Congratulations on being selected to participate in the global Startup Showcase at eMerge Americas on April 18-19, 2024!
eMerge Americas and the Hemispheric University Consortium (HUC) has arranged an exclusive opportunity for you and your team to work with The Venture Mentoring Team (VMT) to fine-tune your presentation and ensure its maximum impact. The Venture Mentoring Team (thevmt.org) is the premier mentoring organization for startups with over 250 experienced and certified mentors and the startup mentoring partner of eMerge Americas. Your preparation sessions are provided to you at no cost, and we highly recommend that you leverage this opportunity for your benefit. Further, select startups will be invited to apply to The Venture Mentoring Team’s startup accelerator program, where accepted applicants receive ongoing startup mentoring to help your organization achieve your objectives.
The VMT is offering 1-hour Zoom pitch preparation sessions starting January 22 and continuing until eMerge Americas 2024 commences. This will allow you to have one weekly session for each of the twelve weeks before the Startup Showcase. In these sessions, you will practice presenting your 4-minute pitch and work with the mentors to refine your visual aids and pitch script.
Pro-Tip: During these sessions, the mentors will provide the judging criteria for the Showcase presentations and help ensure you hit all the essential points. Also, many of these mentors will be your judges at the Showcase, so this is a chance for you to start making impressions with them now.
A new signup calendar will be posted here every week. Sessions are first-come-first-serve, and you may only book one session per week. Mentors are offering these times from their very full schedules, and it is imperative that you show up to your session on time and fully prepared.
Signups for Week 5 will close on Thursday, February 22nd at 11:59 PM
* All times posted are Miami, Eastern Standard Time.