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CoreScience BioDiagnostics Wins Pitch Black
YOUNG COMPANY PROMOTES PREVENTION, ACCESS AND COMMUNITY IMPACT BY KARA SCHWEISS Sharnelle Shelton officially formed CoreScience BioDiagnostics (coresciencebiodiagnostics.com) as an LLC in late 2024, but the business didn’t begin serving the public until January of this year. Shelton already had enough confidence in her new venture, however, to enter the MAC Chamber Pitch Black Conference’s pitch competition this spring, expecting not to win but merely to gain some important experience and exposure through the process. Shelton was selected as one of five finalists who pitched to a panel of judges in front of an audience at the live competition. She gained the pitching skills she had hoped for plus something she wasn’t counting on: winning the competition and a prize package valued at more than $50,000 that included $10,000 in cash as well as support through multiple businesses and organizations from bookkeeping and legal services to marketing and advertising. “I learned about Pitch Black through Omaha’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, but last PITCH BLACK ON PAGE 06
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