SheKnows Media announces Ruma Bose, author and President of Chobani Ventures and the Chobani Foundation, as the emcee for their third annual #ThePitch: Live competition on June 24 th . #ThePitch serves as a video series and platform to contact, elevate, and coach female entrepreneurs, with #ThePitch: Live allowing female founders and business owners the chance to pitch their product to a high-profile judging panel for real-time critique.
SheKnows Media is a top digital media company focusing on women’s lifestyles based in Scottsdale, Arizona and New York. In addition to a large number of media properties, the company also organizes the #BlogHer17 conference, where #ThePitch: Live is held.
“We applaud women entrepreneurs who take risks and giant leaps of faith to determine their own destiny,” said Samantha Skey, SheKnows Media’s President and Chief Revenue Officer. “#ThePitch was created to honor such women, to shed light on the disparity between sexes when it comes to funding, and to give them the critical exposure and feedback they need to grow their business.”
At this year’s competition, Jeanne Lewis, Founder and CEO of Capsure, Esosa Ighodaro, Co-Founder of CoSign, Lynn Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Spotlight:Girls, and Yasmine Mustafa, CEO and Co-Founder of ROAR for Good join the over 60 previously mentored contestants, with the winner determined both by the judges and the 2,000 members of the audience at #BlogHer.
