Episode 3: Pitch Please University Pitch Competition

Episode 3: Pitch Please University Pitch Competition

Author: Draper Startup House Accelerator December 16, 2021 Duration: 35:49

Welcome to the third episode of the Pitch Please University Pitch Competition. Make sure to listen and vote on the company YOU would invest in. The most investable company from each episode will move onto the finals.

 

You have until midnight December 22nd to cast your vote → 

https://app.sli.do/event/n7ukcp1b/embed/polls/e96f8488-1a52-48c5-8651-1e8a55b8f462

 

On this episode we are joined by Yoons Lee from the University of Texas at Austin and Akashdeep Randhawa from Rutgers University.

Pop Social, founded by Yoons Lee from the University of Texas at Austin, is the easiest way to hang out and makes friends on campus 

Smart MS3, founded by Akashdeep Randhawa from Rutgers University, is bringing adherence to rehabilitation.

Meet our guest judge, Greg. Greg is a technology entrepreneur and angel investor, who enjoys building world-class technology teams and companies. Outside of work, Greg actively contributes to the startup ecosystem. He graduated from Stanford with a B.S. in Computer Science and M.S. in Management Science & Engineering. While at Stanford, he was course assistant and head course assistant for some of the most popular entrepreneurship, product management and computer science classes.

You can visit our website here, and follow Katie and Daniel on LinkedIN. Find Pitch Please on Twitter! You can also follow DSH Accelerator on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIN and TikTok.


Ever wondered what really happens when an entrepreneur sits down across from a potential investor? Pitch Please pulls back the curtain on those high-stakes, usually private, discussions. Each episode features an actual pitch session between a startup founder and venture capitalists, recorded in full so you can hear the exact questions, the pauses, the pushback, and the passion. After the pitch, the hosts from Draper Startup House Accelerator break it all down, analyzing the strengths of the business model, the holes in the logic, and the subtle dynamics most people miss. It’s a masterclass in real-time negotiation and evaluation. You’re not just a passive listener; you’re invited to weigh the evidence yourself and decide if you’d write that check. This podcast goes beyond theory, offering a raw, unfiltered look at the anatomy of a funding conversation. From the opening hook to the final handshake (or rejection), you get the complete picture of what separates a promising idea from a fundable venture. Tune in for an authentic, sometimes gritty, always educational journey into the heart of venture capital, one pitch at a time.
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