Startup Pitch Night
AGENDA
6:30 – Networking.
7:10 – 10 minute introduction from the Organizers.
7:20 – 60 Second Pitches (approx. 30-40 people).
8:00 – Guest Speaker – Kelsey Falter, Founder of Markover, Inc. and Founder, CEO & Head of Product Development of Poptip, Poptip.com
8:45 – Acknowledgement of top winning pitches as per the anonymous audience scoring. Prizes awarded.
8:55 – Event wrap-up.
9:00 – Networking!
THIS IS A PAID EVENT
$5 Online / $10 At the Door
Payment Options
Meetup: PayPal
60 Second pitches.
Here is the suggested format that we recommend you use:
- Who are you and what is your background? (5-10 seconds)
- What is the problem that your product is solving? Or, begin with a story. (10-20 seconds)
- Explain the product and how it solves the problem. (10-20 seconds)
- Who do you need on your team (a developer, marketing, designer)? (5-10 Seconds)
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HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Q: How do we apply to pitch at Pitch Night?
A: You can signup to pitch at the event. No online registration required.
Q: What is the dress code?
A: Feel free to dress as you wish. Typically, there’s everything from very casual to highly professional and everything in-between.
Q: Does everyone that attends pitch?
A: No! Some are curious, some want to watch, some come to pitch, and some decide during the event to pitch!
GUEST SPEAKER
Join us May 1st as we welcome our special guest speaker Kelsey Falter to our group to talk with us about how her companies Markover, Inc. and Poptip came about. Learn about the ins and outs of what it was like at TechStars and the process of getting funding and building her company.
The knowledge and understanding you gain from how other successful tech startups got started, got funded, and experienced growth – and how the product/service was targeted to specific markets – as a whole can be applied immediately in assessing your own startup ideas, plans, and strategies.
KELSEY FALTER
Founder, Markover, Inc.
Founder, CEO & Head of Product Development, Poptip, Poptip.com
Kelsey’s Poptip is a service for brands in which crowd generated data is gathered through the Twitter platform. “Tweet a question using Poptip. Your followers reply directly to your Tweet. Then Poptip aggregates & displays crowd responses.” Instant feedback – whether about a particular product or service or regarding the consumer satisfaction process – is what companies need to quickly adapt and change to meet or mitigate market trends, competitive actions, and customer wants and needs. Crowd generated data is also “useful to share with your team, friends, followers, and more.”
Having received her first domain name at the age of 8 and having taught herself how to code at the age of 9, Kelsey’s been designing and developing websites and starting and participating in building tech startups ever since. With her experience including TechStars, the #1 startup accelerator in the world, and with investors such as Lerer Ventures, Softbank, Techstars, RSE Ventures (Matt Higgins), David Tisch (Box Group), and others – Kelsey’s talk will undoubtedly provide some valuable insights for learning and building your own startups.
WHAT IS STARTUP PITCH NIGHT?
Startup Pitch Night provides the platform for early stage startups to practice and improve their startup pitch, gives startups anonymous peer-based feedback, and encourages trial and error without the requirement to apply and be accepted amongst a few to pitch – all within a fun and relaxed atmosphere.
Startup Pitch Night is a vibrant and fun event with high variety, speed, and brevity at its core, coupled with a short talk on the next steps after the refinement of the pitch, from a startup industry leader.
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VENUE LOCATION
Legends New York City (2nd Floor Lounge). - . Legends is very close to Penn Station.
Walking Directions: About 6-8 minutes (0.4 mile walk) from Penn Station to Legends. From Penn Station, walk southeast on West 33rd Street towards 5th Avenue. Legends is located on 33rd Street between 6th and 5th Avenues, and more specifically located closer to 5th Avenue and 33rd Street.
Subway Directions: Exit at 33rd Street. Simply walk south on 33rd Street to Legends New York City, located at .
THIS IS A PAID EVENT
$5 Online / $10 At the Door
Payment Options
Meetup: PayPal
PLEASE READ
The nominal fee of $5 to attend and watch/pitch will help us in planning our event and help enable those that wish to attend the event to do so. If you decide or are unable to attend, your donation will help the group and the fellow startups!
THANK YOU!
We appreciate your cooperation in updating your RSVP to be an accurate representation of whether you will attend or watch the event.
