TELUS Surprised Entrepreneurs with a chance to Pitch for $100k to Arlene Dickinson

June 11, 2019

What happens when you surprise a group of entrepreneurs with a chance to pitch to Arlene Dickinson for one minute in an elevator for a chance at $100,000? The Startup Coach was on hand when Workhaus hosted the filming of the TELUS Pitch 2019 promotional video. With special invites to Workhaus and TorontoStarts members to come and pitch for one minute. Little did they know they would end up giving an elevator pitch to Arlene Dickinson! You can submit your one minute pitch online and find out more about the TELUS Pitch 2019 here

It was great to see so many community startups out for this event including BooknBrunch, Sobie Systems, Boss Insights, Instage, Neutral Advocate and so many more. Below is the video and some pictures The Startup Coach was able to take.

Arlene Dickinson steps out of the TELUS Pitch 2019 elevator to the surprise of everyone!

The TELUS Pitch 2019 Promo video

TELUS Pitch 2019 entrepreneur meeting Arlene Dickinson

Boss Insights and others excitedly planning their pitches at the TELUS Pitch 2019

TELUS pitch 2019 the film crew getting shots of the waiting entrepreneurs — TELUS pitch the film crew getting shots of the waiting entrepreneurs

TELUS Pitch 2019 in the elevator with Arlene Dickinson

Tori from Workhaus at the TELUS Pitch 2019

walking on air after pitching to Arlene Dickinson - TELUS Pitch 2019 — walking on air after pitching to Arlene Dickinson – TELUS Pitch 2019

Tori, Adrian, and Max - TELUS Pitch 2019 — Tori, Adrian, and Max – TELUS Pitch 2019

Meeting Arlene Dickinson and heading into the elevator – TELUS Pitch 2019

Crowd reacting to Arlene Dickinson stepping out of the elevator – TELUS Pitch 2019

Getting ready to go into pitch – TELUS Pitch 2019

Is your elevator pitch ready? If you only have 30 seconds to hook and investor or customer can you? These entrepreneurs were prepared to pitch and will be ready next time they step into an elevator and turn to the person next to them.

You can submit your 1 min video online until June 25 to apply or look for the purple TELUS elevator at an event near you.

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TorontoStarts now supports over 22,000 active entrepreneurs in the GTA and has grown to the largest startup community in Canada. With a reach of over 120,000+ followers across our platforms, The Startup Coach has hosted over 700 startup events, courses and workshops and spoken in front of over 70,000 entrepreneurs. Working with startups all day every day Craig has personally coached over 600 startups, judged over 100 pitch competitions, and helped companies raise over $60 million.

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