PPP: Life's A Pitch - Pitching

  THE PITCH 

Our pitch actually went well in the end I felt.
As Jade and Hana had done a significant amount of work creating the presentation Jazz and Myself decided that we should do a majority of presenting (as Jade and Hana weren't too keen on it). Neither of us felt the need for a script, we put the main points on the slide and I held a few prompters in my hands as we were talking. There were very few gaps and for the most part I think people were entertained. 
I also feel like our tone of voice was well suited, by the end of the presentation people seemed to get it that we were environmentally conscious which is what we were going for. I think we could have perhaps had a little more excitement but generally I was pleased. 

THE RESPONSE 

People had only got a few questions for us including why we chose Matchboxx as a name      (the answer because matches were a traditional way to light candles and matchboxes always had fun individual pattern on them as well as being cooler than just your average lighter). 

Other comments we received were on the viability of our business, it's enhanced focus on bee welfare meant that bigger companies would be interested in us because it makes them look good. 
There were questions on why the focus on bee's, we said that the bee focus was something that naturally came out of the project. We considered a lot of different kinds of wax to make the candles but rather than have it all beeswax we split it so half of it would contribute to bees and the other half (made from soy) would be more appealing to a wide audience (vegans) and cheaper to buy too. 

COULD WE HAVE DONE BETTER? 

I think that after seeing everyones presentations, we could have had more visuals on screen particularly towards the end to keep peoples attention (such as pictures of bees or candle making). I think it might have been nice if we had made nets for our products and had those handed round. If we had more time I think it would have been good if we could have handed out our original idea of business cards (a single match in a matchbox with our cards).