Starting with a free meal and introductions, presenters then have just 4 minutes to wow the audience before a brief Q&A from the crowd. Panel feedback follows.

At the conclusion of the pitches, the audience and panel “invest” FUN money with the company that impressed them most.

The winner receives a prize package from our sponsors.

Attendees are encouraged to stick around and network.

This is a great opportunity to see how companies get started, and to meet the people who are building them.

Click here to RSVP to Attend the Event.

Click here to Sign Up to Pitch.

Pitched as ‘The American Idol for Entrepreneurs’, CrowdPitch is a very entertaining and informative review of entrepreneurial companies vying for funding and support. You’ll hear five companies pitch their business proposition in front of a panel of judges. Judges offer points of advice and the audience gets to vote for their favorite.

To sweeten the pot, Funding Universe is buying lunch for all attendees!

The event happens August 4 from 11:30 am – 1:30 pm at the Karen Gail Miller Conference Center in the Lone Peak and Cottonwood Rooms. You’ll find it at 9570 S. 300 W. in Sandy, UT 84070.

RSVP here!

Wednesday June 23rd
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Grand America Hotel
Imperial Ballroom
555 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 81444

The keynote speaker will be Michael E. Gerber who has authored 13 books on entrepreneurship, appeared on Business Week’s bestseller list for 28 consecutive months and is currently a NYT bestseller for The Most Successful Small Business in the World: The Ten Principles. Gerber is the founder of E-Myth Worldwide with over 70,000 business clients in over 145 countries.

Top finalists include the following Utah investors, who will also be at the event:

• Warren Osborn — Managing Director for Stoneway Capital
• Martin Frey — Spent 13 years as a Sr. Director at Cisco
• John Richards — Co-developed and launched the first-ever online Yellow Pages, Co-Managing Partner of BoomStartup
• Kyle Love — Founding member of the Utah Angels
• Robb Kunz — Co-Managing Partner of BoomStartup
• Nobu Mutaguchi — Invested in over 25 Utah-based startup and emerging companies
• Dan McPhun — Co-Founder of Park City Angels
• JD Gardner — Founder and Managing Director at Monarch Partners
• Mark Burton — 2006 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year
• Rod Watson — Angel investor dealing mainly with software and biotech companies based in Utah and Oregon
• Brad Walters — Vice Chairman of Utah Technology Council, Previously CEO/President MaxStream
• Mike Levinthal — Former VC with the Mayfield Fund, serves on the Boards of Altiris (ATRS), Directpointe, Infopia, Metricstream, Senforce, 3point5, Utah Capital Investment Corporation (UCIC) and the Forever Young Foundation
• Ron White — Founder and General Partner at Advanced Technology Development Fund
• John Pestana — Co-Founder of Omniture
• Jim Evans — CEO at Xactware

Funding Universe is hosting their popular SpeedPitch event on July 7, 2010 wherein you can pitch your new business to 20 to 30 investors for free. Free! (They used to charge for this event.)

I participated in a SpeedPitch last year and not only enjoyed the time meeting and getting feedback from investors, but found that I was able to better refine my company pitch and the experience was well worth the effort.

SpeedPitch is an opportunity to pitch dozens of active and engaged investors. The format is simple & personal. You’ll sit at a table with just 3-4 investors whom you’ll pitch to and converse with. After rotating through 10 tables of investors a catered lunch will be served over a final 30 minutes of networking.

July 7, 2010
11:30 am – 1:30 pm
Salt Lake Community College — Miller Business Innovation Center
Karen Gail Miller Conference Center
9750 South 300 West
Sandy, UT
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Prizes

• The winner gets a plaque! (… and $5,800 of services from our sponsors):
• NOWAdvisors: 12 hours of financial & accounting services = $1,800 value
• FundingUniverse: startup services = $2,500 value
• Amazon: web services = $500 value
• CLI: legal services = $1,000 value

Funding Universe is calling for nominations for their Angel Investor of the Year award, 2010.

You can nominate an Angel on the Funding Universe Angel Nomination page.

Nominations are closed on May 14, so hurry!

With their call for nominations, Funding Universe announces the Angel of the Year Awards Ceremony to be held Wednesday, June 23, 2010 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Grand America Hotel Imperial Ballroom.

