ANN ARBOR – New Enterprise Forum is holding the 5th Annual Battle of the Elevator Pitch competition May 19 when prominent state entrepreneurs pitch an imaginary company to demonstrate what a great business pitch sounds like.
A panel of judges will take it all in, assessing substance as well as style. Past events have been based on Gilligan?s Island, Dr. Seuss? The Lorax, Columbus? presumed discovery of America, and some of the world?s silliest inventions. The event takes place at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Holiday Inn on Plymouth Road in Ann Arbor.
The participants for this event include:
Mike Korybalski (Defending Champ), founder of Mechanical Dynamics, who won impressively last year.
Charles Fry, Founder/CEO of American Sweet Bean Company, Seneca County, OH.
John McIntrye ? serial biotech entrepreneur extraordinaire.
Mystery Competitor…..
Our esteemed judges include:
Dale Grogan, Michigan Accelerator Fund 1
Ray Waters, Enterprise Detroit
Jack Miner, Tech Town Capital Champion
Gary Baker, the Internet Advisor & CIO of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Moderators:
David Brophy, Director of the Office for the Study of Private Equity Finance at the University of Michigan. Eleni Kelakos, motivational speaker, keynote speaker, entertainer, and creative bottle rocket, promises to provide another compelling performance.
Showcase Presentation: Each month, NEF highlights emerging companies and provides them a Showcase Presentation. This month, our presenters will be Tom Gross of Fusion Coolant Systems, which provides a patented metal-working coolant system and John Shabino of Lektromotiv, which is developing technology for making high performance, high efficiency electric motors .
Meeting location: Holiday Inn, 3600 Plymouth Rd. in Ann Arbor. Registration and networking begin at 5:00 p.m. with the program starting at 5:45 p.m. Free to NEF members, the cost is $20 for non-members, $5 for students.
For more information, click on NewEnterpriseForum.Org
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