iDendron x Entrepreneur First – How to be pitch perfect and how to manage investors

How to be pitch perfect and how to manage investors

Many people underestimate how important it is to accurately pitch your startup idea – whether to friends, family, peers or actual investors.

How can I get better at it?

How do I structure my pitch?

What do investors look for?

How do I express my idea clearly?

Who should attend? If you are…

+ interested in entrepreneurship or startups

+ from a technical background and want to know more about startups

+ from a research background interested in commercialising your expertise/tech

+ from a business background interested in understanding investors

Intro

This workshop led by Jessica Cheung, Form Manager at Entrepreneur First (EF), will help you to answer all of the above. The workshop will also include a “dry pitch” session where we encourage students to participate so we can provide live feedback. This is the best way to improve!

Agenda

12:30 introduction to pitching

1:00 “dry pitches” and live feedback

1:30 Q&A and networking

Location: iDendron, 1/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong

Entrepreneur First is the world’s first talent investor. We pay for your living costs for 3 months and help you to develop and validate a startup idea, find a co-founder and secure funding – we run a full-time 6 month programme to do so. For more information, read our FAQs.

We are currently accepting applications, our early bird deadline is Friday 30 Aug – apply now for a higher chance to secure a place on the programme starting Jan 2020.