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Jaylon's busy doing other stuff as well. by G.K.Chesterton

On Friday, Smith will host the finals of a venture pitch competition in his hometown of Fort Wayne, Indiana dubbed the Indiana Showcase, which flows out of the minority entrepreneurship institute he established.

Five finalists, narrowed from a field of 65, are vying for a chunk of $300,000 in start-up cash and other forms of business development support. Smith and three Indiana business owners, including former Colts linebacker Gary Brackett, will judge the entrants.

Think Shark Tank with a grassroots twist. Let the best pitch win.

“I want to close the gap,” Smith declares.