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GEW 2012

microPitch 2012: Elevator Pitch Competition

santa barbara, California

14 November 2012-15 November 2012

You only get one chance to make a good first impression. This maxim has special meaning for entrepreneurs seeking funding. Venture capitalists and angel investors are busy people with hectic schedules. They hear hundreds of pitches a month. If and when an entrepreneur gets an audience with an investor, his or her case for why this venture is better than any other must be clear, concise and compelling. The entrepreneur must have a great elevator pitch, named so because it should be delivered in the time it takes a VC to ride an elevator from the lobby to the penthouse, no more than a minute or two. The successful elevator pitch gets an investor’s attention and earns an opportunity to deliver a complete pitch. Come see some of the Central Coast’s best and brightest try their hands at an elevator pitch. This is a different kind of MIT Enterprise Forum Event. No speeches. No Q&A. We turn the mic over to entrepreneurs to tell their stories.