Main Street Rising Tour - Pitch Application (New York)

Main Street Rising Tour - Pitch Application (New York) is sponsored by Hello Alice. This pitch competition offers small businesses in New York a chance to win thousands of dollars by presenting their business live.

Main Street Rising Tour · A program by Hello Alice with Google The businesses with context win. The ones without it fall You already know AI matters. The advice is everywhere.

What's missing is someone who knows your business well enough to point you somewhere specific. That's what every Main Street Rising What founders took home from LA. The first stop drew hundreds of small business owners.

Here's what a few of them said after the day. “We got our first grant through Hello Alice and now that we’ve got this award today, we’re very thankful for all the support Hello Alice has given our business. ” Matt Jones & Javier Carrera Co-founders, Crease Beast · Los Angeles “All actionable, real advice that addresses the hard business stuff.

Looking forward to implementing some of the Founder, Journee’s Roses · Los Angeles “I had never pitched before. Not once. But I said yes anyway.

Then the judges said I won. ” Founder & CEO, Elevate Business Solutions · Los Register for the city closest to your business, or any other city you can travel to. Capacity is limited per venue.

One day, designed to send you home with progress. From registration to the six-week accelerator, every part of the tour is built so you leave with a next step, not just notes. Register for free.

Pitch application is optional. Optional pitch application In the room. Real tools.

Real conversations. AI workshops with practitioners Industry-grouped roundtables The work doesn't stop when the day ends. 6-week virtual accelerator AI takeaways you can use Monday The people building the room.

Why this tour, why now, in the words of the Hello Alice leadership When you put AI in the hands of Main Street, you don't just level the playing field; you hand every entrepreneur the megaphone they've deserved all along. AI on Main Street gives every small business a team of advocates, advisors and barrier-breakers in their back pocket. For decades, Main Street had the ideas but not the tools.

Now the tools are here. The small businesses who know their customers best are about to build things we've never seen. Chief Product & Technology Officer, Hello Alice Two ways to be in the room.

Whether you're running the business or building the platform that serves it, there's a place for you on the tour. For small business owners Free to register at every stop. Open to all small business owners.

Apply to pitch live at the event for a chance at the Free to register, no sales pitch Industry-grouped peer conversations on the day Walk out with a Monday next step Want to pitch? Apply during registration . Cash prize will be awarded.

Partner brands aren't sponsoring from a distance. They're at the tables, on the panels, and following up with the founders whose businesses can actually use what they've built. Audience access by industry & stage Sessions, panels, and pitch judging Distribution across the Hello Alice network Interested in partnering?

New York is up. October 7, 2026. Free to attend.

Save your spot before capacity fills. Register to attend → Registration closes Friday, October 2. Pitch applications close Wednesday, September 23.

Cash prize will be awarded.