Start Peninsula is an organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses by providing mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. Start Peninsula helps launch you and your business idea towards success through hosting pitch competitions, pitch workshops and informational sessions.

Pitch Competitions

Pitch Perfect Workshops

Mentorship and Guidance

Do You Have a Business Idea – Start Peninsula is the Place for You!

Do you have a business idea (or invention) and need guidance and/or funding to get it off the ground? Then clear your calendar for one of our upcoming Micro Pitch Competitions! Start is an organization dedicated to helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses by providing mentorship, networking and funding opportunities. Start helps launch you and your business idea towards success through hosting pitch competitions, pitch workshops and informational sessions.

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Chair One Fitness, September 2020

Not Sure Yet – Learn to Make the Perfect Pitch!

Do you have an idea, but do not feel ready to present? Start with Pitch Perfect! A program designed to help you learn the essential elements of a good pitch. Connect with our group of seasoned mentors and learn how to deliver your idea with confidence.

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A Starting Point

Everyone and everything have a starting point and that especially applies to business.  Just take a moment and think, it’s 1975 and an advertising executive named Gary Dahl comes up with the idea to sell rocks. Not just any rocks, but “Pet Rocks”.  The product was marketed like live pets in a custom box with holes for breathing and sold for $4.00.  The fad lasted only a short time, but Gary Dahl sold over one (1) million rocks. In 2012, “Pet Rocks” was discontinued and sold to Rosebud Entertainment. However, as of 2020, you can still purchase a pet rock on Amazon for $19.95. The business landscape is full of examples like Gary Dahl. People that have ideas and take a chance to make them happen.

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Start Peninsula Recap, 2019

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