Finalists announced for Aberdeen Business Pitch competition

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Aberdeen Development Corporation has announced the finalists for the 2026 Aberdeen Business Pitch competition.  The event is in conjunction with the Northern Innovation and Startup Center.

The four finalists are the following:

Marquelle Reid for Abode Chiropratic

Madi Jones for Cr8 Soda

Jessica Cihak for Everlasting Bloom

David Jakubowicz for OPUS ABA LLC

Winner will receive a $10,000 cash prize to either startup or expand the business.

The event will take place at Engel’s Event Company on Monday, June 29th and is free and open to the public.  They do encourage everyone to register in advance.  You can do that at www.northernstartupcenter.com.

The social will begin at 4pm with the pitches to be presented at 5pm.

The judges will deliberate to follow and expect the announcement of the winner at around 6:30pm.