There will be a change going forward with Pitch Zoo. The change deals with the feedback from the audience. Pitch Zoo was designed to get feedback on the content and the delivery of the pitch. However, in the first two Pitch Zoos I have seen it be difficult to separate the feedback on the pitch (the content and the delivery) …
I am thinking about making the July Pitch Zoo event be targeted to software developers. The idea is that up to 6 entrepreneurs would do pitches targeted to software developers. The entrepreneurs would have 3 minutes to pitch their business idea in a format to excite software developers. There would not be Q&A. But rather the entrepreneurs would grab a …
WMU hosted a pitch competition, PITCH, on April 5th and 6th, with 32 teams competing. Here are the final results: 1st: Fish Ninja, Pitcher: Nathan Norman ($1,200) 2nd: TPimpawster, Pitcher: Erik Chmelar ($700) 3rd: Tech Guardian, Pitcher: John Fry ($400) Most Entertaining, as voted by the crowd: Erik Chmelar, TPimpawster ($200) There were 8 business ideas that made it to the final …
The second Pitch Zoo event this past Monday (April 1st) was fun — being that it was on April Fool’s Day. Ryan Goins was the timekeeper and was able to have fun with the chattering teeth and duck calls. And several people in the crowd used their false teeth when supporting the “pitchers” and asking them questions / providing feedback. …
Richard Branson, the founder of the Virgin Group recently posted an article on Linked in (hat-tip to Derrick McIver) recently regarding business pitches: The art of pitching. In the article he mentions that there are 5 items that are important in a pitch: Be able to explain how the new business will make a difference Be grounded in your knowledge …