s
Shark Tank on Friday, Feb. 5, at 8 p.m. EST. Shirah Benarde, 18, is in the Spartan Accelerator program in The University of Tampa’s Lowth Entrepreneurship Center.
Shirah Benarde 24 invented and received a patent for NightCap when she was 16, then partnered with her brother to form NightCapit LLC.
Shirah Benarde invented and received a patent for NightCap when she was 16, then partnered with her brother to form NightCapit LLC. Since then, NightCap has won multiple awards including Florida State University’s InNOLEvation Challenge, Tallahassee Startup Week’s Annual Pitch Competition, FSU’s Turkey Tank and FSU’s Jim Moran Micro Grant. NightCap also has been featured on the