News
June 2022
Mustafa Wahid, Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins School of Education and Director of Operations at Pitch Creator, spoke at the Bmore Bold Conference for Entrepreneurs and Innovators sponsored by the Community College of Baltimore County and the Ratcliffe Foundation. His presentation, “VC Funding: Everything You Need to Know to Pitch & Close High Impact Deals,” covered multiple topics relevant to Pitch Creator, including the following:
- The “tornado of chaos” most founders run into when building their pitch
- The 3 types of pitches investors want to hear to open their checkbooks
- The 5 Biggest Mistakes Companies Make When Pitching Investors (and how to avoid them)
- The often-overlooked pitch that’s MORE important than your slide deck
May 2022
This is our first year working with Baltimore Homecoming and we are excited to be an education partner helping to prepare entrepreneurs for their “Crab Tank” business pitch competition.
April 2022
This is our first year working with T. Rowe Price Foundation. We were thrilled to be an education partner and help prepare their Moonshot Innovators cohort of entrepreneurs for their final business pitch presentation.
April 2022
This is our second year working with the Loyola University of Maryland to help prepare their entrepreneur finalists for the Baltipreneurs Accelerator program.
April 2022
This is our sixth year working with the University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to help prepare their finalists for UB’s “Rise to the Challenge” Business Pitch Competition.
2021 News
December 2021
Pitch Creator sponsored an award for a “Shark-Tank” Style Inter-Class Pitch Competition between sections of Introduction to Entrepreneurship in Education. The graduate level course culminates in a final presentation, “Entrepreneurial/Intrapreneurial Project Presentation”, where the students are able to showcase their own ideas for innovation.
November 2021
Pitch Creator was featured in Technical.ly article: How TEDCO, Brown Advisory, and other organizations support Maryland’s underrepresented founders.
November 2021
Project Opportunity used Pitch Creator’s online Foundation Course in conjunction with an 8 week pitch preparation coaching program to help prepare six Project Opportunity program graduates for their second annual Business Pitch Competition. Participants pitched to a five judge panel in one of three business categories with the top prize of $10,000. See more at Project Opportunity – 2021 Business Pitch Competition.
Fall 2021
Fall 2021 Anne Arundel Community College Entrepreneur Studies Institute sponsored eight ESI 270 New Venture Planning course students use of Pitch Creator online course to help them prepare for the course final business pitch project. The course is taught by Brenda Dilts. Brenda uses Pitch Creator in other programs and believes the Pitch Creator curriculum helps students focus in on how to present their business ideas.
August 2021
We have been working with the The Frederick County Chamber of Commerce for over 3 years. S.H.E. Pitch is a pitch competition for female CEOs – or “S.H.E.-EOs” – designed to give businesses both in the “idea stage” and “growth stage” cash prizes, publicity and networking opportunities. The entrepreneurs used Pitch Creator’s online Foundation Course combined with mentoring to prepare for the competition.
July 2021
The Minority Innovation Weekend (MIW) Summer 2021 Pitch Competition and Innovation Marketplace was sponsored by Fearless Technologies and showcased tech-focused startups that have been launched by a founder of color or by founding teams that include a co-founder of color. MIW is part of the National Society of Black Engineers – Baltimore Metropolitan Area Chapter (NBSE-BMAC) Minority Innovation Entrepreneurship Program.
Pitch Creator was an education partner for the event. The entrepreneurs used Pitch Creator’s online Foundation Course combined with coaching to prepare for the competition. Also, Pitch Creator sponsored a $1,000 Hustle Award for the CEO who made the most improvement during the coaching process:
April 2021
This is our fifth year working with the University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to help prepare their finalists for UB’s “Rise to the Challenge” Business Pitch Competition, to be held on April 22, from 5:30 pm – 8 pm. The 8 student entrepreneur finalists, and alumni finalists, will use Pitch Creator’s College Foundation Course in conjunction with coaching over an 8-week investor pitch preparation program.
This is also the fourth year Pitch Creator will sponsor its Hustle Award to the student entrepreneur who shows the most improvement during the pitch preparation program. To see an examples of our Hustle Award, check out these short (~2 minutes) example videos at the University of Baltimore:
April 2021
Loyola University of Maryland used our Foundation Course to prepare 13 entrepreneurs in their Baltipreneurs Accelerator program for their demo day on April 21, 2021 from 6:30-9:30 pm in McGuire Hall.
We were excited to sponsor our first Hustle Award for the this business pitch preparation program because we believe that grit, persistence, and hustle are correlated with long-term entrepreneurial success.
Spring 2021
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will use our online course to prepare students for an investor pitch competition (like Shark Tank) at the end of the entrepreneurial finance class taught by Professor Jim Kyung-Soo Liew.
January 2021
Project Opportunity and Pitch Creator Form Educational Partnership. Project Opportunity provides free entrepreneur training for veterans, active duty, reservist and military spouses via training programs in cities throughout Maryland. Graduates of their program who qualify to participate, will use Pitch Creator’s online Foundation Course in conjunction with coaching during an 7-week pitch preparation program to prepare for their annual Business Pitch Competition on Jan 21, 2021 from 1:00 to 5:00 pm.
2020 News
Fall 2020
This is our fourth year working with the University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation to help prepare their student entrepreneurs for the Attman Competitive Business Prize and live finale on Jan 19, 2021 from 5:30-8:00 pm. The 6 student entrepreneur finalists will use Pitch Creator’s College Foundation Course in conjunction with coaching over an 8-week investor pitch preparation program.
This is also the third year Pitch Creator will sponsor its Hustle Award to the student entrepreneur who shows the most improvement during the pitch preparation program. Link to 2019 Hustle Award Video (~2 min).
Fall 2020
The Johns Hopkins School of Education will use our online College Foundation Course to prepare 50 graduate entrepreneurship students for an investor pitch event (like Shark Tank) at the end of their semester class.
Fall 2020
StartupGrind Columbia will use our online Foundation Course to prepare entrepreneurs for Startup Grind Pitch Battle Columbia-MD Edition. Pitch Creator is a preferred partner of the Startup Grind global startup program.
Spring 2020
The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School will use our online course to prepare students for an investor pitch competition (like Shark Tank) at the end of the entrepreneurial finance class taught by Professor Jim Kyung-Soo Liew.
Spring 2020
The Johns Hopkins School of Education used our online College Foundation Course to prepare 60 entrepreneurship students for an investor pitch competition (like Shark Tank) at the end of the semester.
Spring 2020
Alaska Pacific University will use our online course to prepare students for an investor pitch competition at the end of the entrepreneurship class taught by Andrea DesJardins Andraschko.
Spring 2020
Loyola University of Maryland used our online course to prepare entrepreneurs in its Baltipreneurs Accelerator for their Demo Day investor pitch event.
Spring 2020
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) used our online, self-study courses in the Alex Brown Center for Entrepreneurship for the entrepreneurial finance class taught by Jason Pappas.
Spring 2020
University of Baltimore’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation used our online course to help prepare their finalists for its Annual Rise to the Challenge Pitch Competition. Pitch Creator will sponsor its “Hustle Award,” which will be presented to the student entrepreneur who improved the most during the pitch preparation process.