Effective Pitches - Pitch Event

***NOTE: We have our pitching companies. Thanks all.

Companies interested in pitching:

Chillmonk, SoundPaper, Invio, Ask Minka, WeedTraQR, CharityCheckin, dTOOR, CircleHD, InsuranceEasier.com, 9104 Studios

Startups can succeed and fail for a myriad of reasons. However, at the critical time of delivering a pitch, there are core ingredients that simply must be met to make a good impression. Startups that are successful with these core ingredients will get funded, and those without those core ingredients won’t. If you are looking for a real-world deconstruction of a real-world pitch, come to this event and take notes.

We will have 5 startups pitch to the group and then our panel will deconstruct the pitches. They will go through the issues that they see with the pitches and spend some time providing suggestions about what is important for them when they hear pitches.

Meet the Panel

Kevin Croy, Co-founder & Partner - 9Mile Labs

Kevin is a Co-Founder and Partner at 9Mile Labs and has invested in 48 B2B technology startups since 2013. He is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded five startups, two of which (Lostpedia, Jupiter Hosting) have had successful exits. Kevin is a technologist and enterprise architect with hands-on experience in a broad range of Internet technologies, data center infrastructure, and development tools. Kevin holds an MBA from the University of Washington, Foster School of Business.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/0/7/f/600_445708799.jpeg

Elaine Werffeli

Elaine Werffeli is an active Angel Investor within the Seattle WA startup community and specifically focuses her time as a member of the Seattle Angel Conference. Elaine enjoys mentoring early startups to contemplate, understand, and communicate their full potential so they can grow into future leaders of industry. She is also working with Ecuiti, a start up from Silicon Valley that specializing in enabling intelligent insights from big data.

Elaine is a 25 year veteran at Microsoft where she was passionate about driving impact from data driven decisions across Microsoft’s diverse set of products and services by leading efforts to deploy and operate real-time feedback to create action from insight. Her leadership comes from a wealth of experience in Product Marketing, Product & Business Intelligence as well as Customer Data & Analytics, as well as in areas including but not limited to Business Strategy, Customer Behavioral Analysis, Visualization and Executive Dashboards, and Market Research. She holds an Applied Physics degree from the University of California, San Diego and an MBA from San Diego State University.

http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/9/0/8/600_445886888.jpeg

Bryan Brewer, CEO, Funding Quest

Bryan Brewer, CEO, funding Quest, has been expertly guiding startups through the process of raising investor funding since 2000. He has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs in all types of businesses, helping his clients raise more than $50 million in startup financing. Bryan offers coaching services as well as consulting projects to create investor-ready business plans, presentations, and financial projections.

Bryan is a frequent speaker and advisor in the Seattle startup scene, volunteering at numerous organizations: MIT Enterprise Forum Northwest, University of Washington (Business Plan Competition, MBA Program, Executive MBA Program, and CoMotion, formerly the Center for Commercialization), Puget Sound Venture Club, Washington Technology Center, Life Sciences Northwest (formerly WBBA), Clean Tech Open, Social Innovation Fast Pitch, WTIA First Look Forum, Seattle Angel Conference, and previously at the Northwest Entrepreneur Network and ZINO Society angel group.

Bryan recently developed the free Minimum Fundable Company Test (www.mfctest.com (http://www.mfctest.com/)), a 20-question survey designed to evaluate the degree of investor-readiness of a startup company. He also developed and managed the delivery of the four-day “Building a Fundable Company” course offered through Keiretsu Forum Northwest. In addition, Bryan has developed and presented The Funding Quest One-Day Workshop -- How to Get Angel Investors to Finance Your Business.

http://photos3.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/d/3/f/8/600_451914264.jpeg

Pizza and drinks will also be served!