A women’s pitch competition with all women judges will be held in honor of October’s National Women’s Small Business Month on October 16. $5,000 in cash prizes will be awarded. The event is presented by the Polk Institute Foundation Women-owned businesses.  Los Angeles, CA… As a Transactional Attorney @ Polk Institute and business executive, William L. Stricklandsuccessfully represented professional athletes for over 35 years; primarily in the National Basketball Association and the National Football League. In this capacity, he negotiated contracts for personal playing services, endorsements, appearances, events, promotions and a broad array of other contracts which resulted in close to $2 billion in gross compensation paid to his clientele. His experience includes operating, budgetary & management responsibilities for staff and agents across the five major league sports of baseball, basketball, football, hockey and soccer.  The Polk Institute Foundation is a 501(C)(3). It's an innovative online enterprise offering a tuition-free Master Practitioner Training Incubator and Accelerator and Capital Funding. There is an 11-month Incubator Program for startups and pre-revenue companies and an 11-month Accelerator Program for existing businesses with the focus of graduating fundable CEOs. At the Polk Institute, social entrepreneurship companies are endeavors that are purpose-driven and represent the passion of the founder.These endeavors focus on People, Planet and Profit (Triple Bottom Line) and the belief that behaving ethically and generating profits are not conflicting concepts. https://polkinstitute.org.