It was a full programme of inspirational speeches from entrepreneurs like Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, but mainly brainstorming your own business concept and ideas with colleges and the coaches and the Manager of ACE Martin Haring.
It isn't every day you get to pitch your business idea to a couple of multi-millionairs and serial entrepreneurs. Wow it was nerve racking but so much fun.
I began with three very rough ideas I thought of before the weekend and whittled it down to two on the day and then one that I pitched to the jury:
Idea 3: The Collaboration Games - After talking with some experts it seems this idea was too similar to other offerings and would be difficult to scale.
Idea 2: VC Young Entrepreneurs - As it turns out the idea was not new, there is a plan for this in the "valorisatie" plan in Amsterdam.

Anyway I didn't win the pitch! But I really improved my pitch technique and was very satisfied with my effort. It is incredibly difficult in 1 minute to get across to the jury:
- What's in it for you? [Emotion]
- What problem can be solved with this solution? [Market potential]
- For who is the solution? [Target market]
- What is the solution and what does it cost? [Concept & business model]
- What I want from you? [call to action]
I just hope my business idea pitch was better than my karaoke performance!?!?
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