Pitch Camp Dallas

Pitch Camp is about learning to talk about your business. Whether it's investors or customers or that dude on the elevator, you'll learn (and teach others) about how to communicate what your business does in a clear, convincing and audience-appropriate way.

Pitch Camp is not an opportunity to get funding (you might meet an angel or VC, or maybe you won't), but there will be people there who've been through the fund raising wringer and come out the other side intact.

Schedule

Pitch Camp Dallas is schedule for Sat Oct 18th, 2008.

The event will finish with a quick DemoCamp where participants will get the chance to present a lightning demo or pitch to a live audience using what they've learned during the day. (Imagine the on-stage Demo/TechCrunch50 presentations: 8 minutes to pour your heart out about why people should be interested)

Participants are under no obligation to reveal anything they're uncomfortable with: you're welcome to attend and not pitch/demo if you feel the need to keep your idea a secret, or just haven't progressed to that point yet. But: the idea is that the participants are serious about raising money, now or in the future. No gawkers.

A note to bootstrappers: You should come, too. Even if you don't plan on raising external funding, you owe it to your business to know how it works.

Benefits

• Good advice from people who have been through the fund-raising process on both sides of the table
• The chance to practice your pitch/demo in front of a knowledgeable group of people willing to provide immediate constructive feedback
• The chance to meet other local entrepreneurs (you're going to need all the sympathy you can get)

Cost

Your participation. If you show up, you've got to actually participate. No tourists. There may be a small charge to cover the cost of lunch.

Who's behind it?

Alex Muse of the Texas Startup Blog kicked things off with this post: