The Very First Pitch ‘n’ Win Event

The very first Pitch ‘n’ Win event was organized by Ricky Soo‘s business called BizPartner for a group of friends and clients. It was meant to be an experiment to validate whether the pitching + gamification event model worked or not.

The event was organized on 13th July 2013, but the preparation started weeks before that. Ricky posted the event on Facebook and received an overwhelming response. There were only 8 pitching slots in the event, but all 8 places had already been taken up way before the event day.

Over 20 people attended the event in Zest Cafe, Bangsar South. 8 of them presented their business or idea in 3 minutes. Then the whole group voted for the top 2 presenters they wanted to hear more from. During the vote counting time, a coach took the stage and taught us about pitching.

The 2 winners were Rani Wemel and Yeap Eu Juan. Each of the gave a full presentation of their business for 15 minutes. Everyone listened attentively. After all, they were their top choices. Everyone learned something new in the event in 2 hours.

It was a great validation of the Pitch ‘n’ Win model. The experiment was successful. The event idea worked! Zest Cafe owner Ong Beng Chung sent a text to Ricky at night to volunteer organizing the next event.

Thereafter, this first event became the general template for all subsequent events affiliated to Pitch ‘n’ Win.

Check out the blog post on first Pitch ‘n’ Win event here.

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