Online Event
Pitch the Problem your startup tackles: Live Feedback by Mentors/Investors
Pitch live and get structured feedback from mentors in front of a room of founders.
Date
Nov 16, 2026
Time
11:00 pm - 12:30 am
Address
Online Event
Your pitch has a problem you cannot hear. You have said it enough times that it sounds fine to you.
Re-write your pitch to only explain the problem your startup solves. Leave out the tech/features.
Tell our mentors and investors in less than 1 minute who has what problem, why? how costly/painful? how frequent? how do you get in front of them? how many are you already talking to or helping?
In this session founders pitch the problem they address and get questions and structured feedback on the spot, and everyone else learns from watching someone else's mistake instead of making it.
Bring a problem focused pitch at any stage, including one that is still only an idea. Register now and say it out loud to people who will tell you the truth.
To get the most out of this Pitch for Feedback event:
- Come ready for live video networking
- To prepare, write down: who has what problem, why? how costly/painful? how frequent? how do you get in front of them? how many are you already talking to or helping?
- Fill out our Elevator Pitch Worksheet.
What You'll Learn:
- How stop talking about tech and features;
- How to talk about traction when you do not have any yet;
- The most common mistake in pitches at this stage, and the fix;
- How to handle the question you were hoping nobody would ask.
Featured Mentors:
Paul Krajewski: Co-Director of Founder Institute Australia & New Zealand since 2017, Paul has helped launch 65+ startups in the region and won FI’s 2022 Global Startup Leadership Award.
Benjamin Chong: Partner at Right Click Capital and General Partner at Sydney Seed Fund, Benjamin has spent 20+ years investing in and building internet businesses and has co-directed Founder Institute Sydney since 2011.
Neil Smith: Co-founder and CSO of Simple KYC, which automates anti-money laundering compliance for financial institutions, Neil is a Founder Institute alum who served as the company’s CTO for nearly a decade.
Paul Krajewski: Co-Director of Founder Institute Australia & New Zealand since 2017, Paul has helped launch 65+ startups in the region and won FI’s 2022 Global Startup Leadership Award.
Benjamin Chong: Partner at Right Click Capital and General Partner at Sydney Seed Fund, Benjamin has spent 20+ years investing in and building internet businesses and has co-directed Founder Institute Sydney since 2011.
Neil Smith: Co-founder and CSO of Simple KYC, which automates anti-money laundering compliance for financial institutions, Neil is a Founder Institute alum who served as the company’s CTO for nearly a decade.
Who Should Attend:
- Founders preparing to pitch investors, mentors, or an accelerator;
- Idea-stage founders who have never said their idea out loud to strangers;
- Anyone who has pitched and could not tell why it did not land;
- Founders who want to learn by watching others get feedback.
Additional Resources: Find more Startup Events, sharpen your the One-Sentence Pitch, or read How to Pitch Your Startup before the session.
About Founder Institute: Founder Institute is the World's Largest AI-Native Company Builder, giving idea-stage, first-time founders, and employees making the leap to entrepreneurship the tools, global network, and proven methodology to build an AI-powered startup from zero to funding. Since 2009, our structured programs have helped over 9,000 founders across 100 countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 6 continents, our mission is to empower talented and motivated people everywhere to build impactful, AI-powered companies.
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