Pitcher’s Guide: Oct 8: IMPACT Central Indiana PitchFeast Powered by First Internet Bank
Pitchfeast information
Thursday, Oct 10, 2024 | 5:30 – 8 p.m. ET
Tickets are free but required | Get tickets »
Storytelling workshop
Friday, September 13, 6 – 8 p.m.
Hamilton County Community Foundation
11810 Technology Drive, Fishers 46038
Free parking
In this workshop, Anthony Murdock II will walk you through the process of telling your story
Workshop is required of all pitchers.
pitch Deck Requirements
Your pitch deck should be no more than 15 slides. You must email your pitch deck to David Donaldson at davidd@cicf.org by Monday Sept. 30 at noon. No late pitches will be accepted.
Pitching Requirements
Your pitch should be exactly five minutes.
You may have someone with you to hold/present your product.
You should prepare a PowerPoint pitch deck no more than 15 slides.
You should provide answers to each of these questions in your pitch:
- Tell us about your company.
- What problem are you solving?
- What are you selling to solve the problem?
- Who is the competition? How are you different?
- What makes you the ideal person to lead the company? Talk about how your experience, education, etc., make you the ideal person to understand the problem and help solve it.
- What is the cost to produce the product/service?
- What is the total and service addressable market?
- Who is on the leadership team?
- How do you plan to educate prospective customers about your product/service?
- What would you do with the investment dollars?
judging information
Our judges are there to provide the kind of feedback that propels founders forward. They will be using the rubric below to evaluate your pitch. Because the investment is to help fund the proof of concept, judges are looking for a company that is ready to spend the money in that way. The grant must be used to specifically do what is explained in the pitch.
What happens after judging:
- All judges and pitch finalists convene on stage:
- Kendrea and Tom will announce the judges’ pick
- A series of photos will be taken:
- The finalists and judges, with Kendrea and CICF Impact Fund
- Winners and judges, with Kendrea and CICF Impact Fund
Social Media expectations
Pitch finalists are expected to have Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. (If you don’t, set it/them up now!) It will be important to repost the information that we are sharing about you on social media and to create original posts to help share the great news about your pitching opportunity. This will help build excitement about and attendance at the event.
PitchFeast will be posting all about this leading up to the event. We would be so grateful if you could follow them on social media and share the posts about this event.
Winner expectations
Recipients of the investments should take a photo of themselves and share (via social media) about how they utilized the investment funds. The IMPACT Fund provides these investment loans so that you make immediate progress in growing your company. We are documenting how the money is being used and tracking the success of our grant recipients.
Invite your stakeholders to attend
Use the email template below to invite your friends, family, colleagues, to attend Pitchfeast and support you.
Dear [name],
I am so excited to share that I am one of the finalists pitching at The Central Indiana Impact PitchFeast event on Thursday, Oct. 10 at The Collaborative Hub in Fishers! There is also an option to watch this event virtually.
I am competing for one of four investment prizes that evening. The judges will determine who will receive a $25,000, $15,000, and $10,000 investment from the Central Indiana Impact Fund. However, everyone in attendance gets to vote for their favorite startup. That winner will receive a $5000, for being an audience favorite!
I would love for you to be my guest to cheer me on, meet some amazing entrepreneurs, and vote for (name of startup). Dinner will be provided. If you’re available, please click here to register!
Thank you,
[Your Name]