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Meetup 37: Pitch Night & SpeedNetworking
7:00pm Welcome7:05pm Announcements / Mark your
Calendar7:15pm Welcome from Town of
Oakville7:20pm Steve Barrett, Pitch Coach,
MaRS7:30pm-8pm Pitches8:05pm Closing Remarks8:15pm - 8:45pm SpeedNetworking8:45pm - 10pm Plain ol'networking10pm After party
Agenda
Show of Hands
Announcements
3rd Year Anniversary!!
• Launched October 2012 with 15 startups!• Startup CEO’s no longer have to “go it
alone”• Based on Silicon Halton CEO P2P formula• + HalTech EIR & Volunteer Mentorship
Program.• Self-directed & facilitated
learn more: http://bit.ly/RC3i9f
Join the Silicon Halton booth!Wednesday, November 14 1pm – 3:30pm
Peel Startup WeekendDate: Oct 19th to 21stWhere: Sheridan College, HMC CampusContact: Chris Herbert (SH)
March 23, 2013http://pythonspit.ca@PythonsPit
Pitch Camp Breakfast #1
• Was: Nov 6• Peer-led intimate forum to refine your pitch
• Pitch Coaches volunteered their time
“This helped, absolutely”“I learned we didn't have enough
meat”“I don’t have 60sec on the phone”
Thumbsup from @StartupNorth
Town of OakvilleWelcome!
Mark Your Calendars
Silicon Halton & HalTech Demo Night 2
• Nov 22, Milton• haltechshdemo-
eac2.eventbrite.com
Topic: SEO TechniquesDate: Nov 15th, 8:30amWhere: Hampton’s Restaurant, OakvilleContact: Rick or Chris
Click icon to add pictureTopic: TBDDate: Nov 27th, 7:00 pmWhere: Dueling Pianos, OakvilleContact: Leyden or Chris
Click icon to add pictureSilicon Halton/Haltech Demo NightDate: Nov 22nd
Where: Teatro Convention Centre, MiltonContact: Robin (HalTech) or Chris (SH)
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The 60 Second Pitch
MaRS is a member of
Remarks by: Steve Barrett steverbarrett@gmail.com
The 60 Second Pitch
The components of a story
Act 1: Setup Act 3: ResolutionAct 2: Conflict
Inciting Incident
Confrontation
Climax Decision
Resolution
Story
• Example: Spiderman
Things have changed for the better (or worse)
High school kid gets bitten by spider
Spider-man battles bad guys
Spider-man battles head bad guy
Wins
The Three Act structure of a pitch
Inciting Incident
Confrontation
ClimaxDecision
Resolution
Intro
Problem
Solution
Value
Uniqueness
Opportunity Size
The Ask
Conclusion
The Perfect Pitch
• Presentation – Body Language/Charisma, Clarity, Articulation,
Passion
• Opportunity – Market identification, Size and attractiveness,
Target customer identification
• Solution – Value proposition, Differentiation, Financial
viability/profitability
• The Big Question… – Do you want another meeting?
A collection of experiential, hands-on, group workshops offered free to clients of the Ontario Network of Excellence (ONE).
Contact:• Lily Liu • Manager, Educational Programs • Business Acceleration Program• T 416.673.8155 • E lliu@marsdd.com• www.marsdd.com/workshops
Entrepreneur’s Toolkit Workshops
Pitches
Scoring the Pitches
1. Oops! Back to the drawing board.2. Average, needs more work. 3. Awesome!
Anancloud.com
Find your slides!
Cloud based PowerPoint Search, Retrieve and Publish
www.anancloud.com@reubentozman
416.530.5890
DEVTRA Inc.The “CHECKER”™
www.thechecker.net
info@thechecker.net
@shaw1mac
800.291.4719 905.825.0172
Inspection & Audit Checklists
Mobile & Books
Don Stewart, Founder
don@agentinvitation.com
www.agentinvitation.com
@agentinvitation
www.thinkfbc.com@thinkfbc
linkedin.com/company/focus-business-consulting
www.siliconhalton.comlinkedin/siliconhalton@siliconhalton
Meetup 37: Pitch Night & SpeedNetworking. Nov 13, 2012