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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.  If you have already RSVP'd, you will receive a zoom meeting invitation from our concierge email a few days before the event as well as the morning of. If you have yet to register, RSVP today! 

Practice Pitch Companies

STEEPED COFFEE is the easiest way to make a great cup of coffee anytime, anywhere, in minutes. Take Your Moment — at home, work, or on the go. Steeped Single-Serve Coffee Bags are filled with 100% hand roasted specialty coffee and are crafted for quality, convenience, and sustainability. Every Steeped Coffee Bag is nitro-sealed for freshness within packaging that's made using compostable and renewable materials, making every cup guilt-free and eco-friendly.
Neurovine aims to empower concussion patients by measuring brain health and optimizing their recovery process. The data collected by Neurovine allows doctors to track improvement, identify triggers, and prescribe appropriate treatment – all in a way that has not yet been possible. The Neurovine team has worked with Canada’s leading experts in the MedTech space, conducted trials in the Digital Health program at the Elizabeth Bruyère Research Institute, and worked with individuals diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome to refine the technology. In a space that has been long neglected by the advancements of technology, Neurovine strives to be a trailblazer in bringing brain health into the hands of Canadians.

Investor Pitch Feedback

Steeped Coffee
  1. Liked the check boxes.  Investors like to see a set criteria in a mental or written checklist and you already had this checklist presented for your audience.
  2. You might want to articulate your use of funds to show that it will allow you enough money to grow in the next couple of years instead of being out raising funds.
  3. Is it cost effective?  Can you compete on cost and other factors that a consumer will look to have?
  4. How much have you raised? 
  5. What is your burn rate?  Monthly cash loss?
  6. I’m surprised that you already have a million in revenues.  Pretty impressive.
  7. What is the distribution channel? 
  8. Can you expand more on these 120 partnerships? Help explain the economics and functions of how it works since this is the area you seem to be driving much of your success.
  9. Do clients just pay you to do packaging and pay you for your IP process?  Or are you more involved with the end to end?
  10. Which one has the bigger portion of your revenue model:  Co-branding with roasters or private label by buying your own beans and selling yourselves.​
Neurovine
  1. You did a good job in identifying it is a very big market and a solution is really needed
  2. It was unclear how you’re providing a good solution that isn't already out there.
  3. ​There seems to be 2 different markets out there and your presentation may need to differentiate these.
  4. How do you monetize these niche markets?  Where do you fit when you cater your model to these markets.
  5. Your point of view is important and you just need to remember to present these views in the order of best-value importance.
  6. What is patentable in what you’re doing?
  7. How many instances do you have on your clinical trials? You need to include this information on your presentation.  It’s a good size clinical trial.
  8. Help us understand what the unit economics looks like once it goes to market or entity?
  9. I would be curious to know more about the clinical trials.  

Guest Speakers
Greg serves as Vice Chairman and as a Board Member, focused on the overall direction and strategy of FaithSearch Partners. As President of the Mission Enterprise Division, Greg provides the operating management for the division and also serves as senior consultant for a variety of national and international clients. He was founding leader of Halftime Talent Solutions prior to its merger with FaithSearch Partners and developed the operating model for the organization as a way to bring cost-effective, high-quality management recruiting and talent acquisition services to the faith-based nonprofit community.
During more than 25 years in retained executive search and global recruitment strategy consulting, Greg has consistently built innovative and effective recruitment processes for his clients. He combines rapid candidate identification and development with sensitivity to matching the right professionals to the unique culture and specific mission objectives of each client.
Jo Garcia was a Senior Finance Operations Executive at one of the top 5 companies in the Oil and Gas industry. Jo has over 30 years of extensive experience in Global Finance Leadership and Shared Services of her industry managing teams in Asia, Europe and the US. Jo has demonstrated abilities to blend large scale global management with finance expertise to drive complex business initiatives in the areas of Integrated Finance Operations, Project Management, Technical and Business Risk Management, Strategic Planning and Leadership Development.
Jo also prioritized time to be the President and Co-Founder of the Women's Network for the Finance group in the Philippines with over 500 members in its gala year. Her role optimized her time to work with the US embassy and other network groups of other major companies in the country to share ideas and initiatives addressing women's concerns impacting business.
As a female executive, Jo gave importance to mentoring and co-active coaching especially for high potential female management candidates and junior executives. She is also a trained experienced-hire recruiter for the finance field focused on structured interview processes.
Prior to her ranking position in the Finance arena, Jo had management roles in the areas of Supply and Distribution, Logistics, Retail and Wholesale Marketing, and Trading Risk Management in the oil industry where she was responsible for managing the daily volumetric exposures amounting to 60 million barrels of crude and products equating to approximately $3.6B USD per day. 
Since her retirement in late 2016, Jo has been counseling women entrepreneurs in the corporate world as a believer as well as being involved with mission organizations helping people come closer to God around the world. 

Your Thoughts

"I am really exited & blessed to fellowship with the Lions Den ( amazingly blessed team) & all of you. I learned a lot through the flow of ideas from both the presenters, investors & participants. Now I am part of the family from the other side of the World. Ready to engage actively."
"Thanks to everyone who had a part in putting this together!"
"I look forward to June's event!"
"It was my first time at the breakfast pitch and I was so energized by the conversations that took place! I think in light of what is happening right now, it would be interesting to have someone speak on the opportunities Christian entrepreneurs have to explore different ideas on alternative sources of energy along with Creation care. Thank you, and I’m looking forward to the next breakfast pitch!
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