Colorado State University and the Blue Ocean Challenge has put a new twist on the elevator pitch. They are having participants pitch (2-minutes) on a trolley while driving around Fort Collins. A creative touch to making it “real”. “Innovation, both old and new, comes together in this high-energy, engaging competition as 15 Blue Ocean Enterprises Collegiate Track competitors board Birney …
A.J. Agrawal talks about the 3 main things he learned when pitching in a article for Entrepreneur magazine titled, “3 Ways To Perfect Your Pitch“. The 3 points are: Show off your customer discovery Keep them guessing Practice, refine and repeat I agree with point 1 and 3. You want to show what the market thinks (not just what you think) …
On April 22nd, we held a special Pitch Zoo workshop in collaboration with Colleagues International (Sarah Joshi) for 8 individuals that were visiting from Pakistan. The individuals, officers of non-governmental organizations in Pakistan, were visiting Kalamazoo as part of a trip sponsored by the United States Department of State. During the 3-4 hour workshop, the individuals practiced their pitches — talking …
This month we had two companies pitch an inning at the April Pitch Zoo event last night. Here are several pictures of Erik and Keith in action: And thanks to Maestro for hosting Pitch Zoo!!!
Hacker Gals and Stacy Burdette were written up in an article on Second Wave this past week. Read more via the following link. Women get a place of their own to hack away April 3, 2014 Second Wave by Jane C. Parikh Stacy practiced her pitch in March 2014, November 2013, and September 2013 at Pitch Zoo.