{"id":693,"date":"2014-07-14T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T13:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/?p=693"},"modified":"2014-07-14T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T14:51:11","slug":"pitch-perfect-at-ed-invent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ezekiels.co.uk\/eylan\/pitch-perfect-at-ed-invent\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch Perfect at ed-invent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ed-invent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/ed-invent-logo-scaled-70.png\" width=\"216\" height=\"70\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyone won at the ed-invent Brighton 2014 day on Saturday, as it was such a great day!\u00a0I was very surprised when the judges announced that my pitch had won, as the breadth and quality of the others were so good.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ab-player\" style=\"background-color: transparent;\" data-boourl=\"https:\/\/audioboo.fm\/boos\/2320880-interview-with-eylanezekiel\/embed\/v2?eid=AQAAAKnWw1PwaSMA\" data-boowidth=\"100%\" data-maxheight=\"150\" data-iframestyle=\"background-color:transparent; display:block; box-shadow:0 0 1px 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15); min-width:349px; max-width:700px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/audioboo.fm\/boos\/2320880-interview-with-eylanezekiel\">listen to \u2018Interview with @eylanezekiel\u2019 on Audioboo<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n(function() { var po = document.createElement(\"script\"); po.type = \"text\/javascript\"; po.async = true; po.src = \"https:\/\/d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net\/cdn\/embed.js\"; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will share more about the idea in a future post, so for now, you&#8217;ll have to do with listening to the Audioboo.<\/p>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>Huge thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaBrosnan\" target=\"_blank\">Maria<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pepsmccrea\" target=\"_blank\">Peps \u00a0<\/a>\u00a0, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmpneale\" target=\"_blank\">Jo<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dick_taylor\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dick <\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyparkin\" target=\"_blank\">Tony Parkin\u00a0<\/a>for their advice and guidance about how to shape and strengthen my pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Many thanks, also, to all those involved in setting the day up, and to the judges for their time.<\/p>\n<p>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, \u00a0but I came away with a few important gifts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An absolute determination to give this idea as much of a chance to &#8216;live&#8217; as possible &#8211; not just because other people told me it was great, but because I believe it in more than ever<\/li>\n<li>Confidence in myself to pull this project together (thanks<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tonyparkin\" target=\"_blank\"> Tony<\/a>\u00a0!)<\/li>\n<li>New friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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!<\/p>\n<p>SO&#8230; watch this space for more details.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eylanezekiel\">@eylanezekiel<\/a> brilliant idea for matching schools to researchers and other sharing organisations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/eibrighton?src=hash\">#eibrighton<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/aCzPlvTV2P\">pic.twitter.com\/aCzPlvTV2P<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ed-invent.com (@ed_invent) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ed_invent\/statuses\/487980734553288704\">July 12, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone won at the ed-invent Brighton 2014 day on Saturday, as it was such a great day!\u00a0I was very surprised when the judges announced that my pitch had won, as the breadth and quality of the others were so good. &hellip; 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