PitchCraft

Pitch-Craft: The Ultimate Pitching Challenge at IIM Mumbai

Are you ready to unlock the power of creative thinking and strategic pitching? Pitch-Craft is where imagination meets business acumen. This dynamic battlefield is for innovators, storytellers, and strategists alike.

Event Highlights

• Experience: Push the boundaries of your creativity and collaboration skills.
• Challenge: Start with a team pitch, transition to solo networking, and conclude with a collaborative pitch.
• Platform: Showcase your out-of-the-box ideas and impactful pitches.

Event Structure

Round 1: Online MCQ Round

• Rapid-fire MCQs to evaluate:
  • Networking abilities.
  • Collaborative mindset.
  • Creative thinking.
• Shortlist participants for the next stage.

Round 2: Elevator Pitch

• Task: Pitch a unique idea for a daily-use object assigned on the spot to your group.
• Format: Presentation, story, poem, short play—any form is allowed!
• Objective: Impress and persuade with your creativity and innovation.
• Details:
  • Preparation Time: 30 minutes.
  • Pitch Duration: 5-7 minutes.

Round 3: Networking and Partnering

• Activity:
  • Engage in a fast-paced networking session.
  • Identify complementary products and form a strategic partnership.
• Objective: Showcase mutual synergy and potential for collaboration.
• Time: 15 minutes.

Round 4: Collaborative Pitch

• Task: Craft a powerful joint pitch with your partner team.
• Requirements:
  • Highlight mutual and individual benefits of the collaboration.
  • Showcase innovative features and discuss competitors evaluated.
• Details:
  • Preparation Time: 15 minutes.
  • Pitch Duration: 5-7 minutes.

Why Participate?

• Showcase Your Creativity: Pitch ideas in imaginative ways.
• Network and Collaborate: Meet like-minded individuals and form meaningful connections.
• Hone Your Pitching Skills: Learn the art of selling ideas individually and collaboratively.
• Win Exciting Prizes: All shortlisted teams receive goodies for their innovative ideas.

Eligibility:

• Open to all postgraduate students.
• Teams of 3 members.
• Cross-specialization teams are allowed.
• Teams must be from the same institution (no cross-institution teams).

Important Dates:

• Registration Deadline: 30th November 2024.
• MCQ Round: 5th December 2024.
• Ultimate Pitching Championship: 10th December 2024.