For programs & teams · Accelerators, incubators and companies

Your people.
Your building.
Your day.

Book the whole day for your own founders or team. Up to fifteen people, ready before demo day or the next big meeting. You pick the date and the room.

Plan your in-house training
Up to fifteen people · your location · 09:00 to 18:00
Why you would

Your founders are about to pitch anyway.

Demo day, the first fund meeting, a stage at a conference. You spend a year making them investable, and the sixty seconds that decide whether anyone finds out is the part that is least rehearsed.

A cohort that pitches well is a cohort that raises. That is your interest in this, and it is the whole reason this day exists.

Up to fifteen founders. Four modules, three rounds of practice. One day, start to finish.

The deal

We bring the day. You bring the room.

Your people, your building, your day. You pick the date.

What we bring
Aren, Jasper and Sterre on site, all day
From 09:00 to 18:00. The same day the open training gets, nothing abridged.
Four modules, one pitch
Nerve, Story, Delivery and The Room. The rest of the day they practice: your founders pitch before we teach anything, again before lunch, and once more at the end.
A method they have already used
Every founder leaves with what works, practiced all day, and can carry on from there by themselves, or book one-to-one hours with us.
Reference material to keep practicing
The method on paper, for the weeks between the day and the pitch that counts.

Both rounds on film, to look back on.

What we ask of you
Founders who will all go
Up to fifteen. No observers, no partners sitting at the back. Everyone steps into the circle, three times.
A room with space for a circle
Not a boardroom table. Room to stand, good light, a door that closes, and a screen.
Lunch worth staying for
This is the thing people mention afterwards. It is the one place we would ask you not to cut corners.
Coffee, and drinks at the end
The day finishes at the bar, not at the door. That is where the cohort becomes a cohort.

Wishes, not conditions. Tell us what your building can do and we will work around the rest. Outside the Netherlands we add travel.

09:00 to 18:00

Four modules, one pitch.

Four modules. The rest of the day your founders practice: they pitch before we teach anything, again before lunch, and once more at the end.

01
Nerve
Why your body treats a pitch like a threat, and how to put that to work.
02
Story
Sixty seconds is not a short pitch, it is a different pitch. One idea, one ask.
03
Delivery
Stance, voice, pace and the pause. The physical craft of owning a stage.
04
The Room
Who is in front of you, what they will ask, and how the minute buys the next meeting.
You walk out with sixty seconds that work.
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Who books this.

Accelerators and incubators with a cohort walking toward demo day.
Funds who would rather their portfolio founders did not waste the first meeting.
Venture studios and university programs running a fixed intake.
Anyone with a group of founders in one building and a date in the calendar.

Fewer than six founders and the circle stops working. That is what one-to-one coaching is for.

“A highly practical and interactive training, grounded in solid pitching techniques. The startups developed greater awareness of their body language, strengthened their stage presence and learned to present themselves with confidence.”

Femmie GeradtsManaging Director, Startup VillageAn in-house training for the cohort of The Nursery

“From shaky knees to owning the stage.

What a transformation! Avocado Pitch brought the play, the energy, and the unexpected to The Nursery Cohort. Through movement, body awareness, and creative exercises, our founders discovered that pitching is about so much more than the words you say.

It’s about how you show up, what your body communicates, and the energy you bring into the room.

One session. Countless breakthroughs. A whole new level of stage presence.

And this was only Part 1. Avocado Pitch, we’re ready for the next round.”

Danielle PakesSr. Community, Program & Partnership Manager, Startup Village AmsterdamAn in-house training for the cohort of The Nursery
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