Turning Pitch Into Action

The Pitch ‘n’ Coach series took a new turn in its 3rd edition when we focused on business coaching this time. Pitch ‘n’ Coach #3 – Turn Pitch Into Action with Jimmy Yeoh was held on 14th March 2014.

Jimmy Yeoh is a veteran businessman who has gone through the up and down in his business and life journey. He has observed Pitch ‘n’ Win for quite some time, and one day he opined that we should do more than just pitching, but also taking steps to help turn the pitches into startups as well.

In view of starting a new event series with Jimmy, we tested out the response by making him a coach in the Pitch ‘n’ Coach series to coach entrepreneurs and anyone with ideas to start a viable business venture.

The event started with the host Lim Keng Kee briefing the group and introducing everyone. Jimmy then took the stage and gave a half-hour sharing on his experiences and how to go about taking action toward our entrepreneurial dream.

Business startup coaching in progress

Business startup coaching in progress

After the talk, the group members shared their ideas in mind. Altogether 8 business ideas were presented. Some ideas were not new ideas, but most were quite interesting.

We had a hard time selecting whose ideas to focus on, until we selected 3 “winners” out of the 8. They were Jayda Chong, Shi Ping and Wong Kai Yuen.

Jimmy then gave focused coaching and opinions on each of the 3 ideas selected. His advice was quite refreshing because he turned things around and helped us to see from a different angle. For example, one idea was about farming but Jimmy saw beyond that and advised the member to start a community instead.

We were pretty impressed by Jimmy Yeoh and decided to start a new event series with him as the coach and event organizer. Jimmy is going to listen to pitches every month, advise the members, and mentor them to turn ideas into reality.

All these for free of charge! Join his new Facebook group to get his mentoring.

Photo album – Pitch ‘n’ Coach #3 – Turn Pitch Into Action with Jimmy Yeoh

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