Are You Serious?

Practice your pitch and receive honest feedback about your company. We open our doors to a fast paced New York style pitch event. We style honesty in ways others may be too polite to share. It's what you need to hear about your startup, covering marketing, finance, technology, business, presentation, and more.

​How it works:
1. RSVP to attend
2. We accept pitches on a rolling basis and select five companies to pitch at each AYS event. We strongly advise that you attend an event prior to submitting your pitch.
3. If you would like to pitch, send materials in advance to us:

• we need PowerPoint and executive summary
• deadline is 1 week before the event
• file naming: company name (1 word), underscore, deck or summary ex. hatchery_deck.ppt, hatchery_summary.doc
• put both documents in 1 email, do not send separately

4. We will not wait for the guests to arrive. Doors open at 6pm. The event begins  at 6:30pm and ends at 8:30pm.
5. It will be fast.
6. There is no Q&A. We can talk after the event.

Presenters:
To be announced

Format:

• 5 minute entrepreneur pitch
• 5 minute panel critique

The Powerpoint:
Please address all of these eleven points in your slides:

1. your team
2. what your product/service does
3. what issue/pain is it looking to solve/address
4. what is the solution
5. what is the addressable market
6. what is the competitive landscape
7. any current customer/client/pilot pipeline
8. what is the revenue stream/source
9. what are your financial projections
10. how much are you looking for in investment
11. what will you do with the money, how will it be spent

Entrepreneurs who take this seriously will absolutely benefit.

Location will be given to registrants.