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Win £50,000 package with The Pitch start-up competition

John King — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:55:28 +0000

The Pitch is Britain’s biggest pitching competition. Now in its third year, The Pitch 2010 will be visiting another five UK cities the year, searching for the best entrepreneurial talent and asking our crack team of high profile business experts to scrutinise business concepts and presentation skills, searching for the best of the best.

Over the coming months, the competition will be visiting Bristol, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Liverpool and London in a series of regional heats, uncovering some of Britain’s best new businesses. The winners of the regional heats will progress into a national final, held in London in November, competing for the title of ‘Britain’s Best New Business’ as well as £50,000 worth of business support prizes.

The Pitch 2010 is the competition to take your business or business idea to the next level:

Win business services prize package worth £50,000
Pitch to famous entrepreneurs and business experts
Compete against fellow entrepreneurs from your region and across the UK
Get your brand seen by thousands of people
Meet and learn from top business mentors and real life investors

Deadline for entries from the South East is 1 July, so enter The Pitch 2010 now!

Pitch to Doug Richard

John King — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:19:01 +0000

NACUE’s National Varsity Pitch Competition, in partnership with the British Library, is the UK’s premier start-up competition for university students across the country. It celebrates university enterprise by showcasing the brightest young minds and the breadth of businesses coming out of UK universities.

Young entrepreneurs will compete in one of seven industry semi-finals and seven finalists will have the opportunity to move on to the national finale on May 5th at the British Library after receiving a full day of training, one-on-one mentorship and coaching. Pitching to a panel of judges made up of some of the UK’s foremost entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and media personalities, the finalists will pitch for seedfunding, startup support and the National Title.

The deadline is March 1, 2010.

Apply Now!

Photos from the den

John King — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:06:58 +0000

Some great photos from our launch event on Thursday 8th October 2009 in the Students’ Union. We also have these on our Facebook page – if you see yourself, don’t forget to tag yourself (unless it’s a horrible photo, in which case we’ll let you off).

Pitching in an elevator

John King — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:51:47 +0000

Hermione Way, founder of Techfluff takes elevator pitches to their natural conclusion – in an elevator, of course (a lift to our UK viewers). Check out the latest video from her tech blog.