Earlier this month, four of the five companies that are in the summer cohort at WMU’s Starting Gate practiced their pitch at the August Pitch Zoo event.  These companies were: Fish Ninja Labs, Xcheapskate, RGroup, and FindersKeepers.  They were working on talking succinctly about the important parts of their business idea in order to get the Kalamazoo startup community excited …

Last night was the June Pitch Zoo event.  Although we had a small group, we had a great conversation with the 3 individuals that pitched an “inning”.  The pitchers were able to practice their pitch and receive feedback on their pitch (and their business idea if they wanted it).  They did a wonderful job — thanks Joe Armstrong (Trakgear), Mark …

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. …