Summer School in Pitching – is a 2-week program where students can learn how to prepare and present their projects, and properly formulate information to convey it to investors, partners, etc. Participants will learn more about startups, new business models, and the necessary tools to understand how to start their own company. Cool entrepreneurs and startups will be involved, who will share their experiences and give their feedback on the participants’ ideas.
June 2023
Check out “How it was in 2023” below!
This year we had 46 participants in Summer School in Pitching!
Frankly speaking, this has become a challenge for us, because it is twice as much as last year. It was necessary to be on time everywhere and pay enough attention to each of the students.
But CfE team is never afraid of challenges!
It was interesting to work with students of different faculties and specialties and to find similarities and differences between them. It’s so cool when people are united by common goals and visions!
All participants had the opportunity to improve their pitching and presentation skills like Xzibit used to improve cars!
Everyone took something important for themselves – how to be heard, how to convey the idea correctly, and how to transform the presentation for the specific kind of audience. However, the main insight was that confidence comes with practice.
Also, the acting master class by Natalya Rybka-Parhomenko was something incredible! The students really liked this format, they opened up and felt that the body is also a tool that needs to be mastered. These emotions have become unforgettable, almost everyone wants to repeat such an experience again. What can I add here – Natalya is a truly professional in her field 🙂
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Maksym: To be honest, I would like to say that I was very pleased to be a participant in this summer school, because, first of all, the society is really cool, we all became quite good friends (thanks to you). Moreover, our tasks and teachers were super cool, they give us relevant and effective advices.
Regarding the three insights that I took away from this summer school, in my opinion, the most important for me is the understanding that you don’t need to be afraid of the public, on the contrary, you need to be able to manage it and direct it in an effective direction for you. The second rather important lesson for me is the ability to present myself. This skill is fundamental and, in my opinion, very often helps to reach great heights. Finally, I would like to add that it was also quite important for me that this summer school taught me to respond quickly and effectively to tasks/thoughts, and not to be afraid to be creative and even funny.
Anastasia: I gained experience not only in public speaking but also in how to properly give feedback, I understood how it should be done. I am thrilled with how my pitching skills have improved now that I hardly ever used storytelling for presentations. Also, it was very valuable for me to learn how to properly structure a startup presentation because, in most of the courses in my program, I have to present my ideas, so now I know how to do it. Thank you, it was an amazing experience!!!
Well, we’re happy to be useful and valuable. Reading the reviews, we were once again convinced of our strengths and, of course, understood what we still need to work on, because who is perfect?
(Ryan Gosling)
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Senior Business Analyst at Angel One Fund
Senior VP and Head of Product at Iconectiv;
B2B SaaS Product Manager for 25 years at companies like Microsoft, Panasonic, Allvue Systems
– Associate at Geek Ventures, a Pre-Seed/Seed fund focused on US startups.
– 4+ years of VC/PE experience.
Маю досвід співпраці з різноманітними стартапами та численними запитами тривалістю у 4 роки. Наразі працюю над розвитком продукту американського BioTech стартапу NextNet
Генеральний партнер в Інвестиційній компанії 3х Capital, засновник Лігал Інновейшнз ГО, LLM (Tilburg)
Владислав, спираючись на свій досвід у Startup Wise Guys та глибоке занурення у стартап-екосистему, володіє експертизою у бізнес-розвитку та продажах. Він знає, як розробляти ефективні outreach-стратегії, створювати CRM-системи, а також грамотно взаємодіяти з державними органами та корпоративними клієнтами. Загалом, він має чітке розуміння того, як удосконалювати продукт і ефективно його продавати.
Маю досвід роботи як в продуктовій так і аутсорсній компаніях – від позиції QA Engineer до Manager. Наразі працюю на проєкті, який деякий час назад був стартапом, а зараз цей продукт рекомендують такі компанії як SalesForce на свої івентах, як невідʼємну частина їхньої екосистеми. Маю можливість співпрацювати з різними командами на різних стадіях ідеї і розробки, і також впроваджувати зміни, і процеси на проєкті як технічні так і управлінські. Також є менторкою на Projector Mentorship Platform і приймала участь в волонтерській програмі від Projector Foundation, де проводила менторські сесії для студентів, які навчалися на курсі «Software testing». В компанії TechMagic є постійною QA Tech Leader і Mentor в освітній академії на QA курсі.
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/iryna-chornovol-26159999/
– https://www.prjctrmentor.com/mentor/iryna-chornovol
10+ років досвіду в продажах та роботі з клієнтами worldwide (від корпоративних до посольств та урядових організацій)
Допоможу з побудовою ефективного процесу продажів. Проконсультую стосовно визначення ICP, лідогенерації, персоналізації та автоматизації в продажах, а також поділюсь власним досвідом запуску процесу продажів SaaS-продукту. Крім цього, готовий допомогти з точковими питаннями/челленджами в продажах та комунікації з клієнтами.
