NSME – The International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises in partnership with Cluster house Serbia organize 3rd training.
BE.ST. [BEst practices Exchange to STimulate Serbian SMEs growth]
Best Practices Lab n. 3 – How to scale up and pitching session
Date: 25th and 26th of June 2019
Venue: Nis, Serbia – Generala Milojka Leŝjanina 52
Target group: up to 40 selected entrepreneurs, start uppers, innovators and wannabe entrepreneurs.
Agenda
Day 1
h 10.00 – 10.15 Opening and welcome address
h 10.15 – 11.45 Organisational Processes
h 11.45 – 12.00 Coffee break
h 12.00 – 13.30 Financial resources
h 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch break
h 14.30 – 15.30 How to pitch your business idea
h 15.30 – 16.30 Working group: pitching simulation
Day 2
h 10.00 – 11.00 Presentation of business ideas – first round
h 11.00 – 12.00 Presentation of business ideas – second round
h 12.00 – 12.15 Coffee break
h 12.15 – 13.15 Presentation of business ideas – third round
h 13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break
h 14.15 – 15.15 Presentation of business ideas – fourth round
h 15.15 – 16.15 Evaluation and selection of the most promising ideas
h 16.15 – 16.45 Announcement of the 6 business ideas participating to the Best Practices Lab n. 4
h 16.45 – 17.00 Conclusions
Lecturer and mentor: Mr. Lorenzo Pellegrini
Lorenzo Pellegrini graduated in Computer Science at the University La Sapienza di Roma. He also holds an Executive MBA from MIP Politecnico di Milano.
Since 2009 he is an entrepreneur:
2009 – 2012: Founder of Red Carpet Group
2012 – today: Co-Founder of App to you
2015 – today: CEO of iLiveMusic, digital startup crowd-funded in 2018 (1.2M € worth).
Mr. Pellegrini is also Marketing Professor at the IED – Istituto Europeo Design and since 2016 he
is vice president of the Young Entrerpreneurs Group of the Arezzo section of the Italian General Confederation of
Enterprises, Professions and Self-Employment (Confcommercio).
After the lunch break we are now talking about how to effectively pitch a business idea.
Lorenzo Pellegrini has just shared a few rules, a successful pitch has to be:
✔️ Succinct
✔️ Easy to understand
✔️ Greed inducing
✔️ Irrefutable