Cox Business and Inc. magazine announced the five finalists of Get Started Tucson (#GetStartedTucson).
Each will pitch their idea in 2.5 minutes to a panel of experts at a public event Wednesday. One winner will receive a prize package valued at nearly $11,000.
The businesses were selected based on innovation, ease of implementation and benefit to the community. The finalists are:
- Darling Geomatics is a 3D scanning and modeling services for aerospace, defense, civil engineering, architecture, archaeology and entertainment industries.
- Southwest Spirits is Tucson’s first Sonoran-based distillery creating local and organic vodka, gin and tequila.
- Outski combines travel planning, booking tools, social collaboration and a built-in savings account in one online tool making planning for travel easy and accessible to anyone.
- SmartStar provides digital educational games to empower young people by teaching practical real-life skills in a fun, engaging, and interactive experience. SmartStar’s objective is to equip children with the critical-thinking and problem-solving skills needed for life.
- Scraps on Scraps is a residential food waste/compostable material pick up company with a goal to help individual households reduce the amount of compostable materials in our landfills.
