Our minds were racing. We spent an entire day addressing all the questions related to finding and approaching investors—in an interactive format.
Led by two amazing experts, Jan Kiel and Roland Hoekzema, who came up with something special just for this event: it wasn’t just a pitch—it was also funded.
The goal of the exercise was to experience firsthand how an investor thinks. So all the startups (also) became investors and were given investment funds to distribute to the best pitches. Unfortunately, it wasn’t real money, but even virtual sums led to valuable insights. It’s not that easy! And you end up thinking in a completely different way….
What was especially nice: working together in person again. All participants were screened using pool testing.
Right now, the rest of the group is sitting together in the lounge, and Roland and Jan are doing one-on-one coaching sessions in the glass cube. Sooo cool!!!
