ST. LOUIS • Downtown was quiet on Sunday morning, except for the lobby of its tallest building. There, 25 St. Louis University students with bright ideas for a business milled about, chatting, rehearsing, hanging out with a make-believe Texan in a big white hat and Elvis sunglasses who called himself “Mr. Pitch.”
They were there for St. Louis University Center for Entrepreneurship’s first-ever Elevator Pitch Competition. It was a sort of speed-dating for the new business world, but with a twist.
Every good startup has a so-called “elevator pitch,” the quick come-on you would use to explain your idea to a potential customer or investor or partner. They are a pretty standard ingredient for a business plan competition. But when planning SLU’s student startup contest, Tim Hayden, director of the Center for Entrepreneurship, thought he would try a different approach
To read the original article: Up. And down. St. Louis University takes new approach to 'elevator pitch' competition : Stltoday
