On August 5th, we held a special Pitch Zoo workshop for the summer cohort of companies in the Starting Gate, a business accelerator for Western Michigan University students.  The individuals consisted of founders from six companies currently in the summer cohort of the accelerator. During the 2 hour workshop we discussed different ways to pitch their business — to talk succinctly about …

After taking a break in the summer, Pitch Zoo was back in August.  David Szpunar (Revolutionary Designs) practiced his pitch on the product he is working on in the bottling industry.  He ran through his pitch, received feedback, and then ran through the pitch a second time to see what improvements he could make on the delivery and content of the …

On April 22nd, we held a special Pitch Zoo workshop in collaboration with Colleagues International (Sarah Joshi) for 8 individuals that were visiting from Pakistan.  The individuals, officers of non-governmental organizations in Pakistan, were visiting Kalamazoo as part of a trip sponsored by the United States Department of State. During the 3-4 hour workshop, the individuals practiced their pitches — talking …

This month we had two companies pitch an inning at the April Pitch Zoo event last night. Here are several pictures of Erik and Keith in action: And thanks to Maestro for hosting Pitch Zoo!!!  

This month we had three companies pitch an inning at the March Pitch Zoo event. Here are several pictures of Amy, Matt, and Stacy in action: And the pitchers with their “pitched an inning” t-shirts 🙂