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High Peaks’ 2010 Annual “Peak Pitch” Event
Troy, NY – High Peaks Venture Partners announces its fourth annual New York Peak Pitch event to be held Friday, March 12th at Hunter Mountain. Peak Pitch brings entrepreneurs and investors from across New York State together for a unique version of the classic “elevator pitch.” In the traditional elevator pitch, entrepreneurs take advantage of an unexpected opportunity to share an elevator ride with a potential investor and present their business idea. At Peak Pitch, a shared chairlift ride is substituted for the elevator, giving entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business plans to venture capitalists and other private investors as they ride up the mountain together. Last year’s Peak Pitch was a great success, with more than 60 CEO’s and investors participating.
“Peak Pitch is a really unique event in that it offers investors and entrepreneurs a productive way to make a large number of connections in a fun and casual environment,” said Russ Howard, Managing Director at High Peaks Venture Partners. “Each year the attending CEO’s have been very pleased with the valuable connections they made and the advice they received from experienced investors. The venture capitalists also get a lot out of the event by being able to quickly meet and review a variety of new deals that they otherwise might not have found,” added Howard.
Peak Pitch is a series of networking events organized by local Village Ventures affiliate funds to support entrepreneurial communities across New York, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Peak Pitch NY is hosted by High Peaks Venture Partners and sponsored by the law firms of Duane Morris, Nixon Peabody and Phillips Lytle and the insurance agency Parmele, McDermott, and Thomas.
More information and registration details on Peak Pitch ’10 are available at www.peakpitch.com or by contacting Christy Douglas at 518-720-3090 or christy@hpvp.com or Russ Howard at 518-720-3090 or russ@hpvp.com
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