Globe and Mail Elevator Pitch Business Plan Competition
The Globe & Mail and Canada’s largest dedicated small business website ‘CanadaOne.com’ are facilitating a national ‘Elevator Pitch’ competition. The ‘2’ minute videos submitted by way of YouTube will be judged by a panel of experienced international investors, media and the audience. Two videos will be selected to be highlighted during Small Business Week on October 19th in a ‘free’ live interactive webcast. One video will be selected by the panel of judges and one by the audience. Teachers and students who wish to attend in person will be provided a discount ‘early bird registration rate’. For more information go to The Globe & Mail at: www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/
Panel Investment Expertise:
- Communications/Wireless
- Consumer Brands
- Financial Services
- GreenTech
- Healthcare
- Software & Hardware Information Technology
- Manufacturing
- Not-for-Profit
- Sports
Judges:
- Richard Boxer, President, Buckingham Capital Corporation – Angel Investor
- Rob Chaplinsky, Managing Partner, Bridgescale Partners – US Venture Capitalist
- Julie King, Publisher & Managing Editor, CanadaOne – Media
- Jacoline Loewen, Director, Loewen & Partners – Consultant
- Scott MacCannell, President, York Angel Investors Inc. – Angel Investor
- Sean Stanleigh, Editor, Your Business, The Globe & Mail – Media
- Robyn Rutledge, Principal, TGS Consumer Partners – US Venture Capitalist
- Amar Varma, Founder, Extreme Venture Partners – Canadian Venture Capitalist
Date: Tuesday, October 19th, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 6:00 pm (EST) Reception
6:00pm – 7:00pm (EST) Interactive Webcast Question & Answers
7:00pm – 9:00pm Networking
Location: SHAMBA
48 Yonge Street, 12th Floor,
Toronto, Ontario, www.shamba.ca
Registration to Attend: www.directengagement.com/gen_webcast.php