About

Our Practice Pitch Breakfast is not a competition. It is a time for entrepreneurs and investors to fellowship, learn from each other and build  relationships with one another no matter where we are located. We come in as strangers and leave as family. 

Practice Pitch Company
At Fundify, we’re in the business of making it simpler to build your dream.
We’re surrounded by entrepreneurs with big ideas that can solve problems in new ways. But they need access to capital to bring those ideas to life. Now that U.S. law allows most of us to invest in private companies, people are paying attention to the success of Angel Investors who get in early on Startups that make it big. Think Uber, Airbnb and Facebook among others.
Today with Fundify, you can become an Angel Investor with as little as $10 per deal. And while investing in this asset class carries risks, we believe it can be an important part of a balanced investment strategy.

Investor Feedback
  1. I think this is a tremendously underutilized opportunity for investment. I think it has got to grow, tremendously grow over the years.
  2. I think just make sure we know the parameters for what you are trying to raise, et cetera.
  3. I would be interested in how you see this market growing.
  4. What do you think is the biggest challenge right now for this area?
  5. Do you think there will be any pushback to those fees?
  6. You are going to get all stages of companies. What kinds of services are you going to provide for your fees and for your equity that can basically justify coming on to your platform?
  7. The impact we are going to see on the investment industry with the changes with the Jobs Act and now the increase to 5 million – I think we will see a similar excess to capital like we did back in the 80s.
  8. I think the coaching and mentoring for people that come to Fundify can be significant. We hear the importance of chasing after smart capital and not just any capital, and one of the problems with the crowdfunding platform is you do not get that “smart capital” or that coaching/mentoring that you might otherwise.
  9. One of the beauties of an online business is the scalability of it. How do you scale?
  10. Do you rate these companies? Is that one of the value-added features you are providing for the investors?
  11. I think this is feedback for the entrepreneurs. Your site has something that helps entrepreneurs in that it teaches the entrepreneurs to fill out their form, so they start to understand what the regulations are. By filling out the application, the entrepreneur starts to learn how these regulations are working. That is a competitive advantage that your system has. 

Guest Speakers

Melanie Leach, speaker, author & partner
of TriggerPoint & Mindstate Group

Author of “Passover for Christians,” a book that helps families step into the story of Easter during Holy Week by contemplating the cross of Christ and Passover.
The Mindstate Group provides behavioral science-based tools and resources to help you build consistently effective marketing creative and initiatives that drive people to listen, care and act. 
TriggerPoint is a leading behavioral research and design consultancy.  TriggerPoint works with the world’s largest brands to solve their biggest behavioral challenges.

Shawn Ring, Founder, CEO, & President of several technology-based businesses

•Founder, CEO, and President of several technology-based businesses, domestic and international, with 25+ years experience
•History of building, implementing and maintaining high growth strategies
•Strategies have produced national brands, national franchise systems, startup growth to exceed $130m in annual revenues
•Developed and led Mergers and Acquisitions of more than 9 technology companies
•Developed multinational strategies, international banking and legal foundations in Singapore, South Africa, Fiji and the United States
•BS in Information Technologies; MBA in International Business & Cross-Cultural Leadership 

Your Thoughts

About Fundify: "I thought the speaker was well prepared, very knowledgeable and passionate about his company."
"I thought the investor feedback was some of the best I've participated in. There were holes in presentation and the investors approached them respectfully, but didn't let them slide."
About Melanie: "I found this to be very fascinating. The highlight of the event for me."
"I really enjoyed it, I will definitely be returning."
"Overall the event was great and a perfect way to start a Tuesday morning!"
"The investor feedback was really insightful! It was a wonderful way for me to learn more about the company and also the process for funding."
About Shawn: "Very thorough and informative-- I learned a lot!"
"Very glad to see that the World Coverage of LD continues to grow!"
About Investor Feedback: "Great - candid, good questions, good clarification and suggestions."
"Excellent - you all do a great job organizing, facilitating, keeping on track, and balancing content with community building."
About Melanie: "Made sense. Great way to pull all the pieces together of consumer preferences and spending."
About Shawn: "Shawn gave the best performance of the morning.  It was good to hear how Shawn had executed his multiple pivots since we last heard from him in the Spring of 2020. I particularly liked what was the catalyst behind each pivot."
About Fundify: "It's a great platform to raise capital"
​About Melanie: "It was great presentation with lots of positive message."
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