Hult Prize at IOE concludes entrepreneurship talk series ‘The Subtle art of Pitching’

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Hult prize at IOE, Pulchowk Campus concluded its another entrepreneurship talk series ‘The Subtle Art of Pitching’.

In the series, almost one hundred and thirty participants interacted over a span of one and a half hour exploring and discussing ideas, asking questions and being answered.

Keynote speaker of the day Shreyan Paudel, Chief Strategy Officer of Bajra Technologies, briefed the audience on the art of pitching and its necessities.

He advised the participants to understand the goals, motives and mindset of the investors you are pitching to. He focused on the empathy analysis of the investor and the consumers.

Like wise, guest speaker Mannsi Agrawal, a TEDx speaker, talked about the principles of pitching, urging the participants to orient their ideas best suiting to the motives of the investors, ensuring them the maximum return of their investments.

She worked with the participants in taking a basic idea and molding it into a full baked pitch statement and even briefed them on the art of presenting oneself and public speaking.

Another guest speacker, Satish Gaire, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of DirectPay, confessed the greatest challenge being getting a response.

He focused his session of getting a response from the investor through AIDA framework and how to use these techniques and even in day-to-day life.

He elucidated on the exploit of the AIDA framework (Attention, Interest, Desire and Action) to pitch one’s ideas and get a favorable response.

The final guest speaker of the session, Stephen Dyer, an award-winning comedian, keynote speaker and corporate communication trainer and co-founder of MalPensando, focused his session on leveraging humor to flourish the business pitching.

He presented on the pillars of communication, body language, comedy and connection. Time and again, he pressed on his motto of “Escaping competition through authenticity”.

He talked about the crowd work, pre-pitching and controlling nervousness, among various other public speaking techniques.

All of these sessions were a spectacle to behold with the chat box on fire throughout the session, the participants pining for more despite the constraints of time.