Pitch Me Baby, One More Time!
Elevating founders pitching skills in second startup ecosystems
About the project
Pitch me Baby ⚡ is a recurring event for founders and startups looking for feedback on their pitches.
The brand, powered by Accelpoint, a leading Polish startup accelerator, has made its presence in the main Polish cities, as well as Berlin & Singapore. Since November 2022, our 30 events have gathered in total over 3500 participants: startup founders, business angels, VCs and innovation enthusiasts.
Pitch Me Baby mission is to elevate startup founders’ pitching skills by instant feedback, free of charge. This time, we’re focusing on founders in second startup ecosystems: Wrocław (PL), Ostrava (CZ) and Žilina (SK). Along with our amazing partners: Startup Wrocław, MSIC and Inovia we’ve prepared something special.
Are you ready to bring your pitching up to the masterclass level? Immerse yourself in the art of pitching via one of our online workshops or the offline events. Polish your presentation, gather valuable feedback and go for the perfect pitch.
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Pitching workshops
Take part in one of the immersive online workshops with international experts. Get ready to pitch on the stage in Wrocław, Ostrava and Žilina. Expand your network and share your experience.
Art of Pitching
Date: 27.06.2024, Thursday
Time: 16:00 -18:00
Mentor: Jacek Bukowicki
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With over 20 years of experience working with startups, seeing thousands of pitches, and mentoring hundreds of startups, Jacek has all it takes to teach you the Art of Pitching. He’s the mentor who can provide inspiring, empowering, and uplifting feedback.
A guide that makes it easier to venture into deeper waters, facing increasingly more extensive and more demanding audiences: judges, investors, and clients. In this workshop, you’ll learn all about the pitch deck essentials: creating a winning presentation that includes visual design, compelling storytelling, and content structure.
How should you communicate your vision and make it resonate with investors and stakeholders?
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Distilling the essentials
Date: Uzupełnić
Time: Uzupełnić
Mentor: Ville Kairamo
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How to take what’s most important from your pitchdeck? Smooth presentation whether you have 10, 5, 3 minutes or 30 seconds to pitch your startup to your potential client or investor.
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Muted presentation
Date: 18.07.2024, Thursday
Time: 12:00-15:00
Mentor: Aleksandra Szczepaniak
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What does Alex have in common with innovative farm lightning for cannabis and the endoscopic AI-based capsule?
Pitch decks that she helped to create and present in front of investors. Alex Szczepaniak is an international pitch coach, event host, presenter, and voiceover. She helps startups pitch their innovative ideas more efficiently with the must-have WOW effect. Who said a business pitch can’t be both professional and jaw-dropping? Apart from early-stage businesses, Alex coaches business people of all sorts of industries, from pharmaceuticals to retail store furniture manufacturers. She helps sales reps, public institution employees and business owners present their businesses effectively. She gives lectures at the Merito University in Wrocław for International Management, Modern Marketing, and Public Speaking and Leadership students. She coached startups during such acceleration programs as the Climate-KIC Acceleration Programme, ClimateLaunchPad, WeP UP! West Pomeranian ICT Startup Hub, Greenhouse, or Futurepreneurs.
As a professional event host, she leads various Demo Days within multiple Acceleration Programs as well as science, tech and business-related events like HealthTechForward or Cybersecurity events. Join Alexandra as she’ll lead you through the workshop: “Muted presentation: impact of body language, tone, and delivery on the success of a pitch. How to convey confidence and credibility?”
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Constant improvement
Date: 25.07.2024, Thursday
Time: 16:00 -18:00
Mentor: Slavo Tuleya
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Learn how to gather and analyze feedback effectively from Slavo, the man who ‘stood on the non-tech side for far too long’. Since 2016, he worked as a corporate innovator at Innogy Slovakia and SKODA AUTO DigiLab Czechia, Israel, and China, and later as a VC at ZAKA.VC. In 2019, he followed his hunch and became an entrepreneur, focusing on consulting rather than building. He often avoided tech with phrases like “let’s research more” or “let’s not develop before we are 100% sure.”
In 2022, everything changed. He embraced tech, transforming Kiuub into a productized tech company and realizing that great outcomes are achievable even for non-tech people.
Now, Slavo helps non-tech individuals and companies launch digital projects using No Code, builds companies, advises founders, and speaks at events.
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Distilling the Essentials
Date: 13.08.2024, Tuesday
Time: 16:00 -18:00
Mentor: Adam Bocev
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How do you take what’s most important from your pitch and scale it, whether you have 10, 5, 3 minutes or 30 seconds? Ask the VC, who saw thousands of pitchdecks – no judging, just learning.
Adam Bocev went to Denmark to study innovation and business development at the University of Southern Denmark and Copenhagen Business School. At the same time, he gained valuable work experience as a scout and analyst at Accelerace, a pre-seed VC and the first start-up accelerator in Europe. Today, he is again living in his native Slovakia. He supports ambitious start-up founders in reaching their global goals, especially with the Czech Founders VC. This community-driven venture capital firm invests in exceptional start-up founders with global ambitions.
Navigating Q&A Sessions
Date: 26.08.2024, Monday
Time: 13:00
Mentor: Cezary Reszel
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How to answer tough Q&A after pitches with confidence and turn potential concerns into opportunities? Learn how to navigate Q&A sessions with Cezary Reszel – Expert Business Developer.
