The NextWomen Pitching & Networking Evening- 29 November 2011 - Amsterdam The NextWomen invite you to a Pitch Evening with Investors on November 29th in Amsterdam. The event, done in cooperation with Astia and sponsored by Microsoft Bizspark, aims to support women-led businesses prepare and practice their investment pitches with a real panel of investors, while running initial screening of...
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The NextWomen Pitching & Networking Evening- 29 November 2011 - Amsterdam The NextWomen invite you to a Pitch Evening with Investors on November 29th in Amsterdam. The event, done in cooperation with Astia and sponsored by Microsoft Bizspark, aims to support women-led businesses prepare and practice their investment pitches with a real panel of investors, while running initial screening of high growth entrepreneurs for the Astia & Microsoft Bizspark. The Pitch Evenings are highly appreciated events organized since the start of The NextWomen end of 2008 at the request of our readers, and it provides an excellent networking opportunity with the possibility to make lasting business connections. "It was such an experience to participate in TheNextWomen! The feedback from the panel was invaluable, the people met most intriguing, and the whole experience exhilarating. Thank you for making the event such a blast! I truly enjoyed every minute of it, but can only imagine how much work it took to make it happen so smoothly." Heikki Haldre, Fits.me The event will give women founders (experienced or with little or no experience in fundraising) a first review of their business plan by experts and investors and initial practice of their pitch in a friendly environment, gaining first-hand insights and feedback from experienced investors from the judging panel. Up to 8 women-led startups will have an afternoon workshop to prepare for the evening pitches. Up to 25 guests will further join the event at 6pm. Location: Evert van de Beekstraat 354 1118 CZ Schiphol, Amsterdam (map) Microsoft Offices, Schiphol Amsterdam Date: Tuesday November 29, 2011 3-6pm Workshop for pitching entrepreneurs FOR ALL: 6-6:15pm Guests arrival and registration 6:15-6:30pm Entrepreneur Keynote by Joëlle Frijters of Improve Digital 6:30-6:45pm Investor Keynote by Harry Helwegen of Business Angels Network Netherlands 6:45-7pm Networking Break with drinks 7-8:30pm Funding Pitches 8:30-8:45pm Networking Break with drinks 8:45-9pm Winner announcement and closing If you want to attend this Evening, please respond asap via simone at thenextwomen dot com and register via eventbrite If you want to present at this evening as an entrepreneur, please contact simone at thenextwomen dot com and register via eventbrite with: name company name founders description company You will need to submit your power point with your presentation slides 4 days prior to the event. _________________________________________________ THE JUDGING & FEEDBACK PANEL & SPEAKERS Joëlle Frijters, CEO Improve Digital Joëlle is a CEO and Co-Founder of Improve Digital. She co-founded Improve Digital, coming from a role as Director Microsoft Media Networks EMEA, where she launched and overlooked all of Microsoft’s Private Ad Network business (today MMN) in Europe, solving company’s unsold inventory challenge. Before Microsoft, Joëlle was at the inception of a social media start-up under the wings of Nickelodeon and Isobar, later sold to Sanoma. Prior to that she worked at the head office of KLM Airlines, where she had her first experience with Yield Management. Harry Helwegen, Chairman Business Angels The Netherlands (BAN) Harry Helwegen is Owner at Diligence, Intermediary for M&A, and Founder & Chairman of Business Angels Network the Netherlands Martijn Hamann, Investor at Van den Ende & Deitmers Partner at “Van den Ende & Deitmers”