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The Inaugural Visionary Pitch Competition was held at the Enterprise Center in Philadelphia to give minority-owned businesses a chance to win $250,000.

Ten businesses were the finalists out of 547 applicants, and they had to pitch their companies to win the grand prize.

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Minority owned businesses from all over the nation were in Philadelphia competing for a $250,000 prize. The competition was the first of it’s kind for the Enterprise Center. NBC10’s Yukare Nakayama shows how each business made their pitch.
 

Ten minority-owned business finalists vied Thursday at the Enterprise Center for a chance to win $250,000 in the center’s inaugural Visionary Pitch Competition.

The 10 finalists out of 547 applicants hoped to win the grand prize in the Shark Tank-esque competition, where they pitched their companies...

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