Cezary is a specialist in creating go-to-market strategies, commercialising IT products and leading sales teams. He gained experience during 5 years of developing Booksy, where he was responsible for sales and business development. He has a deep understanding of AI and blockchain technologies. He is involved in sales team training and providing strategic consulting. Helps companies achieve success through effective sales and customer retention. ICF certified coach. Cyclist in private.
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Pitch me baby Events
WHO IS IT FOR?
Startups
Come and pitch your idea/project/startup and get instant feedback from the leading industry experts. Bring your pitching up to the masterclass level!
Investors / Mentors / Corporates
If you are interested in finding new investment opportunities / extending your network / sharing your knowledge and experience with the ecosystem – Pitch Me Baby is the right place for you. The value of the event lies in the feedback given to founders. Your feedback?
Ecosystem People
Apart from the pitching, Pitch Me Baby is a networking event. Come and join us if you want to meet tech enthusiasts from different parts of the world.
Pitch Me Baby, Wrocław
- Date: 11.09.2024
- Time: 17:30 - 20:30
Pitch Me Baby, Žilina
- Date: 09.10.2024
- Time: 16:30-20:00
- Location:
- University of Žilina
- Rector's Foyer
- Univerzitná 8215, 010 26 Žilina
Pitch Me Baby, Ostrava
- Date: 27.11.2024
- Time: 17:30 - 20:30
- Location:
- CLUBCO Ostrava
- 28. října 3346/91
- 702 00 Moravská Ostrava a Přívoz
Partners
This initiative is proudly supported by the Visegrad Fund
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
The International Visegrad Fund is an international donor organization established by the governments of the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). Its aim is to support closer understanding and cooperation among people in the V4 region, as well as between the V4 region and other countries and regions, particularly in the non-EU neighbourhood of the Eastern Partnership countries and in the Western Balkans. The fund fosters the development of civil society by financing joint grant projects and by awarding university scholarships and artist residencies. The fund’s annual budget of €8 million consists of equal contributions by the V4 governments.
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Pitch Me Baby
Pitch Me Baby⚡ is a dynamic event for founders and startups seeking feedback on their pitches. Organized by Accelpoint, a leading Polish startup accelerator, in collaboration with other Warsaw-based accelerators, VC funds, business angels, startup mentors, advisors, and fellow entrepreneurs, Pitch Me Baby is held across various cities in Poland and at major tech conferences in the region. It has also begun its global expansion, with an event hosted in Singapore during the Singapore Fintech Festival.
Every event is free to attend and attracts ~100 participants on average (on site), with at least 60-75% showup rate vis a vis registrations (50% founders, 19% investors, 30% service providers & Corporations/SMEs).
Startup Wrocław
Startup Wrocław is an initiative by the Wroclaw Agglomeration Development Agency, a company founded in 2005 and owned by the Wroclaw Commune and 32 local governments. The agency focuses on enhancing cooperation and building the economic strength of Wroclaw and its surrounding municipalities.
Startup Wrocław supports local and national tech events, connects the startup ecosystem with major companies, investors, academia, and media, and promotes local startup success stories. It maintains a unique database of local startups, offers valuable business content, and fosters knowledge sharing. The initiative also works on promoting the city’s economy and attracting foreign investors.
Startup Wrocław is a part of several recognizable brands created and developed by Wrocław Agglomeration Development Agency, including @Invest in Wroclaw, @Study in Wroclaw, @Wroclaw.pl, @Visit Wroclaw, and @Made in Wroclaw, contributing significantly to the city’s vibrant startup scene.
Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre Ostrava
The Moravian-Silesian Innovation Centre (MSIC), established in July 2017, is one of the leading regional innovation centers in the Czech Republic. It has five shareholders: the Moravian-Silesian Region, the Statutory City of Ostrava, the Technical University Ostrava, Ostrava University, and Silesian University.
MSIC aims to foster an entrepreneurial mindset in the Moravian-Silesian Region, embracing innovation, risk-taking, and openness to new trends. It supports entrepreneurship from early-stage startups to mature SMEs, currently serving around 270 companies. MSIC also collaborates with large companies, investors, and other stakeholders.
Operating four business incubators totaling approximately 10,000 square meters, MSIC offers offices, meeting rooms, and laboratories. It is expanding its facilities to include a new building with pilot-line capacities and shared laboratories. Nationally recognized as a leading innovation agency, MSIC actively contributes to national innovation policies and is a key partner in PLATINN.CZ, a network of Czech innovation centers.
Innovation Centre INOVIA
The INOVIA Innovation Centre, established on November 29, 2021, is a collaboration between the Žilina self-governing region, the City of Žilina, and the University of Žilina. It aims to advance the Žilina Region by fostering an innovation and business ecosystem, modern public services, and youth entrepreneurship.
INOVIA’s mission is to activate local potential, enhance collaboration between local and foreign businesses and research institutions, and retain skilled talent in the region. It supports companies by providing expert advice on innovation, market expansion, and business improvement.
Additionally, INOVIA connects companies with research teams, promotes R&D outcomes, and advises startups and spinoffs. It also offers project consulting for local governments, focusing on the SMART agenda and digitization.
Actively building an innovation ecosystem, INOVIA seeks partnerships and transforms ideas into impactful projects. It is part of the multinational CEE Startup Network.