On Wednesday, September 29th, 2010 over 100 folks came together at the Des Moines Social Club to attend TAI's Pitch & Grow II. Here 
entrepreneurs presented their pitch to a supportive group of peer CEOs, CIOs, business development experts, industry professionals and street smart people. Each session provided a unique opportunity to receive constructive feedback on areas such as fundraising, value proposition, business plan, management team, sales/marketing/support, and building strategy.
The day began with a panel discussion over the lunch hour. The panel featured Eric Engelmann, President & CEO at Geonetric; David Gion, President at Canvis; and Frank Russell, President & CEO at GeoLearning. Don Schoen, Principal at DGS Consulting and serial entrepreneur, moderated the panel discussion, titled "Pitfalls of Starting and Growing Companies." (Watch it here!)
Entrepreneurs from the following companies were chosen to present at Pitch & Grow II:
- BuyerCompass
- Direct Drive Energy
- Flarecaster, L.C.
- freskinteractive
- Geosync Global
- God at play
- Green Team Technologies
- Liquid Autos
- Palisade Systems
- Prism Projection, Inc.
- Solve
- Spindustry
- T8 Webware
- The ReWall Company LLC
- YourGameNow.com
Room experts selected the top four pitches to participate in a Pitch-Off:
- Liquid Autos - Mark Molloy, CTO & Co-Founder
- The ReWall Company - David Phillips, CEO
- Prism Projection, Inc. - Garrett Young, President & Founder
- T8 Webware - Wade Arnold, Founder & CEO
T8 Webware was selected by the audience as the winner and was given a spot to present at the Iowa Entrepreneurs Conference and Venture Forum on October 5th.
The next Pitch & Grow event is scheduled for April 7, 2011.
Additional Information:
- Panel Discussion "Pitfalls of Starting and Growing Companies"
- Coverage of the 4 finalists in the Des Moines Register
