Events: Rocket Pitch Competition - Review

Babson organizes rocket pitch competition every year. This year, there were about 108 participants: current graduate/undergraduate students, alumni and some faculty as well. It was very well organized, presentation in four rooms were even synced to facilitate easy movement from one topic to another.

It was a very interesting event. One would think 3 minutes allotted time is too short. However, good presenters communicated enough to enthuse the audience and create an interest. As you can expect there were a few very good presentations and a few very good products. But, due to time limits there were not enough details to evaluate their feasibility.

I presented one too. It was about a niche product in emerging market. I thought it would take lot of efforts to convey the context. It did not. Though the investors did not flock to my table after the presentation, I got good feedback from a fellow students.

Overall a very good experience.