Entrepreneurial Frontiers: Pitch Perfect Workshop in partnership with CWRT

About the Event

TAG Network Midlands presents Entrepreneurial Frontiers: Pitch Perfect Masterclass/Workshop 

This workshop has been tailored to provide Entrepreneurs and start-up Founders with the tools and techniques they need to deliver a memorable pitch to aid investment. Within these super informative sessions, you will understand the key ingredients of what makes a successful pitch.

During the workshop, you will gain access to three mastermind sessions as well as the opportunity to form pitch strategy, and learn pitch techniques with special guest speakers.  You will recieve the following insights:

• Pitch Structure & Narrative
• Stagecraft & Enagagement
• Practice 

There will also be an opportunity to practice every session where you can get honest feedback and advice from both the speakers and fellow attendees.  

Whether you are a complete pitch newbie or an experienced demo day pitch-master these interactive sessions will provide helpful tips, pointers and feedback for everyone.

Arrivals & Session Introduction (10am - 10:15am)

Welcomes from TAG Network Midlands and our sponsor Coventry & Warwickshire Reinvestment Trust.

Session 1: Pitch Story (10:15am - 11am) 

Hosted by Ravi Ranjan Tech Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Voilo Limited. Ravi has gained stakeholder investment which will introduce business growth and opportunities for his company. In addition, he has recieved commercial acknowledgement within the last four months he and his organisation have been shortlisted for;

Start-Up of the Year 2021 - Birmingham Awards

Outstanding Start-Up Business of the Year 2021 at Asian Business Chamber Of Commence

Young Tech Talent of the Year 2021 - Birmingham Tech Awards

This session will give our participants a grounding in the basics which will develop a “pitch” narrative for investor engagement and get you started crafting your own pitch decks. Understand the importance of effective communication for storytelling. How to ensure you tell the story in a concise and strategic manner.

Session 2: Pitch Mindset (11am - 12pm) 

Hosted by Daniel Bridgewater, Founder & CEO of Buckt - the UK’s only tickets and activities subscription service. Daniel is also the founder and Chairman of Fourth Wall - a social enterprise he set up when he was 19.  He is one of the Birmingham 30 Under 30, a first class with honours graduate of the University of Birmingham and a proud Brummie. He’s a previous winner of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce’s Future Face of Entrepreneurship award and also a winner of the prestigious Point Of Light Award, which was awarded to him by the Prime Minister.

This session will delve into how to structure and deliver your pitch to an audience using body language, tone, and presence. Whether you are pitching to one person or a room of hundreds of investors, you will understand the value of elevator pitch impact, and developing audience rapport and engagement during your full pitch.

Lunch (12pm - 12:45pm) - Please advise of your dietary requirement when you register your attendance.

Session 3: Pitch Goals (12:45pm - 1:10pm)

This session will allow you to practise your pitch implementing the tips and tools provided in Sessions 1 & 2. You will appreciate why defining your goals and outcomes is vital. Learn evaluate your pitch performance, how to reflect and improve your pitch. Understand what to do next and how to access the success of your pitch.

Pitch Practice (1:10pm - 1:30pm)

This time will allow you to perfect your pitches, before delivering an elevator pitch to a panel of guest judges. 

Judges: (1:30pm - 2pm)

• Denise Morris, award-winning Founder & CEO of TAG Network Midlands
• Stacey Ryan, an awarding winning EdTech Businesswoman, NED & Mentor based in Birmingham.  
• Amy Jacklin, Growth Manager at Virgin Money
• Jacqueline Maya, Head of Operational Risk at CWRT

The judges will select two finalists who will be gifted '£50 Virgin Experience Day Vouchers' and invited to have the opportunity to pitch to a wider-audience at TAG Network Midlands Entrepreneurial Frontiers; Director's Panel Discussion Event on Thursday 11th November 2021. 

If you are voted the winner, you will recieve:

• TAG Network Midlands Annual Entrepreneur Membership 
• Be featured on Voilo’s initiative 'Launch Q1 2022'. Voilo is an award winning new start up business. They are an end to end solution aimed at attracting and retaining customers. 
• Free Business Banking advice from Metro Bank
• ... plus more!