This year saw 12 young teams and an interested audience attend the Pitch Camp at the European Web 2.0 Expo Conference in Berlin.
Teams and audience got to hear presentation tips and discussion from an esteemed panel, who later divided up amongst the teams and served as coaches. After a 30 minute intensive workover, teams had 5 minutes to pitch their business story back to the entire panel and the general audience.
The average level of preparedness was somewhat lower than I had expected, however observing one of the breakout sessions where a Powerpoint presentation was essentially turned upside-down in 30 minutes, I can give some slack for some confusion at the podium.
On the official prize roster, Wuala took first prize, second prize went to Youcalc and third prize was divided amongst Amazee, Plista and Sofatutor (German).
My personal favorites, based purely on the pitch alone:
- Most I want to see succeed: Amazee
- Most I would like to see my friends start using: Doodle
- Best executed presentation: Plista
full disclosure: I had to miss part of the Wuala and Youcalc pitches in order to catch Tim O'Reilly's keynote address, so the interested will have to check you out directly.
Posted by Jason Soo.
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