Ms Hennessy, of Beyond Vision Travel, has spent 10 years working with students with vision impairment and has combined a love of travel with her desire to help people to focus on travel tours for people with vision impairment.

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Jobs Minister Stuart Ayres said the three-day bootcamp at the Sydney Startup Hub from August 12-14 would put 11 of regional NSW's best business startups through a range of business development workshops as they compete for a spot in the finals of the 2019 Jobs for NSW Regional Pitchfest, with $20,000 in cash and prizes on offer.

"The Jobs for NSW Regional Pitchfest is all about shining a spotlight on the best new business ideas that are coming out of regional NSW and helping the entrepreneurs behind them take the next big step in their development," Mr Ayres said.

"Regional pitch events have been held in Armidale, Bathurst, Broken Hill, Byron Bay, Dubbo, Wagga Wagga, Wollongong, Young and virtually from Lightning Ridge to unearth the top startup talent from each location.

"Congratulations to the 11 outstanding businesses who have won their regional events and will now progress to the next stage of the Regional Pitchfest.

"These clever startups are fantastic examples of the breadth of creative innovation that is occurring right across our regional areas of NSW.

"They represent a range of business types that are servicing our communities - from online gourmet food companies to business, social support, and health technologies to assist people suffering from chronic pain and dementia.

"We want to help these startups grow and develop to create businesses and jobs that can support the economic future of our regions."

Dianna Somerville, founder of Regional Pitchfest, said the semi-finalists would now take part in the three-day bootcamp before competing in a further pitching event.

"The bootcamp will include workshops to coach the startups on different aspects of business including attracting and managing investors, marketing, team and board building and more," Mrs Somerville said.

"Five finalists will then be chosen from the bootcamp pitching session to advance to the NSW State Final in Wagga Wagga on September 5. There they will pitch to a live audience and expert panel for a chance to be crowned 2019 Jobs for NSW Regional Pitchfest winner."