What is a Pitch?
What is "Pitching Night"?
Pitching Night is an online event where anyone can showcase their ideas, services, or skills to a panel of 3 experts and a live audience. You will have 3 minutes to pitch after that you will get questions and feedback from the jurors.
If you don't have anything to pitch or are not ready to pitch, you are welcome to join us as a listener. You can learn from the pitches, the feedback, and the questions, and get inspired for your future projects.
Schedule of Pitching Night Events 2024
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Why Mastering Pitching Matters
Sell your ideas effectively
Convince workers, managers, and investors that an out-of-the-box idea is the best course of action, potentially producing more revenue and business expansion
Get promotion in the workplace
Get noticed for suggesting an innovative solution at work, convince your boss to give you a raise
Persuade a client to purchase
The most common pitch type is a shortened sales presentation where a salesperson convinces a customer to buy their product or service.
Get investment for your business
Sell your ideas effectively, persuade a business partner to go into business with you, get funding for your start-up, get buy-in from key team members
To pitch or to listen: that is the question...
Why to pitch?
Pitching forces you to articulate your concept clearly, helping you identify and address weaknesses.
Why to listen?
Listening to others' pitches offers insights into various industries and innovative ideas.
Pitching Night May 21 Participants
Oleh Polotskyi
Pitch topic: “Power of AI for Project Managers”
● Passionate Project Manager, specialising in cybersecurity solutions.● 10+ years of experience and ICAgile certifications (ICP-APM, ICP-ATF).● Skilled in project planning, team leadership, and stakeholder communication.● Dedicated to driving digital transformation and delivering value to clients worldwide.
Bohdan Kononchuk
Pitch topic: “My Startup”
● Java Techie● 10 years of experience in Backend● 7 years in SE● Building New Tech for Innovative Solutions● He has actively worked with AWS (SQS, S3, Cognito, Lambda), Spring Boot/Cloud/Security, Azure DevOps, K8S, and many more technologies.
Fred Weigman
Pitch topic: “My Startup - Speakarama”
● Native English Canadian/American speaker from Vancouver, Canada● Has CELTA/TESOL certification● 5 years of English teaching experience
Olha Shandra
Pitch topic: “From an idea to AI-powered product”
● NLP engineer at Tenetix● Gen AI enthusiast with 1+ year in Natural Language Processing● Have 8+ years of language teaching experience
Oleksandr Antonenko
Pitch topic: “Goal: From Junior Dev to Engineering Manager in 3 years”
● Quit IT in 2012● Returned to IT in 2022
Vira Lypovska
Pitch topic: “How to Remain in a State of Fulfillment Even When Everything Goes Wrong”
● Coach for experts● Certified psychotherapist● Moderator of mastermind groups● Speaker and invited expert in educational projects
Requirements for Pitches
Don't miss your chance to refine your pitching skills and connect with like-minded professionals
Preparation
Make sure you are well-prepared and ready to present rather than read your pitch from the screen
Duration
Each pitch is limited to 3 min. Follow-up questions and feedback not more than 15 min
Extra materials
Presentation as well as other extra materials are not required. All we need is your pitch
Why Pitching Night?
Pitching your tech ideas in English can be challenging, but it's an essential skill for everyone. At Pitching Night, you'll have a unique opportunity to:
Practice your Pitch
Get a dry run of your pitch and receive feedback from our expert panel of jurors
Networking
Our panel includes industry leaders with diverse backgrounds
Get potential clients
You'll get the tips on creating an impactful pitch deck and structuring your presentation
This is how our 1st Pitching Night Went
Learn about our great lineup and their topics
Olha Shandra
GenAI enthusiast. NLP Engineer
Conversational AI Language Enhancement Bot - “Your Personal Teacher”
Vitalii Dorda
English Teacher at Forte Group
English Listening Crash Course "AI edition"
Valeria Kuchuhurna
Business Development Manager at QATestLab
Reliable assistance in QA at any stage of software development
Anton Onyshchenko
Fractional CFO at Finance Therapy
How businesses can achieve their financial goals
Kateryna Pihur
Business Development Manager at Admix Global
White-hat Link-building as one of the powerful tools for improving inbound marketing strategy in SaaS and IT fields
Volodymyr Dybenko
CEO at Salee
AI tool for personalized outreach on LinkedIn
Our Hosts
Oksana Skoromna
CEO and Founder
Career English School
7 years as CEO and founder of Career English School.Author of Agile English course for tech professionals.7+ years experience as a Product and Project Manager in banking.2+ years leading a tech startup in supply chain management. Has 2 degrees in Linguistics and Banking.
Taras Tanygin
Independent business consultant, serial founder, startup mentor
BizAI
I have been working as a business consultant for over 20 years, in almost all areas of business. In the last 2 years alone, I have helped 200+ companies, startups and entrepreneurs to create or accelerate their business development as a management consultant, mentor, and expert.I have been running my own startups for over 6 years. I have extensive experience in running my own software development and service businesses.
Anna Daliuk
Data Scientist/Gen AI Engineer
Ciklum
Has more than 6 years in the IT industry. Skilled in software development processes, intelligent automation, data science and machine learning. Passionate about AI-powered solutions, quantum computing and participating in hackathons. Currently working on her own startup.
Partners
Want to become a partner?
Want to team up for Pitching Night? Share the information about the event, and we'll make sure our attendees learn all about your business. It's a simple way to get noticed and make new connections