tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-762542884225318540.post-78314501727579021622007-11-06T05:16:00.000-08:002007-11-12T13:50:18.363-08:00After 10 years of helping Start-Ups get funded, the iBreakfast finally<br />launched a special meeting group for Entrepreneurs with the help of the wonderful folks at Pace University's SCI2 Incubator. What makes this group<br />different is not only that it helps Entrepreneurs stay in touch with the<br />support providers they need and of course, the investment community, but it<br />enables them to work through the issues that define their business concepts.<br /><br />At the heart of this group is the interactive, peer-to-peer discussion of<br />the issues shaping their business concepts. By using group dynamics to<br />analyze elevator pitches, the group is a powerful force to help start-ups<br />shape their ideas and make themselves salable to investors and<br />to customers alike. This is like Oprah for Entrepreneurs and no one leaves early...<br /><br />The Entrepreneur Club will meet at least 3 times a year and is a special<br />membership package offered to iBreakfast Attendees. Just by signing up for<br />an iBreakfast Entrepreneur membership (currently $155 a year) members get 6<br />iBreakfast/iEvening events free. They can use 3 credits for a one-time<br />investor pitch and they can attend the Entrepreneur Meetings at no charge.<br /><br />With support from people like Rosalind Resnick of Axxcess Business Centers,<br />who is a highly successful entrepreneur in here own right, the FENG CFO Club<br />and the pitch and marketing support of Laura Allen (15secondpitch.com) and<br />Sandra Holtzman who wrote "Lies Start-Ups Tell Themselves to Avoid Marketing) the group offers a lively interaction with leading industry figures and Entrepreneurs.<br /><br />The next meeting will take place on Q1 with the support of Agency.com<br /><br />IEVENING START-UP PITCHING REPORT<br /><br />Once again the Start-Ups came out with a fascinating group of business ideas<br />that ran the gamut of arcane research to fast foods. The judges included<br />Josh Grotstein of SASI, Allan Grafman of Mercury Capital, M.J. Segal of<br />Joshua Capital and T.J. Walker or Media Training Worldwide, who critiqued<br />the presentations.<br /><br />The winner was the MugsToGo, a nifty, patented way to add handles to Starbucks type<br />paper cups which are sold as an advertising medium. Since there are billions of cups<br />sold every year, the judges' sense of large numbers kicked in they voted<br />Tomas Leszczynski the winner. Many other companies got warm responses too.<br />BreadnBrie.com, a Fresh Direct competitor that uses technology to tie together<br />independent food producers to deliver bag of groceries to NY shoppers<br />was judged as having the best presentation. Mommies on Demand, an<br />IPTV-community solution for new mothers was judged interesting. Investors<br />were also very interested in the Universal Listing proposal for local<br />businesses from Name Dynamics which lists local businesses for a low $30 fee.<br />Chalex Corp, a low-cost, online document management system also got a mention.<br /><br />The other companies were GreenCanopy a B2B Green business magazine.,<br />Tuglink a targeted jobsite, Darwninian Media Interactive and RealMarkets, a<br />Real Estate investors advisory.<div class="blogger-post-footer">Coming to you from the iBreakfast.com</div>iBreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08427519043978605400noreply@blogger.com