I feel like "Pitch your Startup!" made its first steps today - like a baby. For the first time we had a fantastic judge: Stefano Bernardi - the founder of theSTARTUP.eu. Again great entrepreneurs joined the meeting from around the world . I am looking forward seeing the event mature in the next months - giving more and more entrepreneurs a unique opportunity to develop their pitches and connect with the RIGHT people.
I would like to give two examples of how the "Pitch your Startup" event helped so far before moving on to the summary of today's pitches:
Chris Knotz - founder of Voyages en Photographie - who held a great presentation in the first "Pitch your Startup" event was searching for Angels. Former Angel Marc Dangeard introduced him to some very helpful contacts in the Paris Startup Scene.
Toby Russell - founder of RideCharge and Taxi Magic - held an exemplary pitch during the second "Pitch your Startup" event where he was seeking for support & an introduction about "Marketing through Facebook". Flavio Rump who saw the recording of the event - took the teacher seat of the class Toby requested on that topicl. (I strongly recommend that recording of "Marketing through Facebook" for everybody who is considering using Facebook as a way to promote his business.)
Now back to the pitches we heard today:
1. First Yves Gendronneau pitched TalentCast - a wonderful solution for companies to reduce the enormous costs that occur through choosing the wrong people for the job. They offer a recruiting tool that companies can use to organize, streamline and make the selection process more personal. As an addition to the traditional CV & Cover Letter - applicants have to answer predefined questions using a webcam when applying for a job on TalentCast. The tool being asynchronous - allows applicants to do the recording whenever and wherever they want. A great idea that will go live in about 2-3 weeks. If you are in the recruiting or HR space you should get in touch with Yves to find out more.
2. Adalberto Flores Ochoa presented his current venture Inviko that could be the "mahalo answers" for refering peope. Inviko is leveraging the personal connections of people on platforms like linkedin and facebook. The application is incentivising people to share their connections by paying low amounts of money. Using the power of personal recommendations to connect & evaluate people Inviko could essentially become a competitor to sites like Elance and Odesk. The product is a wonderful example for new business models that build on top of the evolving ecosystem online. Check out the recording of the meeting to find out more on the details.
3. The third and last pitch was by Walker Williams who showed how excellent web applications allow to target niches . Jobzle takes on the 13 Million Student Job Market in the US that is often restricted by the working hours that need to fit with the schedule of the students. The solution they created is a cragslist & a calender sync tool within a social network. A great way to make the life of students & employers easier and more convenient. If the application will be as good as the pitch then we can await a big change in the Student Job Market. If you are interessted in doing small seed investment you should get in touch with Walker. As a little teaser you can check out some screenshots of Jobzle here.
You can address Yves, Adalberto and Walker through Startup School. Check out the recording of "Pitch your Startup No. 3" on Startup School or ping me for more contact information.
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As Startup School lives from amazing entrepreneurs meeting from all over the world I highly encourage you to ping me for an invite.
The next "Pitch your Startup No. 4" event is coming up on the 5th of July.
Check out the facebook event for more information or join the session directly on Startup School.
cheers,
Bjoern Lasse Herrmann - Startup School Evangelist
http://startup.supercoolschool.com
ATTENTION:
Startup School is an invite only plattform for entrepreneurs. If you would like to join please contact me bjoern@supercoolschool.com
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