The keynote speaker at the event will be famed business writer Michael E. Gerber, who you will recall authored The Most Successful Small Business In The World and The E-Myth.

Register for the Angel Investor Award Luncheon early to get in on the discount. Seats are currently $40 each, with tables-for-10 going for $350 (both reduced for early-birds until May 15).

See you there!

Funding Universe

This event is all about Social Entrepreneurs. See profit-based social ventures who aim to improve our community pitch to a panel of experts.

This Event is Tomorrow!: RSVP HERE

Panel of Judges

• Todd Manwaring — BYU Director of the Social Entrepreneurship business plan competition
• Fraser Nelson — founding Executive Director of the Community Foundation of Utah
• Steve Grizzell — Managing Director of InnoVentures Capital Partners

Attendance & Lunch are free

Attendance is free. You’ll learn how investors think, meet the hottest start-ups, and have a lot of fun. You’ll also help decide the winner of the event by investing your monopoly money in the business of your choice.

When & where

November 4
11:30 – 1:30 pm MDT
Lone Peak & Red Pine Rooms
Karen Gail Miller Conference Center
9750 S 300 W
Sandy, UT

Funding Universe will host their regular Speedpitching event on August 5th. Here are the details:

• Wednesday August 5
• 11:00 am – 1:30 pm
• Miller Business Innovation Center
  9690 South 300 West
  Sandy, Utah 84070

You’ll get to meet, network with, and pitch to dozens of active and engaged investors. The format is simple & personal. You’ll sit at a table of just 3-4 investors whom you’ll pitch to and converse with. After rotating through 10 tables of investors a catered lunch will be served over a final 30 minutes of networking.

Here’s a short video from Funding Universe explaining the event.

Click here to view the embedded video.

If you are not familiar with SpeedPitch, it is an investor event where startups and growing businesses have an opportunity to meet and pitch a group of local independent investors. The event is very worthwhile and will get you in front of more people in a couple of hours than you could otherwise get to in a year of effort. It’s also a great opportunity to get feedback on your idea from the people who fund successful companies.

The SpeedPitch event will be held on Friday April 29 from 11:00 am – 1:30 pm at Noah’s in South Jordan (322 W. 11000 S. South Jordan, UT 84095).

What: LivePitch & Networking Event

Who: Entrepreneurs, Angel Investors, Venture Capitalists & Service Providers

When: Tuesday November 18, 2008

Time: 3 – 5:00 pm

Where:USU Innovation Campus — Calibration Building, 489 E. 1650 N.,  North Logan, UT

Cost: Attendance is Free. Pitching requires a $25 application fee & $50 presentation fee if selected

The Utah Entrepreneur & Angel Summit 2008, and

The Logan LivePitch Event

LivePitch is for entrepreneurs who would like to present a business plan to a large group of investors, critics, and peers. You get four minutes to spill the beans and are rewarded with sturdy feedback from a panel of investors as well as from the audience at-large. It is a remarkable experience, whether to present or spectate.

The Utah Entrepreneur & Angel Summit 2008 is a Global Entrepreneurship Week Utah activity, which recognizes entrepreneurs as ‘change agents’ for the economy while bringing young, exuberant entrepreneurs and more seasoned serial entrepreneurs together with investors to inspire, connect, and mentor.

The theme for Global Entrepreneurship Week Utah is “Unleashing ideas: Igniting High-Growth Entrepreneurship in Utah.” The week is highlighted by the Utah Angel Summit, a day-long entrepreneur conference bringing entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, and experts in numerous core service industries together to help generate ideas, build high-growth companies and encourage and promote entrepreneurship in Utah.

Don’t miss it. If you are a Utah Valley entrepreneur growing a new business, or have a new idea, this will be the place to find people and resources to make you a success.

The Summit will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 8:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. You will find it at Sandy’s South Towne Exposition Center. The address is 9575 S. State Street Sandy, UT 84070.

The LivePitch event will be held Tuesday November 18, 2008 from 3-5:00 p.m. at the USU Innovation Campus — Calibration Building. The address is 489 E. 1650 N., North Logan, UT.