Deck from Nov 13, 2012, Meetup at QE Park Community & Cultural Centre in Oakville, ON. SiliconHalton.com

1. Meetup 37: Pitch Night &
SpeedNetworking
www.siliconhalton.com
linkedin/siliconhalton
@siliconhalton

2. 7:00pm Welcome
7:05pm Announcements / Mark your
Calendar
Agenda 7:15pm Welcome from Town of Oakville
7:20pm Steve Barrett, Pitch Coach, MaRS
7:30pm-8pm Pitches
8:05pm Closing Remarks
8:15pm - 8:45pm SpeedNetworking
8:45pm - 10pm Plain ol'networking
10pm After party

3. Show of Hands

4. Announcements

5. 3rd Year Anniversary!!

6. • Launched October 2012 with 15 startups!
• Startup CEO’s no longer have to “go it
alone”
• Based on Silicon Halton CEO P2P formula
• + HalTech EIR & Volunteer Mentorship
Program.
• Self-directed & facilitated
learn more:
http://bit.ly/RC3i9f

7. Join the Silicon Halton booth!
Wednesday, November 14
1pm – 3:30pm
Peel Startup Weekend
Date: Oct 19th to 21st
Where: Sheridan College, HMC
Campus
Contact: Chris Herbert (SH)
March 23, 2013
http://pythonspit.ca
@PythonsPit

8. Pitch Camp Breakfast #1
• Was: Nov 6
• Peer-led intimate forum to refine
your pitch
• Pitch Coaches volunteered their
time
“This helped, absolutely”
“I learned we didn't have enough meat”
“I don’t have 60sec on the phone”

9. Thumbsup from @StartupNorth

10. Town of Oakville
Welcome!

11. Mark Your Calendars

12. Silicon Halton & HalTech Demo Night 2
• Nov 22, Milton
• haltechshdemo-eac2.eventbrite.com

13. Topic: SEO Techniques
Date: Nov 15th, 8:30am
Where: Hampton’s Restaurant,
Oakville
Contact: Rick or Chris
Topic: TBD
Date: Nov 27th, 7:00 pm
Where: Dueling Pianos, Oakville
Contact: Leyden or Chris
Silicon Halton/Haltech Demo Night
Date: Nov 22nd
Where: Teatro Convention Centre,
Milton
Contact: Robin (HalTech) or Chris
(SH)

14. The 60 Second Pitch

15. Remarks by: Steve
Barrett
steverbarrett@gmail.com
MaRS is a member of

16. The components of a story
Act 1: Setup Act 2: Conflict Act 3: Resolution
Decision
Climax
Confrontation
Inciting
Incident
Resolution

17. Story
• Example:
Spiderman
Spider-man
battles head Wins
bad guy
High school
Spider-man
kid gets Things have
battles bad
bitten by changed for
guys
spider the better (or
worse)

18. The Three Act structure of a pitch
Intro Solution Uniqueness The Ask
Problem Value Opportunity Size Conclusion
Decision
Climax
Confrontation
Inciting
Incident
Resolution

19. The Perfect Pitch
• Presentation
– Body Language/Charisma, Clarity, Articulation, Passion
• Opportunity
– Market identification, Size and attractiveness, Target
customer identification
• Solution
– Value proposition, Differentiation, Financial
viability/profitability
• The Big Question…
– Do you want another meeting?

20. A collection of experiential, hands-
on, group workshops offered free
to clients of the Ontario Network of
Excellence (ONE).
Contact:
• Lily Liu
• Manager, Educational Programs
• Business Acceleration Program
• T 416.673.8155
• E lliu@marsdd.com
• www.marsdd.com/workshops

21. Pitches

22. Scoring the Pitches
1. Oops! Back to the drawing board.
2. Average, needs more work.
3. Awesome!

23. Anancloud.com
Find your slides!
Cloud based PowerPoint Search, Retrieve and
Publish
www.anancloud.com
@reubentozman
416.530.5890

24. DEVTRA Inc.
The “CHECKER”™
Inspection & Audit
Checklists
Mobile & Books
www.thechecker.net
info@thechecker.net
@shaw1mac
800.291.4719 905.825.0172

25. Don Stewart, Founder
don@agentinvitation.com
www.agentinvitation.com
@agentinvitation

26. The end of lineups.
Sebastian@Qriffic.com
Twitter: @Qriffic

27. www.thinkfbc.com
@thinkfbc
linkedin.com/company/focus-
business-consulting

28. Meetup 37: Pitch Night &
SpeedNetworking. Nov 13, 2012
www.siliconhalton.com
linkedin/siliconhalton
@siliconhalton