Announcing a new Meetup for The Edinburgh Internet Marketing Meetup Group!
What: The Art of Pitching
When: March 18, 2009 6:30 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: Announcing a new Meetup for The Edinburgh Entrepreneur Meetup!
What: The Art of Pitching
When: March 18, 2009 6:30 PM
Where: Click the link below to find out!
Meetup Description: "The Art of Pitching" by Bill Joos, The "Pitch Doctor" and Venture Consultant
Presentation: 6.30 pm - 7.30 pm in LT1, School of Business, Bristo Square
+ networking 7.30 pm - 8.30 pm in the Foyer
This is a cross-organizational event with the Edinburgh Entrepreneurship Club and Edinburgh Internet Meetup Group
Topic:
Come and learn practical tips and receive advice on how to construct and refine a pitch. What is it about a pitch that makes it compelling and motivating to your audience? What's the secret sauce? Bill Joos, the Pitch Doctor and a favorite of the Club, returns this evening to share more knowledge on this important subject for entrepreneurs.
About the speaker:
Bill Joos, also known as the "Pitch Doctor", is the principal of "Go To Market Consulting" based in Palo Alto, CA and a Co-founder and Venture partner with Garage Technology Ventures. He works with early stage startups, venture capital firms and their portfolio clients.
Most recently he spent 6 years as the VP of Entrepreneur Development at Garage Technology Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm that he co-founded along with Guy Kawasaki. His reputation at Garage was that he provided their clients with effective, hands-on, action-oriented strategic and tactical mentoring and coaching.
Bill has worked with literally hundreds of early-to-mid stage startups and helped them polish and clarify their messages and refine their fund-raising and customer presentations; but his contributions to them extended well beyond being a "Pitch Doctor". He has mentored and coached entrepreneurs in go to market strategies, revenue and pricing optimization, business alliances, business development, partnerships, and marketing.
Over 15,000 entrepreneurs worldwide have attended conferences where Bill has been a featured keynote speaker on various entrepreneurial topics.
He has held sales and marketing positions with a variety of companies, including IBM and as a VP at the
software division of Apple Computer
Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Entrepreneurs/calendar/9569372/Learn more here:
http://www.meetup.com/Edinburgh-Internet-Marketing-Meetup-Group/calendar/9569375/