CrowdPitch is 100% free. Free for the pitching entrepreneurs & free for spectators (oh, and a free meal is provided too).
Think ´American Idol´ or ´shark tank´ — selected entrepreneurs will have 4 minutes to pitch their company to both a panel of experts & a live audience, followed immediately by a 3-minute Q&A session with the audience. Finally, we unleash the panel of experts to offer up constructive feedback.
As you arrive, grab a plate of food and take a seat. We'll give you a moment to eat while you chat with those around you. The pitches will start soon after.
The audience chooses the winner by investing ‘FUN’ money in the venture of their choice
Companies that pitch are selected beforehand, and given four minutes to talk up their company. An panel of experts has a few minutes to ask companies questions, and the audience votes by "investing" $100 in fake money in a particular company.
What do you get when you take the setup for a television talent show, that includes a panel of judges and audience, but replace the singers, dancers and comedians, with entreprenuers? The result isFundingUniverse's CrowdPtich
In the past nine months, FundingUniverse has helped more than 1,000 entrepreneurs secure more than $35 million in financing.
CrowdPitch Debut Provides Recession Relief by Bringing Local Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs Together in Phoenix
Small business liaison FundingUniverse announced a new contest for entrepreneurs in Phoenix, Arizona. The contest, called CrowdPitch, will allow small business owners to pitch business ideas in front of a panel of investors, as well as a live audience of other entrepreneurs.
Funding Universe is trying something a little different with this event: This event is all about Social Entrepreneurs. See profit-based social ventures who aim to improve our community pitch to a panel of experts.
FundingUniverse, a Salt Lake City firm that connects entrepreneurs with active investors, held its first crowd pitch event in Arizona last month in Chandler. Six local companies...
That's why I think you should swing by NedSpace Old Town tomorrow at lunch for the Funding Universe Portland CrowdPitch. What's CrowdPitch, you ask?
Stealthmode also is working with Funding Universe and GangPlank, a technology cooperative and incubator, to help get financing to local tech entrepreneurs.
FundingUniverse, an organization that helps entrepreneurs analyze their prospects and apply for funding, is hosting a "CrowdPitch" event in Baltimore on Feb. 25th
five business owners from the mid-Atlantic region were scheduled to talk up their companies to an audience of venture capitalists and other potential investors in a "Crowd Pitch" event at the University of Maryland's Baltimore biotechnology park. The event was organized by Funding Universe
Plenty of folks turn to matchmaking services to find a date. So, why not turn to one to find cash for your company? That's the idea behind Utah firm Funding Universe LLC, which hooks up entrepreneurs with would-be investors.
On Monday, April 12th, Minneapolis will join the likes of Orlando, Seattle, Denver, Pheonix, Utah and Baltimore with the launch of "Crowdpitch Minneapolis."
CrowdPitch, an event that bills itself as an "American Idol" for startups seeking financing, is coming to Minneapolis for the first time.
One such is the "CrowdPitch" event, the brainchild of a Utah-based organization called FundingUniverse, to be held at the Hilton hotel in Bloomington on April 12.
I attended CrowdPitch Monday. Hosted by Funding Universe it's essentially an accelerated variation of American Idol. CrowdPitch is an event where 4 start-ups pitch there businesses to a panel of 5 judges and the audience.
Remember that common complaint about startups not having access to investors in Portland? Well, I don't want to hear anything about that. Not on April 22, at least.
Local entrepreneurs will soon get some help in getting funded.St. Paul-based RAIN Source Capital, a multistate angel network group, is finalizing a partnership with a Utah company that focuses on matching entrepreneurs with investors and lenders.
I just heard of a really cool idea from Funding Universe. They will be holding an American Idol type contest in which they decide who is worthy of their money.
I really want to see one of these events in action. They're hosted by FundingUniverse and they're meant to give really, really new startups a chance to raise some money and obtain access to business services
What do you get when you take the setup for a television talent show, that includes a panel of judges and audience, but replace the singers, dancers and comedians, with entreprenuers? The result isFundingUniverse's CrowdPtich
Having pitched its ad-based paper coffee cup innovation to FundingUniverse's CrowdPitch event, an aptly-named company called CupAd accepted lookalike banknotes in appreciation of its award-winning concept.
Entrepreneurs get a chance to pitch their business. Spectators (investors?) get to watch free of charge, and they'll even throw in a free meal!
This afternoon, I decided to check out CrowdPitch, an event organized by FundingUniverse and hosted by Amazon's AWS team.
One week from today—on Thursday, July 15—CrowdPitch returns to Minnesota. Only this time, it's on the other side of town at the Dorsey Ewald Conference Center in St. Paul.
Cha Dao Tea Company won the FundingUniverse CrowdPitch! Cha Dao markets and manufactures a line of fresh bottled teas.
Love entrepreneurs? or for that matter, intrapreneurs? Then come along with Shareology to relive last week's CrowdPitch in Minneapolis!
Six startups gave their four-minute pitch at the second Crowdpitch Minneapolis event hosted yesterday by Rain Source Capital and FundingUniverse, but MinuteBids stole the show.
