Pitch Zoo – October
07
Oct
Last night Steve Glista (and crew) practiced his pitch on the hops farm that he is working on with family members.
Article: 6 Tips for Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch
06
Oct
Entrepreneur magazine has a recent article by Dwight Peters (a student at Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business in entrepreneurship and founder of BackersHub – a reward fulfillment tool for crowdfunding campaigns) about tips for pitching: 6 Tips for Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch The recommendations are a combination of content and delivery suggestions. His recommendations are (my thoughts are in parenthesis …
EFactor has a few things on how to make your pitch better, including how to practice
27
Sep
EFactor has put together a video featuring six elements that you should include in your pitch. These tips come from last year’s F50 Funded contestants: The 6 things to include in your pitch: The team The problem and your solution Traction / milestones Market size Competition [ comparison ] Financing [ past and current ] Also, EFactor listed 5 pointers …
Special Pitch Zoo Workshop — with Starting Gate 2014 Summer Cohort
08
Aug
On August 5th, we held a special Pitch Zoo workshop for the summer cohort of companies in the Starting Gate, a business accelerator for Western Michigan University students. The individuals consisted of founders from six companies currently in the summer cohort of the accelerator. During the 2 hour workshop we discussed different ways to pitch their business — to talk succinctly about …
Pitch Zoo – August
05
Aug
After taking a break in the summer, Pitch Zoo was back in August. David Szpunar (Revolutionary Designs) practiced his pitch on the product he is working on in the bottling industry. He ran through his pitch, received feedback, and then ran through the pitch a second time to see what improvements he could make on the delivery and content of the …