{"id":24975,"date":"2016-11-04T15:13:11","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T15:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happinessplay.com\/blog\/?p=24975"},"modified":"2017-02-04T15:14:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T15:14:17","slug":"sme-beyond-borders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.happinessplay.com\/blog\/sme-beyond-borders","title":{"rendered":"Chosen as a finalist in our &#8220;Pitch, please!&#8217; contest, to be held at SME Beyond Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am delighted to inform you that you have been chosen as a finalist in our &#8220;Pitch, please!&#8217; contest, to be held at SME Beyond Borders, Atlantis the Palm on Thursday, October 27th.\u00a0Prior to the contest, we will require you to be present in the main ballroom venue at 7:00pm on Wednesday 26th &#8211; when <strong>you will receive pre-event training from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nathangold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nathan Gold<\/a>, the world&#8217;s No. 1 pitch coach.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please note that when you pitch, you will need to observe the following &#8211;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Your pitch slot is strictly limited to three minutes &#8211; at which point the microphone is switched off.<\/li>\n<li>You are required to start pitching as soon as the Moderator says &#8220;begin!&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Only one person is allowed to pitch for your company.<\/li>\n<li>You are not allowed to use support materials of any kind: this is a purely verbal pitch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please find attached firstly, your official certification as a shortlisted finalist; along with a briefing document, designed to help you maximize maximizer and appeal of your pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations on becoming a &#8220;Pitch, please!&#8221; finalist!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.happinessplay.com\\\/blog\\\/sme-beyond-borders&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:112929068}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1080px; 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