More Than 90 New Venture Ideas – Alumni and Students-- Participate in Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event

Hear and assess more than 90 new venture ideas each pitched in three minutes or less by Babson alumni and students at Babson’s 10th Annual Rocket Pitch Event on Friday, October 30, 2009 in Olin Hall on the Babson College campus.

Babson invites its alumni and student entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas to a large audience of students, faculty, entrepreneurs, investors, and service providers.

Each entrepreneur is allowed three minutes and three PowerPoint slides to quickly and succinctly deliver the critical differentiating elements of their business ideas. Pitches happen in rapid succession in multiple rooms with no time for questions allotted.

Following the event is an open networking reception where entrepreneurs are available to answer questions.

Rocket Pitch Agenda

Date:  Friday, October 30, 2009
Location:  Olin Hall, Babson College
Agenda:

8:00 a.m. - 8:45a.m.  Registration and Breakfast (Olin Hall - First Floor)
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.  Introductions (Olin Auditorium)
9:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.  Pitches (Olin Auditorium, Olin 120, 101, 102)
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.  Networking (Olin Hall)

For more information and registration, please visit
http://www3.babson.edu/ESHIP/outreach-events/rocketpitch.cfm

Follow the Rocket Pitch on Twitter: #babsonrp

This year's Rocket Pitch Sponsors:

Vistaprint, the small business marketing company that provides products like postcards, checks, photo cards and rubber stamps to small businesses and consumers.   

Pepper Hamilton LLP, founded in 1890, is an internationally-recognized law firm with more than 500 lawyers nationally. The firm provides corporate, litigation and regulatory legal services to leading businesses, entrepreneurial ventures, private equity funds, governmental entities, nonprofit organizations and individuals throughout the nation and the world.