Get Launched South Florida!
Date and Time
Tuesday Oct 26, 2010
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM EDT
Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location
Miami Beach Botanical Gardens
2000 Convention Center Drive
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Fees/Admission
Step 1: Register at www.thelaunchpad.org/elevatorpitch
All South Florida community members and high school and college students (age 16+) with existing for-profit businesses are invited to compete! Entry is free. You must register at www.thelaunchpad.org/elevatorpitchto compete. Registration form includes a brief summary of your business for screening purposes. Deadline to register is Sunday, October 24 at 11:59 p.m.
Choose one of four preliminary contests:
-Monday, October 25, 7 p.m. at University of Miami
-Tuesday, October 26, 7 p.m. at Miami Beach Botanical Gardens
-Wednesday, October 27, 7 p.m. at Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
-Thursday, October 28, 7 p.m. Downtown Miami (exact location TBA)
Contact Information
Visit www.thelaunchpad.org/elevatorpitch to Get Launched!
Description
Get LaunchedSouth Florida!
The Launch Pad presents the 2nd Annual Elevator Pitch Contest sponsored by The Miami Herald
Over $100K in prizes!
Step 1: Register at www.thelaunchpad.org/elevatorpitch
All South Florida community members and high school and college students (age 16+) with existing for-profit businesses are invited to compete! Entry is free. You must register at www.thelaunchpad.org/elevatorpitchto compete. Registration form includes a brief summary of your business for screening purposes. Deadline to register is Sunday, October 24 at 11:59 p.m.Choose one of four preliminary contests:
-Monday, October 25, 7 p.m. at University of Miami
-Tuesday, October 26, 7 p.m. at Miami Beach Botanical Gardens
-Wednesday, October 27, 7 p.m. at Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce
-Thursday, October 28, 7 p.m. Downtown Miami (exact location TBA)
Step 2: Practice Your Pitch
Expect to write and re-write until you reach the perfect pitch! Practice your delivery of the pitch to friends, family and coworkers, but most importantly to people unfamiliar with your company to make sure your business and needs are clearly explained.An elevator pitch is a brief overview of your company, product or service. The pitch is so named as it can be delivered in the time span of an elevator ride - you have just 90 seconds to pitch! The term is commonly used in the context of an entrepreneur presenting an idea to a venture capitalist or investor to obtain funding for developing the idea. In an Elevator Pitch Contest, contest judges evaluate the initial quality of a business and/or product on the basis of the quality of the elevator pitch. All contests are open to the public, and both the entrepreneur and the audience will benefit from commentary by the judges.
Step 3: Pitch It!
You will compete in only one preliminary round. All contestants will receive feedback from our expert judges.The top contestants will be selected from the student and community divisions at each preliminary contest and will move on to compete in the final round during Global Entrepreneurship Weekon Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at 7 p.m.
All finalists will receive:
-Access to an exclusive group workshop to hone your pitch for the final round
-One-on-one consulting with a Launch Pad expert before the final round
-Profile of you and your company on The Launch Pad website and inclusion in The Miami Herald “People’s Choice” contest for favorite pitch The winner and runner-up of both the student and community divisions will share $100K in prizes and announcement in The Miami Herald as the 2010 winners!
Visit www.thelaunchpad.org/elevatorpitchto Get Launched!
