"Bring Your Own Pitch" @ Universal Mind!

"Bring Your Own Pitch" @ Universal Mind!

You bring the pitch. We provide the stage.

In the same way a stand-up comic hits an open-mic, Pitch Lab is designed to help you clock the 10,000 hours of deliberate practice Malcolm Gladwell says make a master.

Whether you’re persuading a group of VCs, landing your next big client or preparing for an important speech, we all need practice to improve our pitch.

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Improv Comedy Workshop @ General Assembly!

Improv Comedy Workshop @ General Assembly!

Pitch Lab instructors Joel Lutz & RJ Owen led us through a gauntlet of improv comedy exercises. We laughed a lot, but the real lesson at the heart of this workshop is to be a better listener.

Whether it's in business or your personal life, there is power in letting go of your own personal agenda, being present in the moment and actively listening. This skill is paramount to successfully adapt to change, solve problems, or be a force for innovation.

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Special Event ft. Ben Kronberg @ Thrive Workplace!

Special Event ft. Ben Kronberg @ Thrive Workplace!

What better way to kick off the summer than by hanging out with comedians and learning how to become a better speaker? Am I right?!

Ben Kronberg is a stand-up comedian based out of New York. He headlines comedy clubs and festivals worldwide AND he has a hilarious Half Hour Comedy Special on Comedy Central!

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Presentation Coaching for REDI Lab Students @ Colorado Academy!

Presentation Coaching for REDI Lab Students @ Colorado Academy!

Today, students played a few rounds of comedy karaoke to learn how to adapt the strategies of successful comedians to the presentations they will be making in a few weeks.

Like many of the lessons that students learn at Colorado Academy, they have long term value to prepare young people for more than just college.

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Strategic Storytelling for Startups @ The Commons on Champa!

Strategic Storytelling for Startups @ The Commons on Champa!

Telling a great story is more than showcasing your product, market opportunity or expertise.

Great stories, the ones that lead to action, are constructed in a way that brings together the human need to ‘fight or flight’, with an actionable solution.

In this Pitch Lab workshop, we discuss common mistakes startups make when telling stories and provide a toolkit so you can avoid them.

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Turn Your Pitch Into A Blockbuster Using Stand-Up Comedy @ Galvanize - Platte!

Turn Your Pitch Into A Blockbuster Using Stand-Up Comedy @ Galvanize - Platte!

So many great things about this event... where do I even start?

First off we were lucky enough to land Daniel Reskin as our stand-up comedy coach / co-instructor. Daniel is a 10-year stand-up comedy veteran who hails from Miami who created the long-running monthly showcase Casa de Haha, appeared in Comedy Central’s South Beach Comedy Festival and was named Best Comedian in Miami by the Miami New Times.

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Pitching Meat Water @ Galvanize -- Platte St.

Pitching Meat Water @ Galvanize -- Platte St.

Pitch Lab presenters posed as eco-friendly, animal-loving entrepreneurs. Their innovation is a recipe for an all-natural, organic protein drink, named Meat Water.

Livestock farming is destroying our environment. Meat Water solves this dilemma by extracting protein from animals while they are still alive, via osmosis. Sure soaking cows for protein is gross, but think of Mother Earth!

We had a blast. And THE MEAT PUNS WERE PLENTIFUL... SO MANY MEAT PUNS!

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Pitch Lab Invades Startup Fuse’s Pitch Battle @ The Garage

Pitch Lab Invades Startup Fuse’s Pitch Battle @ The Garage

Mike Kilcoyne, Co-Founder of Startup Denver, invited Pitch Lab to participate in Pitch Battle in a most Nathan For You kind of way.

He asked if Tommy Y (veteran comic and Pitch Lab delivery coach) would join their stellar lineup as a ringer.

Of course we were totally on-board, and Tommy played the part of a zoo-advocate turned entrepreneur pitching his latest development, Growl Energy Drinks for Zoo Animals.

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Rx Windshields @ Galvanize – Platte St.

Rx Windshields @ Galvanize – Platte St.

JD Lopez, comedian & producer of Left Hand, Right Brain Podcast played the part of an optometrist entrepreneur and taught us that sometimes the difference between a loser (Clark Kent) and a hero (Superman) is merely a pair of glasses.

Hence the unbridled powers of his “prescription windshields” business plan!

After his mock pitch, JD opened up about vulnerability on stage an acknowledged that some things that take away from your performance can’t be controlled. What can be controlled is how you react to them.

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Why Pitches Fall Apart & 5 Tips To Make Sure Yours Doesn't @ General Assembly!

Why Pitches Fall Apart & 5 Tips To Make Sure Yours Doesn't @ General Assembly!

Led by storytelling expert, Tim Shisler, who works with a number of accelerator programs including Techstars Boulder, Galvanize & Travelport Labs.

We dove into the science of storytelling and why the hero's journey is more than just a Hollywood structure.

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