The general public are being offered the chance to participate in the judging process in a competition to find the UK's most exciting entrepreneurial talent.
You can vote for the sixth, wildcard finalist in The Pitch 2010, a nationwide competition to track down Britain’s brightest business brains.
The Pitch 2010, which is organised by publisher Sift Media and led by its small-business advice site BusinessZone.co.uk, has visited Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, London and Edinburgh this summer.
Five finalists have been selected from a series of regional heats by judges including former Dragons Den investor Doug Richard. Only one of the 20 runners-up can go through to the final, and their fate is solely to be decided by a public vote.
Whoever the public deems to be the best candidate will join the other five finalists in pitching a business idea to a panel of experts in front of a live audience. The overall champion will win business products and services worth a total of £50,000.
The grand final, to be held at the Institute of Directors headquarters in central London on 16 November, will comprise a full-day conference packed with business advice, face-to-face mentoring and high-pressure pitching in front of a live audience.
Finalists will be judged by a panel of high-profile business experts including investment guru and Dragons’ Den Online judge Julie Meyer and winner of the first series of The Apprentice, Tim Campbell.
