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Pitch Competition Registration Form

Tezos Boston Pitch Competition 2020

A Regional Series of Pitch Contests to prepare Students and Entrepreneurs for the MIT Bitcoin Expo Hackathon 2020.
Presented by Tezos Boston
Q1 2020
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***Participants will own the IP rights to their projects - nothing is restricted by our organization***

The Tezos Boston Pitch Competition is a series of pitch contests in Q1 2020 throughout Massachusetts (Babson college, Worcester, Boston) where registered teams will compete over five hour periods to refine and present their business pitches to judges for a set of prizes. 

The requirements are not to build an extensive code repository but rather focus on the general business plan of their project. The projects must include Tezos in the pitch. This will allow for a wider variety of entrants to get involved as they will not be intimidated by rigorous technological requirements. 

The theme for the pitch competitions will be aligned with the MIT Bitcoin Expo Hackathon — “Building the Stack”. The purpose of this alignment is to prepare the attendees for the MIT Bitcoin Expo Hackathon where we will ultimately encourage them to register and participate. This is where the connection of business and developer backgrounds will be made. Not only are we giving the attendees a chance to practice their pitch skills in a formalized arena, but we are preparing them for the larger goal of rounding out their teams in a more prestige setting. 

Did we mention there will be prizes? The Tezos Boston Pitch Competition will also award teams that participate fully as well as larger awards for the winning teams. We will also be partnering with local community businesses to provide media coverage of the events so the global community can stay informed on our efforts. We are excited to see what Tezos projects emerge from this experience and are eager to add this to the list of annual events that Tezos Boston runs.

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Babson College

Event Date Feb 22, 2020. Click to fill out the registration form for the Babson College event. Become a Participant, Volunteer, Sponsor, Mentor, or Judge.

Location: Babson College

Worcester, Ma

Event Date Feb 23, 2020. Click to fill out the registration form for the Worcester, MA event. Become a Participant, Volunteer, Sponsor, Mentor, or Judge.

Location: WPI
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Boston, Ma

Event Date Feb 29, 2020. Click to fill out the registration form for the Boston, MA event. Become a Participant, Volunteer, Sponsor, Mentor, or Judge.

Location: TBD
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Pitch Competition Timeline

  • 5 Hour Event
  • 12:00 Sign in – T-shirt/ Coffee – Networking
  • 12:25 Platinum Sponsor Opening
  • 12:30 Introduce Focus Topic “Building the Stack”
  • 12:45 Group Setting – Intro to ideas
  • 01:15 Break into teams and begin working on Pitch/ Presentation
  • 01:30 Mentors are floating - helping teams refine projects
  • 03:00 Pitches Commence (5 Mins per) (2 Mins of feedback from Judges) (Recorded for editing)
  • 04:15 Food break
  • 04:30 Prizes and Score Sheets given to Teams
  • 04:45 Housekeeping for team info – Register teams for MIT Bitcoin Expo Hackathon
  • 05:00 End

  • Privacy Solutions
  • Scaling and Finality Solutions
  • PoS Consensus Methods
  • DeFi
  • Tokenization
  • Governed Assets
  • Synthetic Assets
  • STOs

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Judges and Mentors

Kenneth M. Garofalo

Tezos Commons Foundation - Boston Chapter President - Ken leads Tezos Boston in Boston, MA, with a focus on community building, education, social opportunity, developer adoption, and security tokenization. Ken is currently the CEO/ Founder of cryptocurrency news and media company, CryptoLiveLeak, Inc. He is also behind the projects AttentionMining™, FlappyCrypto, and InvestWars.

James Ryan Moreau

James Ryan Moreau - ConsenSys 
James has worked on end-user support, adoption and community development in the blockchain space since 2014, having most recently worked with well know products such as MetaMask and Infura. Most recently, James has been exploring and participating in communities surrounding formal on-chain governance including Tezos, Cosmos and more and is always excited to discuss the current state of affairs in blockchain as well as what the future may hold. 

Steve Vilkas

Writer, Connector & So Much More. Active across multiple innovation and entrepreneurial-based communities. Firm believer in the power of connection and collaboration. Dedicated to the pursuit of progress utilizing technology synthesized with the power of human potential. Fan of tacos and dad jokes.

Join Us as a Judge or Mentor

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Hao He

Associate Director, International Relationship Manager - Babson College
Hao provides career guidance and employment strategies to international undergraduate students as well as domestic students who are interested in working abroad. In addition to these, Hao is responsible for developing international employer relationships to expand Babson’s footprint and provide more opportunities for our student body.

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Contact Us

For any questions or inquiries,
please reach us at kenneth@tezoscommons.org.
Also, follow us at @TezosBoston on Twitter!
Tezos Boston is currently operating as the Boston Chapter of Tezos Commons Foundation.
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