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Over 175 people are already registered for Pitch'Day next week! Join in the fun and support this exciting line-up of entrepreneurs!

Pitch'Day is Manitoba's foremost quick pitch competition, where hustling entrepreneurs, academic innovators, and businesses with innovative new ideas come to pitch, validate, connect, and win awesome prizes!

Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Time: 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Location: RBC Convention Centre
Register: Online

Meet the Competitors

We received nearly 30 entries from entrepreneurs eager to pitch their business idea at Pitch'Day. Our selection committee had to make some very difficult decisions to select the top 20 business ideas. Check out who made it in!

Allview Infomatics | Kathleen BlueSky
Canada Medical Device Inc. | Samaneh Baghbani & Reza Morovati
Cattle Track | Chris Karasewich
CORE Renewable Energy Inc. | Andrea Kraj & Noel Ferrer
Dynamic Tooling Technologies | Matthew Olson
GameChangr | Matthew Doak
Gelidus Research Inc. | Mike La Spina
GradeOwl | Rami Elzayat, Awni Khawashki & Ahmed Farag
Home Snowboards | Chris Maycher
Legacy Enterprises | Pappur Shivakumar
MedEquipDB | Val Cornejo & Marc Timmerman
Mortgage Bidder Canada Inc. | Hao Wang
Picticipate.com | Stefan Maynard & Yvan Boisjoli
R&A Ideas | Andriy Rudnyk & Olena Onashko
RealtyIntros.com | Kenn Perkins
Soul 44 | Lindy Norris and Paige Zaporzan
StoryBook | Travis Dreger
Unleashed | Pablo Steinberg
Vital Links Health Systems | Brian Bell & Rahaul Pandy
Yellow Field Fibers | Lindsay Hunter

Learn more about all the competing business ideas here →

Meet the Judges

pitch'day Judges: Martin Cash, Mike Fata, Matthew Hu

We are very excited about this award-winning panel of judges! With Manitoba's leading startup business reporter, a rockstar co-founder and CEO of a revolutionary superfood company, an ultra smart energy intelligence startup Founder and CEO, and the CEO of one of Canada's Best Managed Companies for two years in a row, Pitch'Day is sure to be both educational and entertaining for competitors and observers alike! Read their bios here.

Meet the MC

Greg Mackling is back by popular demand as Pitch'Day MC for the second consecutive year. As an entrepreneur since his early teens, at his core, Greg embodies an entrepreneurial spirit. A repatriated Manitoban three times over, Greg's work on CJOB Radio is dedicated to highlighting those who make a difference not only for themselves, but other Manitobans. As a one-time victim of the "dragons den" taken to task by the dragons of industry, he promises to respectfully MC Pitch'Day 2014.

How do I Register?

Register here to check out Manitoba's up-can-coming entrepreneurs and innovators, have your vote with the People's Choice Award, win door prizes, enjoy great food, and network with Manitoba's entrepreneur and innovation communities!

Special Thanks to Pitch'Day Sponsors

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Upcoming Programs

Advolve makes it to the North American finals of 'Get in the Ring' - catch them perform live Friday, Nov. 7 @ 7 p.m. C.S.T.

Yesterday, Advolve Media's Bryce North has made it to the final's of Get in the Ring - where he will be competing to make it to the championship round in the Netherlands with an investment prize of £1 million. You can check out yesterday's performance and tonight's finals here.

Tune it at 7 p.m. C.S.T. to catch the action live! >

VastCon got their start at Pitch'Day - now they are set to improve cancer outcomes with innovative diagnotics

Dr. Anuraag Shrivastav, co-founder of VastCon, admits he knew very little about business when he first launched his biomedical company that aims to be a global leader in early cancer diagnosis and therapies. He credits Innovate Manitoba for helping to change that.

Read the full story >

The Agri-Innovation Forum is a must attend for Early Stage Ag Businesses

Want to learn about the type of companies that large Ag businesses are looking to acquire, what Ag focused investment funds are looking to invest in, or about startup opportunities in this high-growth and investor-friendly sector? Make the most of this forum Nov. 18 & 19, 2014 at The Fort Garry Hotel, Winnipeg, MB.

Learn more and get a 20% discount >

Do you really know your market? You better if you are looking for risk capital!

Innovate Manitoba has teamed up with MaRS Discovery District to create its Market Intelligence Program. This world-class program provides Manitoba's leading entrepreneurs and startups with access to the best market research available — and at no cost! A limited number of opportunities are available. Apply now!

Get intimate with your market >

Guided Market Validation for Early Stage Ventures

Why do startups fail? A vast majority of the time it's because they've built a product or technology that no one is willing to pay for. Fail fast by testing whether your proposed product or service will work in the market before you fully develop it. Use your interviews with potential customers to design the features that customers really want.

Validate your market! >

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Partner and
community events

Nov. 8, 2014 in Winnipeg, MB

Girls Learning Code Day: Intro to HTML & CSS (ages 8 - 13)

Bring a special girl in your life to this workshop on National Girls Learning Code Day and learn to create a website together from scratch!

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Nov. 14-16, 2014 in Winnipeg, MB

Hacking Health Hackathon

Hacking Health is designed to improve healthcare by inviting designers, technology creators and healthcare professionals to collaborate on realistic, human-centric solutions to front-line problems.

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Nov. 18-19, 2014 in Winnipeg, MB