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Every so often, American Underground gives the floor at its weekly HelpFest event to entrepreneurs within its community to share their stories and learnings, field questions from the community and ask for help. 

ExitEvent filmed the most recent Company Pitch Day in December 2014. Pitches from the founders of healthy energy drink maker Mati Energy, foam coach creator Nugget Comfort and wine education/bar startup Rx Wine Lab are below, along with links to recent ExitEvent stories about the first two companies and Rx's ongoing crowdfunding campaign.



Tatiana Birgisson of Mati Energy shares her startup story and 2015 plans at American Underground's HelpFest in December 2014. Ryan Timms/ExitEvent


Nugget Comfort CEO David Baron pitches his foam furniture startup at American Underground's HelpFest in December 2014. Ryan Timms/ExitEvent


Rx Wine Lab is a part-wine bar, part-education and events facility planned for downtown Durham. Ryan Timms/ExitEvent

Laura Baverman

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Laura Baverman manages the day-to-day at ExitEvent, writing and editing stories, lining up contributors and representing us in the community. She also works as a USA Today columnist, writing the Startups and Entrepreneurs column every other week in print and online. Laura has spent a decade in journalism, most of those years as a business reporter in her hometown Cincinnati. Her Ohio roots run deep, but she's learning to love the South. Especially sun, all months of the year.

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