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Winners of the 2nd Annual WinLAVA Pitching Competition

Three outstanding winners chosen in 2nd Annual WinLAVA Business Plan / Pitch Competition

Three outstanding winners were selected March 8th (International Women’s Day) by a team of distinguished judges in the Finals of the 2nd Annual WinLAVA Business Plan / Pitch Competition.

Winners were:
Dale Stuart, StarQuick Solutions Inc 

Angia Grigas, OneGo Inc.
Kathryn Arnold, Secrets of the Red Carpets

Judges for the event were:
Julia Dilts, Maverick Angels
Petra Griffith, Grandpoint Bank
Heather McCormick, Credo Law LLP and Pasadena Angels
John Peate, Peate Ventures

Finalists in the pitch competition before a sold out crowd at Century City were Marci Norkin-Schoepel of EcoPas LLC and Rebecca Ordonez of Mustered. Alternates included Yvette Ayers of Rare Attitude and Melissa Schulman of Yoga-Urt.

Prizes for the three winners were donated by Keiretsu Forum SoCal, Maverick Angels, the Business Technology Center of Los Angeles County, and Tech Coast Angels.

We will be accepting applications for the 3rd WinLAVA Business Plan / Pitch Competition beginning in October, 2013. If you know of a promising woman-owned/co-owned small business interested in coaching and growing her firm (especially innovative, creative, and/or disruptive enterprises in ground-breaking sectors of interest to the investment community), tell her to contact a member of the WinLAVA Steering Committee to learn more.

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Winners of the Women in LAVA Pitching Event

Women in LAVA worked with 12 candidates on their pitches for VC, Angels and private equity investors. Five were chosen to present at the final event held March 8th competition. 

Women in LAVA will be holding this event on an annual basis and offering free classes to members during the course of the year.

I am pleased to announce that three of the candidates I coached were picked as one finalist (Caroline Hall of Loyaltopia) and two alternates, (Yael Benamour of Your Music Corporation and Grace Chang of Event Sorbet). 

Here are the results. http://bit.ly/xRYlrw

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The Why of Pitching for Investors

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Speech given on February 8th of 2012.  The audience was a group of women we are preparing for a pitching contest hosted by Women in LAVA.