The Whittington Group partners with UTSA to support student entrepreneurs

SAN ANTONIO - Oct. 31, 2013 - PRLog -- (San Antonio, TX) – The winners of a twice-a-year, $100,000 competition for aspiring entrepreneurs at The University of Texas at San Antonio have something new to be excited about:  marketing and public relations support from The Whittington Group (http://www.thiswgroup.com/), a San Antonio-based communications strategy company.

         Starting with the spring 2014 competition, the winners of the UTSA Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship (CITE) $100,000 Student Technology Venture Competition will also receive marketing and public relations support at no charge from The Whittington Group.  Services could include brand and marketing strategies, investor materials, social media programs, press releases, media relations and other related work.

         “We’re very excited offer our expertise with startup companies to UTSA tech entrepreneurs.  They are the future of San Antonio, and we’re eager to help them grow, succeed and create jobs,” said Eric Whittington, founder and president of The Whittington Group.  “UTSA is a great university and we applaud what the UTSA Center for Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship is doing with its $100,000 competition to nurture brilliant entrepreneurial minds.  It’s an honor to be a part of it.”

         The UTSA Student Technology Venture Competition offers the largest award of all undergraduate business planning competitions in the nation. It offers UTSA’s undergraduate senior business and engineering students the opportunity to build a technology, patent it, create a business and launch it in a rigorous incubator program.   Winners receive $100,000 in cash and business-related services.  The Whittington Group will provide $1,500 worth of marketing and PR service at no charge to each winning team.

         “As a student of the university and an entrepreneur, I am thrilled to help others create opportunities for themselves before they graduate,” said Casey Whittington, an account executive with The Whittington Group and a UTSA senior.

About The Whittington Group

The Whittington Group is a full-service communications, marketing and public relations firm based in San Antonio. The company provides strategic communications planning and execution to large and small organizations in industries including financial services, life sciences, healthcare, education, manufacturing, construction and many others.