ROC The Room "Community" Pitch Night Competition @NextCorps Jan 16th 6:30pm-8:30pm

Jan 16, 2020, 11:30 PM – Jan 17, 2020, 1:30 AM

Come watch some aspiring Rochesterian entrepreneurs pitch their hearts out at our 2nd ever PITCH! Night at NextCorps, in partnership with Valley 2 Valley and StartupGrind Rochester. We are preselecting a few teams based in Rochester, NY to showcase their ideas and companies to some amazing ecosystem builders and investors. This is an event you should not miss!

In-person event

About this event

Come watch some aspiring Rochesterian entrepreneurs pitch their hearts out at our 2nd ever PITCH! Night at NextCorps, in partnership with Valley 2 Valley and StartupGrind Rochester. We are preselecting a few teams based in Rochester, NY to showcase their ideas and companies to some amazing ecosystem builders and investors. This event is not only for the participants of the pitch but for those in the crowd to showcase their pitching skills. That's why we have a few tricks up our sleeves and some fun prizes to handout. This is an event you should not miss!

This event current theme is "Community". So if you know of any companies in the local Rochester area that embodies a sense of community please feel free to submit their information or have them reach out to us via this link.


Pitching
teams must present to our judges in 5min or less, plus a 3 minute Q&A. All teams will be judged on being concise, complete, and compelling. Attendance is free but the experience is priceless. If you'd like to watch, and possibly find a founder, co-founder, or team member, just register.

Check out what happened

Panelists

  • Sylvia Okoye

    RIT Center of Urban Entrepreneurship

    Program Manager

  • Ebony Miller-Wesley

    RIT Center of Urban Entrepreneurship

    Director

  • Yasmin Mattox

    Arkatecht

    Founder

Moderators

  • Doug Kellermeyer

    Mindex

    Software Developer

  • Michael Thaney

    Constellation Brands

    Innovation Partnerships

When

When

January 16 – 17, 2020
11:30 PM – 1:30 AM UTC

Agenda

Networking
Judge & Sponsors Introduction
Competitors Pitch
Judges Deliberation
Business Spotlight
Winner Announced

Hosts

  • Adie Akuffo-Afful

    Wefunder

    Ecosystem Builder

  • Velizar Demirev

Organizers

  • Michael Thaney

    Startup Grind

    Director

  • Joshua Batres

    CivicPulse

    Community Outreach Lead

  • Dustin Doucette

    Upstate Venture Connect

    Director of Operations

  • Carolyn Spencer

    CoPivot

    Founder Relations

  • Ananth Prajval Tallavajhula

    SchoolQuizz

    Community Manager

Global sponsor

Dell Technologies logo

Dell Technologies

Partners

Avanti Entrepreneur Network logo

Avanti Entrepreneur Network

Wefunder logo

Wefunder

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