How a Life Can Change in Mere Seconds
Ever think about how your life can change in just a few seconds?
A chance meeting between two people. A wrong turn on a road. The perfect pitch at the perfect time.
Businesses change in seconds as well—99 seconds, that is.
Through the years and hundreds of events featuring thousands of startup pitches, we showcase how important it is to craft a story and share your vision. The Founders Live pitch competition challenges promising founders to tell their story to others in a very brief amount of time and move the audience to action.
The event preparation and in-moment pitch experience serve as a pressure cooker to nudge someone to fully grasp their value proposition. These experiences force the entrepreneur to look in the mirror and honestly ask themselves, “Why am I doing this?”
We also acknowledge there are so many more people all over the world who are talented and hard at work to solve problems around them but don’t have the chance to step in front of an in-person audience to deliver their 99-second pitch since our Founders Live events are not in every city around the world (just yet!).
So we created the Prime Time Pitch Challenge to not only help people around the world improve their story but to provide them an opportunity to pitch in a Founders Live competition.
The Pitch Challenge is a no cost, lightweight, and fun opportunity for people to create and improve their 99-second pitch as well as take steps to expand their vision farther out into the world.
Here’s How It Works
Craft Your Story
Learn from experts how to craft a compelling 99-second pitch video about what makes your business special, and then create it!.
Share Your Video
Inspire 99 or more people to vote for you and you’ll win prizes from us and our partners.
Inspire Your Fans
Inspire the most votes in your region and compete in our Prime Time global tournament with a chance at $10,000 USD!
Share Your Vision with the World
We are challenging entrepreneurs to submit a 99-second pitch video and then get their vision out into the world to achieve at least 99 votes from their supporters and network resulting in gained exposure, raising of eyebrows, possible new business all the while earning fun prizes in the process.
The global challenge is segmented into our 5 regions and a ranking of the pitches is based on their vote totals. The top voted entrepreneur in each global region on November 11 goes on to compete LIVE in the Challengers region of our Prime Time global tournament on November 18th for a chance to win $10,000 USD.
What You Gain from the Challenge
CLARITY - Take time to contemplate “what is my vision and our value proposition?”
CONFIDENCE - Clarity, Effort and Commitment combine to give you more confidence
LEARNING - To navigate sharing your information so people will learn and support you
AWARDS - Enjoy the awards given to all participants simply for accepting the Challenge
CASH - Earn a chance to pitch live on the Prime Time stage to possibly win USD $25,000
The Pitch Challenge Is Open Now!
Submissions opened September 20 and will close October 14. Pitch Challenge voting starts October 17 and ends November 11.
Anyone with a current business, startup or project qualifies to enter, including those of you who have pitched at a previous Founders Live city event!
It’s perfect for early entrepreneurs seeking clarity of vision, and perfect for more established startups and businesses accelerating into the next phase of growth. Either way, it’s a great exercise and will be a fun global experience.
We invite you - or someone whom you think might benefit - to join creative entrepreneurs around the world in taking the Prime Time Pitch Challenge!
Check out all the details on the Prime Time Pitch Challenge and let us know if you’re interested.