Dragon's Den
Pitching competition
On Tuesday the 31st of October, a Dragon’s Den style pitching competition took place at HubSpot in Leiden.
Six teams pitched their business ideas to a panel of potential investors, consisting of experts in the field of entrepreneurial finance (such as a representative from the Rabobank), app development, growth strategies, and so forth. The teams earned their ticket to this pitching competition by proving they were among the best teams in a pre-selection of the course ‘Entrepreneurship & Innovation’.
This course is offered by the department of Business Studies of Leiden University’s Law school and is open not only to law students, but also to students from other faculties and universities.
The interdisciplinary and diverse nature of the teams significantly added to the quality of the output, which was clearly evidenced by the quality of the business ideas and pitches. The department of business studies and the teachers of the course are very impressed with the quality of the work the students delivered. Despite the fact that the students had only seven weeks to work on their start-up plan, the results were impressive and proved to be viable business ideas that were pitched in a professional and convincing manner.
An impression of the Dragon's Den.
The winner
Of these six pitches, is the team Cheffo the winner! Represented by: Michael Ivančić, Chloé Kiveron, Kathryn Kwok, Emilie van der Lande en Jochem Pieters.
Next year
We welcome all Bachelor students to participate in our course next year and look forward to another round of great pitches.