Category Archives: pitching

Education, pitching, startup

Pitching Masterclass, back at RWTH Aachen University

Recently I had the pleasure to be invited back to RWTH Aachen University and its Materials Lab incubator to prepp the participating teams, insuring they have as much as a winning pitch they could possibly have for the big next funding grant decision!

Looking for pitch training as a startup or a student in a support program like and incubator, accelerator, entrepreneurship curriculum, or for your teams in your company or organisation, or help with prepping and quality insurance for your startup pitching event or competition?

Check out my Pitching Masterclass and its editions!

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Education, entrepreneurship, Events, pitching, startup

Eastern-European Startups FTW!

Recently I had the honor and pleasure to win the international bid to tender with +ANDERSEN & ASSOCIATES to help EU4Innovation East & Expertise France help their selected batch of startups for VIVATECH 2026 in Paris prep for the conference, including investor pitching, competition pitching, and startup conference planning & strategy for reaching their goals and maximising the ROI of attending.

EU4Innovation East is a regional project enhancing the competitiveness of the startup ecosystems in five Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. At its core is a comprehensive strategy to foster high-performance incubators, expand funding and market opportunities, strengthen community ties and amplify the visibility of EaP startups.

Expertise France is the French public agency for international development cooperation. It is a subsidiary of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group and the second-largest agency of its kind in Europe.

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Little Known Fact, pitching, startup

Hello Alaska!

Awww… Look what the mail brought all the way from Alaska today! Proud to play a small part in helping entrepreneurs in underserved areas of the world. Shout-out to Linda Janes, Kristen Gibbs & the team running gBeta Alaska!

Did you know my Pitching Masterclass has been sponsoring startup events, startup support programs, and entrepreneurship education in underserved areas around the world for a couple of years now?

Feel free to reach out if you’re running a startup event or a startup support program way outside of the usual startup hotspots; My DMs are open. 📭

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Events, pitching, speaking, startup

Pitching Masterclass @ StartupDorf DUS

Recently I was invited to StartupDorf’s regular meetup in Düsseldorf to share a little about what startup founders need to know about pitching.

TL;DR

  • You have to master the high-concept-pitch, the elevator pitch, and the investor pitch (the pitch deck pitch).
  • If you want to massively improve your pitch, like +80% better than the rest out there, you have to be able to tell “which problem or need you’re solving, for whom you’re solving it, and how you are solving it” – using words and concepts that even a six year old child will understand.

That’s it! Well, not quite – but you’ll have to take my “Pitching Masterclass” for the rest… ;)

BTW: If you’re a StartupDorf member, you can get my Pitching Masterclass online course at a whopping 50% discount – just talk to them about how – valid until end of 2026!

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