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COMPETITION BACKGROUND
On February 15, 2018, Brian Rashid Global launched Uniting the Americas, a Latin American wide entrepreneurship competition. Brian will bring two entrepreneurs from Latin America on all expense paid trip to the Silicon Valley of California. During this 5 day trip, the winners will meet investors, as well as other contacts Brian has at Google, Facebook, Netflix, Airbnb, Salesforce, and more. Brian will award a $10,000 seed fund to be split between the winners. Brian will personally mentor the winners after the competition concludes. The winner will be selected by june 1.
Every applicant will receive Brian’s 7 part video course, “Brand in a Box: Creating a Personal Brand that Sells.” Each participant also receives a weekly group call with Brian where they will be able to ask any question they have regarding their business, idea, venture capital, marketing strategy, and more. Brian is also collecting the names, emails, and other relevant professional data to build a database of Latin America’s top entrepreneurial talent. This data will be used to connect these entrepreneurs to the appropriate people in Brian’s network for job placement, investment opportunities, and other professional development ideas between applicants.
The application is open to entrepreneurs that live in Latin America. The participants can be in the idea phase of their project, or have an existing business running. Applications are open for ideas or businesses that have a local or global impact on their communities in an array of industries such as technology, social impact, tourism, medical, biotech, hospitality, fashion, and more.
II. WHO IS BRIAN RASHID:
Brian Rashid is the CEO of Brian Rashid Global, a completely bilingual modern-day marketing and communications company with offices in New York City, NY and Medellin, Colombia. Brian is an international keynote speaker, and contributing writer at Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazine.
Brian advises some of the most influential brands in the world such as Intel, Credit Karma, Salesforce.com, KPMG, the United Nations, and more. He also leads the European Union’s Migrant Empowerment for Change, an entrepreneurship training program focusing on helping displaced migrants create viable businesses in 26 different countries around the world. Brian was previously a speechwriter for Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Administration in New York City.
Brian is an investor and active advisor of startup companies in the Silicon Valley. Over the last 5 years, he has advised over 100 startup companies on the creation and delivery of their pitch decks. These startups have raised $500 million of investment funds.
Brian has delivered two TEDx talks, is a United States Department of State Fulbright Scholar, and speaks fluent Spanish. He holds a law degree from the City University of New York.
III. BRIAN RASHID GLOBAL UNITING THE AMERICAS IN THE PRESS:
You can find international press coverage of Brian Rashid and the Entrepreneurship Competition here.
Magazine:
Brian Rashid Unites the Americas in Global Entrepreneurship Competition, Thrive Global Magazine
Building Bridges Between the Americas Is Key for Global Entrepreneurship Entrepreneur Magazine
Creating a Brand Around What you Love, Inc. Magazine
Television:
Uniting the Americas, Univision
V. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
OFFICIAL GOLD SPONSOR: $10,000 for the winners’ prize money
We are searching for one official gold sponsor to underwrite the $10,000 of prize money for the winning entrepreneurs. As the one official sponsor, you will receive:
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Your name on the checks in Silicon Valley.
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Mention in all international press opportunities. At this moment, press interest from:
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NAME THEM HERE
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Your logo on every piece of daily video content we produce.
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A short intro video about your participation to every participant that applies about your involvement as a sponsor. We are expecting one thousand applications
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2 videos of the winning entreprenuers and there stories in your name
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1 million people reached through targeted and specific facebook targeting for our video content throughout the competition.
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Your logo will be at the beginning of all of this video content as “Brought to you by..”
SILVER SPONSOR: $5,000 for the winner’s trip to Silicon Valley
We are searching for two gold sponsors to underwrite the $10,000 of travel expenses ($5,000 each) for the winning entrepreneurs. As a silver sponsor, you will receive:
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Mention in all international press opportunities. At this moment, press interest from:
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NAME THEM HERE
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A short intro video about your participation to every participant that applies about your involvement as a sponsor. We are expecting one thousand applications
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2 videos of the winning entreprenuers and there stories in your name
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1 million people reached through targeted and specific facebook targeting for our video content throughout the competition. Your logo will be on all of this video content.
If you wish to sponsor both trips for $10,000, you will receive the same benefits as the official gold sponsor.
