The Coconut Bliss Story – Speed Pitches – Investor Feedback
| April 22, 2010 | ||
| 5:00 pm | to | 8:00 pm |
Click here to register to attend
Larry Kaplowitz (co-founder of of Luna and Larry’s Coconut Bliss) will share his personal story about how he and his co-founder (Luna Marcus) started, grew and sold their business in less than 6 years. Hear how they started the business with just $10,000, how they quickly became cash-flow positive, how they built their team, marketed their business, hit their first million, explored partnerships — and ultimately sold their business.
Larry has truly come full-circle. He’s now excited to become an angel investor and share his knowledge and skills with other local start-up companies. Larry is a member of the Willamette Angel Conference investor LLC. You won’t want to miss hearing his amazing story!
Following Larry’s talk we’ll begin the “Speed Pitch” competition (where Larry is one of the investor panelists – see other investors below…).
Calling Oregon-based Start-up Companies to Deliver a Speed Pitch! There’s no fee to submit, no fee to present and presenting companies do not pay a fee to attend — so you have nothing to loose and a lot to gain!
Location: Oregon Electric Station Directions
27 East 5th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97401-2616
Time: 5 – 8pm
Fee: $20 if you pre-register ($25 at the door); $15 for Eugene and Corvallis Chamber and SAO members, $10 for students
Register to attend by clicking here
Includes food and beverages | Note: Seats are limited!
Speed Pitches: 3 minutes each to pitch, 3 minutes of real investor feedback
The audience will vote for the winner – and the one winner will receive a free hour of coaching from the Executive Team for the Willamette Angel Conference (includes investors, entrepreneurs, and lawyers). Note: Any start-up in Oregon is eligible to submit to pitch at Smart-ups — including those who submitted to pitch at the WAC and those who have not submitted to pitch at the WAC. All investors from the WAC will be invited to attend this event, and the investor panel are members of the WAC Investor LLC – so this allows for a great educational and networking opportunity.
Investor Panelists Include:
Tim Berry | president and founder of Palo Alto Software
Investor in the 2009 and 2010 Willamette Angel Conference LLC
Scott Larson | Bend Venture Catalyst at EDCO
Founder of Vashon Partners | Seasoned Entrepreneur
Larry Kaplowitz | Co-founder of Luna and Larry’s Coconut Bliss
Investor in the 2010 Willamette Angel Conference LLC
Entrepreneurs Wanting to Pitch at This Event:
- Create a single slide (slide should include your company logo, tag line, and no more than 7 bullets describing what’s unique about your business)
- Submit your single slide to Smart-ups by clicking here – you will be contacted if selected to deliver a speed pitch at the pub-talk. Note: Up to 10 companies be be selected to deliver Speed Pitches
- Deadline to submit is 5pm, April 9th.
- If selected to deliver a Speed Pitch you will be given 3 minutes to pitch your business (you will be timed).
- Tips for what to say in your 3 minutes include: your name/title, the problem in the market you’re product is addressing, 2-3 sentences that describes your business, your target market, how you will generate revenue, your competitive advantage/value proposition, and key team members/advisers
- The investor panel will take 3 minutes to ask you questions/share suggestions.
- The audience will vote for the company they feel delivered the best pitch. The winner will receive one free hour of coaching from the WAC Executive Team
- Rehearse! Rehearse! Rehearse!
Thanks to our great sponsors for supporting entrepreneurship in our community!
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