Pitch for Pitchers AVL headed to Wicked Weed Brewing’s Funkatorium barrel house on Tuesday, Feb. 10 for its second monthly event in 2015. Seven entrepreneurs pitched their startup ideas to a wall-to-wall crowd of more than 65 people. The winning, crowd favorite pitch went to Jessie and Dion of Bike-Ready, a performance bike pannier that doubles as a stylish messenger bag. They won $50 and a pitcher of beer, with three runners up also awarded pitchers of beer. The runner up was iPower Concepts, which presented its AC Powerbox that powers lights and low energy electronics using old batteries. The Funkatorium served up some of their best sour barrel aged beers to an energetic crowd that fired off questions after each pitch.
Here’s the lineup of pitches we heard:
- Winner (photo above): Jessie Shires and Dion – Bike-Ready, bike panniers that double as messenger bags
- Sarah Gibson – Local Health Share, a peer-to-peer site for connecting with holistic practitioners
- Michael Lindsey – Hamlin Concepts, a mobile baby changing table for cars
- Sekou Coleman and MacKenzie Crosby – Keg & Craft, a lifestyle brand to deepen your connections with craft brewing
- Ray Burke – Tat 2 B Gone, a tattoo removal service
- Jim Ferry – iPower Concepts, creates energy out of depleted batteries
- Paul Meserve – CryptoCaptcha, spam protection for online
Thanks to all of the entrepreneurs who pitched (photo below)! Save the date for next month’s pitch event on Tuesday, March 10 at Twin Leaf Brewery.
Interested in pitching your idea? Email us with answers to 3 questions:
1) What’s the problem / need? 2) How does your product or service solve it? 3) Who is your customer?
