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Pitching for ManagementWorking for you

Our Twitter tag for this event is #Pitching4Management

What is Pitching for Management?A pop up event which comes to cities three times a year usually 4-7pm hosted

by a local adviser and sponsored by others

5-6 pitches by companies looking to hire people to grow their senior teams – they pitch live and via skype or similar

Guest speakers

Q&A and networking

Definitely not about fund raising

Why Pitching for Management

Why its essential to get your team right as soon as possible and to continue getting it right

•You don’t know what you don’t know

•You don’t know who you don’t know

•You don’t know how if you have never done it before

•You don’t know how much if you have a novel product or service

Why live (and online!)

• Saves time

• Saves money

• Wider advantages

Key Statistics

Have held events in 23 cities; in 15 regularly

Typical event 30-70 people; 5-6 pitches

30-40% will hire from the event

Marketed to 80,000 people

What we can do for you

Get you into a stronger position so you can grow quicker

Make you more investible

Enable you to find the right talent, even if it is not local; cementing the firm in its region, but also enabling it to expand

Partners/sponsorsAudience

Pitching companies

Advisers

What a pitch involves

•Who I am

•What I do

•Who I need

•Why I need them

•What I can offer

Who attends

•Lively retired

•Serial CEOS

•Value added angels

•Bored in a big corporate

•Redundant with a pay off

•VCs (occasionally)

Who pitches

•Inventors

•Startups

•Owners looking to hand over

•Emergencies (CEO death)

•Next stage growth opportunities

•Prior to investment round

What people say"Pitching for Management is one of the best networking organisations in the UK entrepreneurial world, and offers serious opportunities for those seeking a challenging new role"Alastair Eperon, Chairman, Growth Innovators Group

“The event was a breath of fresh air. Full of some very experience and wise people genuinely interested in business and the opportunities. I was overwhelmed by people wanting to talk to me before and after the presentations and I am coming back down to Bristol to meet a potential CEO. So for 8 minutes presentation, getting in contact with a minimum of 5 great people was an awesome use of time."Prem Gyani of Lemon Drop

"Just a note to thank your team, presenters and sponsors for organising such a good event in Manchester last night. The presentations were a prime example of what we need to achieve in this country."Mike Huntriss Associate of Beer & Partners Limited

"Good management teams build strong businesses, and so we were delighted to be able to help bring Pitching for Management to the Oxford cluster. The event was well organised and the calibre of the pitching companies was high. We were very pleased with the level of interest and attendance and the networking afterwards proved to be fruitful for all."Mark Howard, Partner at Charles Russell LLP, Oxford

"We took part in the pitching as we were looking for a non-executive director to assist with fundraising, growth strategy and marketing. At first I was apprehensive about the pitch because we were not coming from the angle of a big multiconglomoerate and therefore it was necessary to address and pitch in relation to social consciousness and awareness of the services that we provide. It was a case of just going for it and knowing that we have such a wonderful concept that gave the encouragement and generated the enthusiasm to pitch. We were overwhelmed afterwards with the level of support and can only thank the event organisers profusely for the opportunity afforded. I would definitely recommend to other social enterprises and charities/businesses."Nikki Sharpe of Youth Can Achieve

Business model

Complement others in the market

Low pitch fee – no commissions (they are yours!)

Low attendance fee (guarantees relevant audience)

Sponsorship from parties with a commercial interest in engaging with this market