Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown

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Organiser: Ultra Light Startups: Boston
Date: 28-29 Jun 2012 (Add to calendar) GMT
Venue: (Exact location not available) , Boston, US
Cost: 10.0 USD

Tickets available on our Eventbrite registration site: http://uls-boston.eventbrite.com/

Please join us for the Ultra Light Startups Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown event

- Startups should not miss their chance to "Pitch Your Company"
- Please review the Pitch FAQ's and reserve a Pitch ticket

Matt Witheiler (@witheiler) Matt is a Principal at Flybridge Capital Partners whose investment interests and experience broadly cover companies and technologies across the information technology sector including financial technology, digital media, e-commerce and consumer internet. Matt is also a two time returning champion of the Ultra Light Startups Pitch Showdown panelist choice award and is returning to defend his title.

Ian Mashiter (@ianmashiter) Ian is an Entrepreneurial Educator at Boston University School of Managment and the Executive in Residence. He applies his experience and expertise evaluating potential companies for investment as a member of the Launchpad Venture group and Hub Angels Investment group.

Sarah Pollet (@rock_health) Sarah is Rock Health?s Chief Operations Officer. She oversees daily business operations and directs the Rock Health incubator. Sarah previously worked at Sutter Health managing hospital quality and safety initiatives, and she was also the second employee at a VC-backed medical technology start up in Palo Alto. Sarah earned her BA from Stanford University and MPH from Columbia University

Reed Sturtevant (@reedsturtevant) Reed is a mentor at TechStars and has successfully sparked an array of entrepreneurial ventures. He was recently founding Director of Microsoft Startup Labs. Before that, he was Chief Technology Officer of EONS, Inc., Managing Director and Vice President of Technology for Idealab, which founded several companies including Picasa and Compete, and co-founder of Radnet and RadioAMP

Startup Pitches

> Now accepting applications (reserve a pitch ticket above to apply)

Agenda

6:30pm ? Pizza, networking and introductions
6:45pm ? Investor Feedback Forum ? 8-10 startups pitch to an investor panel; the panel provides actionable advice for each pitch
8:15pm ? Pitch Showdown - audience voting via Twitter; winners announced and prizes awarded
8:30pm ? Drinks at nearby location

Event Format

The Investor Feedback Forum and Pitch Showdown is designed to:

Help early stage startups refine their investor pitch
Provide helpful, actionable advice on each startups business model from active, early-stage tech startup investors
Demonstrate to the audience how investors evaluate startup pitches
Award prizes to the most viable startups, based on audience and panel voting.

- Every startup pitching receives a complimentary one week pass to WorkBar Boston.
  (5 consecutive days, to be redeemed within 30 days of ULS event)
- Top three winning startups will be awarded a $500 credit from Amazon Web Services
- Every startup pitching receives special access to the Ultra Light Founders club.
- First place winner of the pitch showdown will receive a $1000 credit worth of legal services from our Boston exclusive legal sponsor Mintz Levin
- First place winner will receive a complimentary membership to the MIT Enterprise Forum, an incredible resource for entrepreneurs
  
  First place winner will receive a fast tracked in-person interview for consideration in the DreamIt Ventures Fall 2012 Accelerator Class.

At the Investor Feedback Forum, the panel and the startup pitches are integrated into a single session. Startups pitch to a panel of early-stage technology investors. Each startup gives a pitch and brief demonstration of his/her product. The panel and audience ask follow-up questions after each pitch. The panel gives constructive feedback to each startup pitching. At the end of the series of pitches, the audience votes for their favorite pitches via Twitter. The winners are announced and prizes are awarded. Then we go for drinks nearby.

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