One of the many activities that has been going during the SxSW Interactive Conference this past week has been a pitch event: Student Startup Madness.  A Michigan startup out of Michigan State University won the event, Temporun. The Student Startup Madness event started in the summer of 2012, and culimiated into the finals at SxSW last Saturday, March 9th.  Eight …

The first Pitch Zoo event this past Monday (March 4th) went well. The four “pitchers” did a wonderful job — thanks Kitt, Brian (and Dann), Matt, and Tom.  Each one received feedback on their pitches which they felt was helpful. The food that Maria Brennan (The Victorian Bakery) prepared was great.  The coffee and tea provided by WaterStreet was much needed.  And …

As part of pitching at the Pitch Zoo, “pitchers” will get a surprise: A Pitch Zoo t-shirt, saying “I PITCHED AN INNING AT THE ZOO!”. Below is a picture of one of the samples.  The picture doesn’t do the t-shirt justice.  I would have modeled it to make the shirt look better, but I have yet to pitch an inning …

The Pitch Zoo stickers have arrived.  You can pick one up at tomorrow’s event (March 4th).  I have already put one on my Pitch Zoo folder — to ensure that I know which folder it is. 🙂

One of the things you want to include in your pitch is information about your team.  People are a keep aspect to any business, especially startups / new firms. Nicole Gravagna from the Rockies Venture Club has a simple post explaining how to talk about the team in a pitch: Investor Pitch Deck Series #3 – The Team Slide At …