ROC The Room "Foodie" Pitch Night Competition @NextCorps March 5th 6:30pm-8:30pm

Mar 5, 2020, 11:30 PM – Mar 6, 2020, 1:30 AM (UTC)

Rochester

NextCorps, 260 East Main Street, Rochester, 14604

Come watch some aspiring Rochesterian entrepreneurs pitch their hearts out at our 3rd ever PITCH! Night @ NextCorps, in partnership with Wefunder and StartupGrind Rochester. We are currently looking for teams in the Rochester, NY/Upstate area to showcase their food ideas and companies to some amazing ecosystem builders and investors. This is an event you should not miss! See the event description.

In-person event

About this event

Come watch some aspiring Rochesterian entrepreneurs pitch their hearts out at our 3rd ever PITCH! Night @ NextCorps, in partnership with Wefunder and StartupGrind Rochester. We are currently looking for teams in the Rochester, NY/Upstate area to showcase their food ideas and companies to some amazing ecosystem builders and investors. This is an event you should not miss!


This event current theme is "FOOD". So if you know of any companies in the local Rochester area that embodies a sense of community please feel free to submit their information or have them reach out to us via this link.


Pitching teams must present to our judges in 6min or less, plus a 3 minute Q&A. All teams will be judged on being concise, complete, and compelling. Attendance is free but the experience is priceless. If you'd like to watch, and possibly find a founder, co-founder, or team member, just register.

Check out what happened

Moderators

  • Adie Akuffo-Afful

    Wefunder

    Ecosystem Builder

  • Doug Kellermeyer

    Mindex

    Software Developer

When

When

March 5 – 6, 2020
11:30 PM – 1:30 AM (UTC)

Agenda

11:30 PMNetworking
11:45 PMJudge & Sponsors Introduction
12:00 AMCompetitors Pitch
12:30 AMBusiness Spotlight
12:45 AMJudges Deliberation
1:15 AMWinner Announced

Host

  • Sylvia Okoye

    RIT Center of Urban Entrepreneurship

    Program Manager

Organizers

  • Michael Thaney

    Startup Grind

    Director

  • Joshua Batres

    CivicPulse

    Community Outreach Lead

  • Dustin Doucette

    MillerKnoll

    Software Portfolio Manager

  • Carolyn Spencer

    CoPivot

    Founder Relations

  • Ananth Prajval Tallavajhula

    SchoolQuizz

    Community Manager

  • Eric Leinberg

    InfoPreserve Inc.

    Founder @ InfoPreserve

  • Nate Thomas

    Advisor

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Notion

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Builder

Partner

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Wefunder

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