Deadline: 16-Oct-21
Applications are now open for the Comcast RISE Small Business Program (“Contest”) to provide marketing, creative, media, and technology services to small businesses owned by people of color.
Small businesses have been dealing with the ongoing impact of the pandemic, social unrest, and environmental events. Small businesses owned by people of color have been some of the hardest hit.
Elements
Selected businesses could receive one or more of the following elements:
- Media: A linear TV media schedule, over a 90-day period.
- Creative Production: Turnkey production of a 30-second TV commercial, plus a media strategy consultation and 90-day media placement schedule.
- Technology Makeover: Computer equipment and Internet, Voice and Cybersecurity services for 12 months. (Taxes and other fees may still apply for tech makeover services.)
Eligibility Criteria
- You are eligible to apply for this program if your business:
- Is at least 51% owned and operate by people of color
- Is independently owned and operated
- Is registered to conduct business in the US
- Has been operating for one or more years
- Is located within the Comcast Business or Effectv service area footprint
- Open only to small businesses operating in one (1) of the contiguous United States or the District of Columbia, excluding the following:
- For Tech Makeover: Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming; and
- For Media Consultation, Media Campaign, and Creative Campaign: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
- Small business must be owned by an individual eighteen (18) years of age or older as of the start of the Contest Period that also meets the following eligibility requirements:
- Owner identifies as Black, Indigenous, or a Person of Color;
- Person who owns the business is the primary decision maker for, and has been actively engaged in the day-to-day operation of the business;
- Owner owns at least 51% of said business;
- Business is registered to conduct business in one of the forty-eight (48) contiguous United States or District of Columbia;
- Business is independently owned and operated, sole proprietor;
- Business has engaged in active daily operation for at least one (1) year (twelve (12) months);
- Business does not fall into any of the following categories:
- Non-profit;
- Chamber of Commerce;
- Educational Institution;
- Political advertiser;
- Marijuana dispensary;
- Manufacturer or retailer of drug paraphernalia;
- Virtual MVPD;
- Internet Service Provider;
- Gun manufacturer or retailer;
- Fireworks manufacturer or retailer;
- Tobacco/vape manufacturer or retailer;
- Illegal products or services provider;
- For Media Consultation, Media Campaign, and Creative Campaign:
- Business employs less than one hundred (100) employees (including full-time and part-time employees)
- For Tech Makeover:
- Must be a premises-based (not home-based) business located in a building and not mobile (such as operating out of a truck);
- Business employs less than or equal to twenty-five (25) employees (including full-time and part-time employees)
- Employees of Comcast Corporation, and each of its respective parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are not eligible to enter or win.
For more information, visit https://www.comcastrise.com/apply/