Everyone won at the ed-invent Brighton 2014 day on Saturday, as it was such a great day! I was very surprised when the judges announced that my pitch had won, as the breadth and quality of the others were so good.
I did have the advantage of coming with an idea, which meant I had already considered most of the key aspects of the pitch. You can hear a brief summary of my idea here:
I will share more about the idea in a future post, so for now, you’ll have to do with listening to the Audioboo.
The day was so useful for me, partly because I was able to get such great mentoring and advice, to help me think through key issues, such as the value proposition, business models, and (of course) names!
Huge thanks to Maria, Peps , Jo , Dick , and Tony Parkin for their advice and guidance about how to shape and strengthen my pitch.
Many thanks, also, to all those involved in setting the day up, and to the judges for their time.
Finally, though I am not sure quite what I won (prizes had not been announced at the time of writing this), apart from a bar of choc, but I came away with a few important gifts:
- An absolute determination to give this idea as much of a chance to ‘live’ as possible – not just because other people told me it was great, but because I believe it in more than ever
- Confidence in myself to pull this project together (thanks Tony !)
- New friends
On the way home after a very long day (up at 6am, home at 12midnight) and too many miles (250!) the name came to me, and I think I should be able to announce soon!
SO… watch this space for more details.
.@eylanezekiel brilliant idea for matching schools to researchers and other sharing organisations #eibrighton pic.twitter.com/aCzPlvTV2P
— ed-invent.com (@ed_invent) July 12, 2014
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