Looking Forward To The Elevator Pitch

At Berkeley Entrepreneurship Forum, one gets 90 seconds to reach out to investors and partners. A great yet so simple concept. It reminds me of high signal to noise ratio concepts from my wireless communication courses at IIT.

Quoting verbatim from website:
Make Your Pitch!

Have a great idea that needs funding
. . . a new company that needs that special person?

Be a “number” at the UC Berkeley Entrepreneurs Forum!

“The Numbers” is the Forum’s special name for those four or five people who make their “elevator pitch”, named after a window of opportunity one might get when taking an elevator with a potential prospect (especially in Silicon Valley).

“The Numbers” occur at the beginning of each program. Each speaker has 60-90 seconds to present their company and their need. Are you looking for help in building your company: funding, personnel, team members to enter the business plan competition, or maybe a student intern? Consider asking to be a number. Pitch to 150 people instead of 10-15 (maximum density of most elevators).

The forum also hosts quiet a few business plan competitions, one with focus on social entrepreneurship. The center also connects students with mentors and hosts various talk series.

Life appears very exciting when there is so much to explore and look forward to :)

By the way, I just returned from 8 day field visit for Light a Billion Lives initiative of TERI. If I have to summarize the entire experience in one word, it would be 'transformative'. Lots of interesting experiences and pictures/videos would be shared (few already shared on facebook) soon.