Well, almost…

Recently I had the honor and pleasure to be contracted by the European Space Agency ESA in Noordwijk, NL to help their internal accelerator called “Gravity Assist” with improving the pitching skills of their participants.

The aim was to help them better overcome resistance and secure the needed buy-in from internal stakeholders through the edition for GOs & NGOs of my Pitching Masterclass.

This highly specialised edition focuses on how GOs/NGOs are not startups pitching investors for funding in the open market, but employees in an entirely different context, having to navigate politics and red tape, often only getting one single shot at getting it right. It teaches a process and a framework for how to overcome resistance and get the buy-in using the tried and proven method taught at Harvard Business School for decades – as well as how to pitch successfully in this context.

Afterwards I was treated to a tour of the facilities – which felt like a trip to heaven for a space nerd like myself… Who said business and pleasure have to be two separate worlds?