September 7, 2011 6:00 PM - 130 attended
Lean Pitch Event: Pitch Your Startup & Win!
Lean Pitch Event: Pitch Your Startup & Win!
Here's how it works: Pitch in front of 4 judges, and win. It's just that simple! The Winners will get 1/2 hour of one-on-one time with the Judges, made up of Seattle's top tech investors. Here's a closer look at how it will work:
Round #1 - 30 Startups will get "15 Seconds" to pitch
Round #2 - 10 Startups will get "60 Seconds" to pitch
Round #3 - 3 Startups will get "120 Seconds" + Q&A
Agenda:
6:00 - Sign-In/Registration
6:30 - Introductions
6:35 - Lean Pitch Event: Judging Panel Introduction...
- Andy Sack, Managing Partner, Founders Co-op
- Greg Gottesman, Managing Director, Madrona Venture Group
- Lucinda Stewart, Managing Director, OVP Venture Partners
- Michelle Goldberg, Partner, Ignition Partners
6:45 - Round #1: "15 Second” Spotlights
7:00 - "15 Minute" Networking, Pizza & Beer!
7:15 - Round #2: "60 Second" Recaps
7:25 - Sponsors Spotlight
7:30 - Round #3: "120 Second" Pitch + Q&A
7:55 - Lean Startup Spotlight: FlickMob
8:00 - Winners Announced!
8:15 - Cocktail Hour
Startups Pitching:
- Toolz.me (* for example purposes)
- MyRecrooter
- Inventsy
- SittingAround
- DearEmmy
- Chewsy
- BidBump
- LiveTurntable.fm
- Stagester
- FitoFit24
- GetScientific
- HoloHoloHey
- KindleGraph
- iHear Network
- ByteStain
- LookAcross
- BookIt2Me
- Apptentive
- TheCocktailParty
- Oteeby
- iSnazz Media
- ComputeNext
- North By Nine
- Mountain Logic
- Community Business Works
- Faqden
- Infactio.us
- JobFerral
- Raveld
- eSwing Golf
**Pitching Tips: Using Your Time Wisely
-15 Seconds: Name, Description, Tagline
-60 Seconds: Tell A Story, Need, Meet The Need, Tagline
-120 Seconds: Marketing/Business Model, Team, Traction
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Tara Gowland
Thanks Red! I was looking at LaunchRock - thanks for the encouragement :)
Posted August 29, 2011 at 9:25 AM -
Joshua Ledgard
@tara & @red Skip Launchrock. Go local with http://www.kickofflabs.com
. #launch page could be up today. No lines or Gimmicks. :)Posted August 29, 2011 at 9:26 AM | 1 like -
Red Russak
Tara, what was I thinking? LaunchRock is cool and all, but Kickofflabs is user friendly and gives you all the same features and the support you need. Thanks for chiming in Josh!
Posted August 29, 2011 at 12:36 PM | 1 like -
Alex Mont-Ros
What's up Red. If Whimzle decides to pitch, is there visual display or just verbal pitch?
Posted August 29, 2011 at 1:14 PM -
Madhu Singh
The line up is already looking impressive. Looking forward to seeing the 'pitches.'
Posted August 29, 2011 at 1:57 PM -
Red Russak
Wassup!! If? You mean "when" :) You guys definitely have to pitch! To answer your questions, for the 15 seconds, it's all about you! If you get to round 2 and 3, you'll have access to the projector to bring up your website. Not sure if we're going to do slides this time around.
Posted August 29, 2011 at 1:58 PM -
Alex Mont-Ros
@Madhu, I just emailed you. @Red, thanks man and seriously considering it. I will be at the Scotch Meetup on the 12th.
Posted August 29, 2011 at 2:13 PM -
Red Russak
Alex, Madhu is amazing to work with. As per signing up for Scotch, rock on, but right now I'm all about pitches. Hurry....only 8 spots left :)
Posted August 29, 2011 at 4:53 PM -
Oleg Timofeyev
Red, you only got 20 spots but meetup description says 30, which one is it :) I am rushing to push out new functionality for Tickethookups so hopefully I will make it in time to pitch and still have a spot open.
Posted August 29, 2011 at 6:12 PM -
Red Russak
Oleg, great call! My error. If you're coming, then for sure pitch. On the other hand, if you don't know until last minute, then may be best to wait. Good luck and excited to hear more about Tickethookups
Posted August 29, 2011 at 6:40 PM -
Don Smith
Are there any online resources for what should be in the 15, 60 and 120 second pitches?
Posted August 30, 2011 at 8:53 AM | 1 like -
Red Russak
Great question. I just added quick tips at the end of the description of the event. Let me know if that helps explain.
Posted August 30, 2011 at 2:12 PM -
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Joshua Ledgard
Hey Red - Is the projector just a community laptop or can people use their own... Have iPad prototype if I make round 2 or 3.
Posted September 6, 2011 at 7:58 PM -
Red Russak
Josh, if you want to get funky w/ a projector, go for it, but I don't want to turn off the main projector to accommodate yours :( Unless you bring a screen, I'd say, plug in to the main one. HDMI/VGA
Posted September 6, 2011 at 8:50 PM -
Joshua Ledgard
You answered my question... which was really is there time for everyone to plug in their own machine. :)
Posted September 6, 2011 at 8:56 PM -
Red Russak
Rock on!! Looking forward to a packed house tomorrow night sir!
Posted September 6, 2011 at 9:50 PM -
Ted
Will there also be a community machine where I can bring up a URL?
Posted September 6, 2011 at 9:56 PM -
Red Russak
So we're calling the projector a "community machine" now? Works for me :D Yes, my lap top will be open for abuse!
Posted September 6, 2011 at 10:35 PM -
Sriram Subramanian
Thanks for a great event @Red and @LeanStartup
Posted September 7, 2011 at 11:14 PM
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Red RussakEvent HostGeek on the moveYet again...AMAZING TURN OUT! Great event, great energy, great feedback and excited, as usual, for next month! Thank you everyone for all of your support.
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Paul SimonsOverall a really solid event. Price was right, and having an opportunity to pitch in front of investors and peers is invaluable experience. The only thing preventing me giving this 5 stars was that it felt a little overcrowded for the space.
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Stefan NegritoiuHad a great time overall. The end presentation from the featured start-up (flickmob) was too long and drawn out. Should have been timed to demo + 5 min analysis. It's amazing how presenters focus on the essentials when time constrained :)
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TedGreat event, great job promoting it, well run, exciting. Two things to improve next time -- 1) ran out of beer, so the post event networking fizzled out fast. 2) The guys from Giant Thinkwell wasted time, bored us, and generally were a bad ending to the night. I wish they had a 5 minute alarm so I could get the other 25 minutes of their blabbering back and have spent it networking with the people who gave up and left midway through.
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Dmitry PolyakovskyVery interesting networking event. Really enjoyed presentations.
Music was too loud, people weren't there for music but for opportunity to talk to each other.
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Madhu SinghAwesome event. Really enjoyed hearing all the pitches and the comments/questions from the judges panel.
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Ronald S WoanLoved the format and all the pitches! I can't understand why the FlickMob presentation was included. Especially having at the end really destroyed the positive flow of the event. Seems like it really violated the lean MVP principles unless it was needed to pay the bills.Checked-in
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Robi GangulyAwesome turnout and a great group of startups. Thanks Red for organizing and thanks to TechStars/Founder's Co-Op for providing the venue! If you're an app developer and we didn't get a chance to connect, hit me up - [masked]
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Excited for a chance to pitch and to listen to some great pitches :)