The document outlines the agenda for the Silicon Halton Meetup #45 Pitch Night event on July 9th, 2013. It includes times for welcome, announcements, pitches, scoring the pitches, and presentations from several companies including Enrolink, Leanintuit, Osnium, Pennell.co & The Hive coworking space, SearchVelocity, and Letsdecide.ca. It also lists upcoming events and opportunities to network. The goal of the event was to provide a venue for local companies and entrepreneurs to pitch their businesses and ideas to the community.

1. www.siliconhalton.com
linkedin/siliconhalton
@siliconhalton
Meetup #45: Pitch Night Unleashed!
July 9th, 2013

2. • 7:00 pm Welcome
• 7:05 pm Announcements
• 7:30 pm Pitches
• 7:45 pm Mark Your Calendar
• 8:15 pm Open Floor
• 8:30 pm Speed Networking
Agenda

3. Show Of
Hands
• 890 members
• 45 meetups
• 7 peer2peer groups
• Hundreds of LinkedIn discussions

4. Membership Target For 2013
2,500

5. Announcements

6. Pitches

7. Scoring the Pitches
1. Oops! Back to the drawing board.
5. Average, needs more work.
10. Awesome!

8. Get your pens ready

9. Enrolink

11. The Gap
Number of Participants in
sports and recreational
activities
75%
25%
Participants
5-19 in
Halton that
participate
5-19 in
Halton that
do not
participate
Number of providers
offering online registration
28%
72%
Organizations
Offering
online
registration
Not offering
online
registration

13. Join the Club
www.enrolink.com

14. Leanintuit

15. a faster way to make simple
decisions
letsdecide.ca

16. LETSDECIDE.CA
If you invite me
to one more
#$@% meeting...

17. LETSDECIDE.CA
1. Propose something

18. LETSDECIDE.CA
2. Invite decision makers

19. LETSDECIDE.CA
3. See results instantly

20. LETSDECIDE.CA
- you make decisions within 22
minutes
- you‟ve prevented 32
meetings!
- Jason agrees the most
- Andrew disagrees the most
4. Get neat stats

21. LETSDECIDE.CA
42312
Jason needs a decision: I
want to spend $1000 for
a conference. Rply
„yes‟,‟no‟,‟swiss‟
yes
send
Txt
Jason needs
a decision
I want to spend
$1000 to sponsor
the upcoming
conference
Yes No
+
Switzerland Factor
AppEmail
To:mike@leanintuit.com
From: Jason@leanintuit.com
Subject: Decide Now!
Jason needs a
decision: I want to
spend $1000 to
sponsor the
upcoming
conference.
Reply to this email
with “yes”, “no” or
“swiss” in the body.

22. LETSDECIDE.CA
QuickTime™ and a
Photo - JPEG decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
I want to spend
$1000 to sponsor
the upcoming
conference
The verdict:
? X X
...looks like you‟re waiting for Mike
X
Sorry, you‟ve been out voted!
That decision took 22 minutes

23. LETSDECIDE.CA
compare your organization to others
set your decision making rules
see how much money you save
Sign-up at letsdecide.ca

24. Osnium

25. I have been a silent member of SH for a year
I finally made it out to a meeting!

26. Geoff Hogan

27. My Team

28. My Products:

29. What am I here to Pitch? Me really...

30. Pennell.co & The Hive
(new Burlington coworking space)

31. SearchVelocity

32. Me
Connecting Business to Business, People to People

33. connecting talent to
employers

35. I‟m different

36. I have a different
perspective
Senior Technology Manager
Enterprise
Software Start Ups
Enterprise
SaaS
ASP
On premise
ISV
IT professional
Entrepreneurial
Public speaking
Implemented
Softwareo deliverables
Visible
Accountable
Manage Stakeholder Expectations
ERP
Migration projects
SDLC
Priorize
Rescued
IT Search & Rescue
Bell Canada
Mediated Contract Negotiation
Vendor Management
Project definition
SOW
Build implementation plan
ERP
Lead 7x24 Cross Functional Teams
Maintain 7x24 Operations
SaaS
Manage
$1.5M budget
High-Availability
Software Development
QA
Hired QA Managers
Hired Quality Assurance
Budgeting
Resource Planning
Scoping
Project Conflict Identification
Prioritize
Led Software Development
Rebuilt teams
Lead Technical Services Group
Responsible
7x24 Production Environment
Program Management
IBM Domino
IBM Notes
Managed
SDLC
Microsoft-based
Integrated
Enterprise Software
Implemented Product Delivery
Plan
Share
Manage Change
Manage Risk
Manage Expectations
Consolidated Budgeting
Agile
Devised technical solutions
Implemented
Release Management
Achieved
Team Building
Strategic thinker
100% Track Record
On schedule
Initiated
B2B/EAI project
Knowledge Transfer

37. Campaign Service
• Create job ad based on your job description, a job ad
designed to attract the right candidates.
• Blast the opportunity to dozens of niche sites for a up to 90
days, re-posting as necessary to keep the job ad fresh.
• Includes a 30-day job ad on LinkedIn
• Includes a 90-day job ad on SiliconHalton.com, and
proliferation through the Silicon Haltoncommunity (for
Halton based companies – read more here)
• Regular tweets with applicable hashtags
• We review all resumes and submit only vetted resumes to
you (even after the 90-day period), with a Candidate
Summary.
• Submitted resumes are marked up with our comments
• Saving you time, frustration and money
• Learn more here: searchvelocity.ca/ services/campaign-
service

38. connecting talent to employers
Rick Stomphorst
President
Rick@SearchVelocity.ca
905.464.7285
@StompR
@SearchVelocity
www.SearchVelocity.ca
LinkedIn.com/in/rstomphorst

39. connecting talent to
employers
Rick Stomphorst
President
Rick@SearchVelocity.ca
905.464.7285
@StompR
@SearchVelocity
www.SearchVelocity.ca
LinkedIn.com/in/rstomphorst

40. The winner:
Enrolink

41. Mark Your Calendars

42. Meetup #46 – Content Marketing
• Aug 13, 2013
• Ned Devines, Milton

43. When:
Who:
Register:
September 2013 (3 hours)
Delivered by
Marguerite Zimmerman of E=MZ2
Coming soon…
Converting Opportunities to Deals
new! Sales
Workshop

44. Open Floor

45. Speed Networking

46. www.siliconhalton.com
linkedin/siliconhalton
@siliconhalton
Meetup #45: Pitch Night Unleashed!
July 9th, 2013