{"id":161643,"date":"2017-09-07T17:44:32","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/161643\/win-pitch-like-expert\/"},"modified":"2019-08-14T13:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T11:38:51","slug":"win-pitch-like-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/09\/07\/win-pitch-like-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"In it to win it \u2013 pitch like an expert!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you are looking to start \u2013 or you have already established \u2013 a business, the ENGEN Pitch &amp; Polish\u00a0entrepreneurial workshop and competition programme is where you want to be on\u00a0<strong>Saturday 9 September 2017<\/strong>\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>Johannesburg<\/strong>. Now in its 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year, ENGEN Pitch &amp; Polish has helped approximately 10 000 entrepreneurs to improve the way they present their business to potential funders. Having a polished pitch is the key to growing your business!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>During the first part of the day, all delegates will be taken through unique, experience-based entrepreneurial training, developed by Raizcorp &#8211; described by The Economist as \u201cthe only genuine incubator in Africa\u201d.\u00a0This year\u2019s facilitator is best-selling author, international speaker and TV talk-show host, Justin Cohen. \u201cENGEN Pitch &amp; Polish allows me to combine my two major passions \u2013 personal development and entrepreneurship \u2013 in a way that effects real change. I look forward to seeing you there!\u201d says Justin.\u00a0After Justin\u2019s training, contestants will be given the opportunity to pitch their idea or business to the audience. This is where the day heats up as contestants improve their pitches based on feedback from both Justin and the audience.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ENGEN Pitch &amp; Polish, in collaboration with Engen Petroleum, Nedbank, Raizcorp, and\u00a0media partners SAfm and Caxton Local Media,\u00a0culminates in a final event held in Johannesburg where the winners of the regional rounds compete to be crowned the ultimate pitch champion of 2017!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Register as a delegate to attend the workshop for\u00a0<strong>free<\/strong>. And, if you feel you have what it takes, complete the online entry form, and stand the chance to be selected as a contestant! Either way, you will learn valuable lessons.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Book NOW to ensure your place in\u00a0<strong><em>Johannesburg on Saturday 9 September 2017<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0SMS PITCH to 43719 (charged at 50c per SMS) or visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pitchandpolish.com\/\">www.pitchandpolish.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='e3394b31a373369fe00bcc6c8c483656'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Register now for this opportunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":161647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Local Media","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11285,28362,2],"tags":[1658,15852,8133,15853,7688],"class_list":["post-161643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-advertorial","category-business","category-news-headlines","tag-competition","tag-engen","tag-entrepreneur","tag-polish","tag-sms"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Advertorial"},"tag_labels":["competition","Engen","entrepreneur","polish","sms"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}