Я вже більше 2 років працюю в Oracle EMEA, спочатку я відповідала за Go-to-Market програми, зараз я працюю на позиції ISV Marketing & Demand Generation Director. Відповідно роблю маркетинг і demgen в сейлз команді. Ex-CMO у Depositphotos та Admixer. Консультувала десятки тех компаній на різних стадіях.
*ця діяльність ніяк не афілійована з роботою в Oracle і відбувається у вільний від роботи час
Design Partner at Kohorta, Web & Product Designer
CEO at “Self-ERP”, 18+ years experience in FinTech & IT
Юрист в tech-сфері, privacy counsel @Wargaming, партнер @Wtech Сlub Singapore
Creative business Anzy Home, consulting Anromind, former CMO Promin’ (energy)
CEO стартап-студії Zade з понад 7-річним досвідом співпраці зі стартапами, експерт USF, магістр з менеджменту маркетингової діяльності Бізнес-школи УКУ, ментор та спікер українських та міжнародних акселераторів.
У своїй кар’єрі я пройшов шлях UX→PM→CEO→VC
Пройшов шлях від UX до PM, а потім до засновника та СЕО власного стартапу та VC. Зараз консультую українські стартапи
Valerii is a former founder and CEO in the field of technology and software engineering, with over 15 years of executive-level and consulting experience.
His expertise lies in addressing the growth challenges faced by B2B tech companies, specializing in business strategy, client success, operations, organizational transformation, and holistic management for both service- and product-oriented organizations. Additionally, he possesses a strong engineering background.
Throughout his career, he has had the privilege of working with prominent clients in the hi-tech industry, including Fortune 100, Fortune 500, and Deloitte Technology Fast 500 companies.
Currently, as a Business Data Expert and Consultant, Valerii helps companies make smarter, data-driven decisions.
Fractional COO, mentorship experience: Growth Mentor, Techstars, Sigma, Projector mentor
Засновник та Генеральний директор компанії MetaliX, виробництва інтер’єрних зонуючих конструкцій і дверей зі сталі та скла. Продажі у Львові, на Заході України та експорт у 5 країн: Британія, Німеччина, Канада, Італія, Чехія. Двічі потрапляли у Forbes: жовтень 2023 у топ 40 експортерів України які успішно вийшли на експорт під час війни, червень 2024 у Forbes NEXT250, список найперспективніших компаній малого та середнього бізнесу в Україні у 2024 році. Більше 12 років в ІТ від інженера до Делівері Менеджера, будував та керував акаунтами з сумарною кількістю працівників 200. Працював з великими корпораціями – Google, Ericsson, Reddit, DropBox, Microsoft etc. Ангельський інвестор і стартап едвайзор. У 2023 портфельний стартап S.Lab переміг на IT Arena Startup Competition та став найкращим стартапом 2023 в Україні за версією Ukrainian Startup Fund. Одружений, батько 3х синів.
Operations Manager at BRISE Capital, PM of Product Clusters at Techosystem NGO
Nazar knows exactly how to be a leader and create successful projects. His work combines knowledge of the market, a clear structure, analytics, and most importantly, how to apply knowledge in practice and achieve success.
💼 Oksana is an entrepreneur, so she perfectly knows and understands all the intricacies of building business communication.
🎓Technology team mentor, a specialist in project development strategy, who knows how important it is to be a leader and how to apply these skills successfully.
💻 Sofia is an entrepreneur, co-founder, and COO at Propertymate (a startup that recently passed the acceleration program at Techstars). She spent the last three years in real estate technology. Experienced in product and business development and building the team behind it. Previously COO at Brainify, and Marketing Director at Duna.
Can help to deal with:
CTO & Co-founder at AiSDR, Forbes 30 under 30, 2x Y Combinator alum
Founder of The EngL and Smako’terra protein. Graduate of LvBS and Stanford Ignite Ukraine.
🎭 Natalya is an actress in the Lviv Academic Theater named after Les Kurbas.
🔹 Andrii Milinevskyi is an international professional in transformation, innovation, customer experience management, product and service design, and sales.
– Founder and CEO CXdesign: Strategy and Business Design
– Senior Director and Vice President Product at web3 IaaS startup Impossible Cloud.
– Having more than 20 years of executive work in telecom – Kyivstar, Beeline, Golden Telecom – Andrii in partnership founded the CX design agency, which helps large Ukrainian businesses to build success through effective client-centricity. The agency creates holistic customer experience management systems and builds excellent services and competitive products using design thinking methods.
– Andrii has led transformation, innovation, excellent customer experience, marketing, and sales at a large international telecom since 1997. From 2007-2010, he also managed a large telecom company: CEO of Golden Telecom and Beeline in Ukraine.
– From 2010-2016, as B2B Director and Chief Transformation Officer, Andriy managed the client-centric transformation of Kyivstar: the creation of the Customer Experience Management function and Big Data direction, reorganization of B2B Sales and Marketing, Call Center, design of Retail transformation, omnichannel program, implementation of digital.
– Andrii – MBA from Maastricht School of Management (Netherlands), design thinking practitioner, certified Partner and Sales Consultant of Miller Heiman Group, and Technology of Participation.
