Perfect Your Pitch with Désirée Young
Name:
Perfect Your Pitch with Désirée Young
Date:
April 22, 2021
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
Registration:
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Event Description:
Join us during your lunch hour on Thursday, April 22nd to hear from Désirée H. Young, CEO of VentureWalk Business Partners, LLC, a New Orleans based small business and entrepreneur development company.
With our area starting to officially re-open, it's an introduction to life and business post-Covid. In the spirit of introductions, Desiree will support you in developing your networking pitch and communicating who you are and what you do in a way that gets people to notice and buy-in. Attendees will walk away with:
Desiree H. Young is one of the leading voices on sales and investment pitching for females and BIPOC founders. As a former mechanical engineer and the founder of VentureWalk, Desiree works with Entrepreneur Support Organizations (accelerators, incubators, etc) in the areas of pitching and business strategy. Her mission is to support owners, entrepreneurs and leaders (especially females and BIPOC) to position intentionally, pitch powerfully and profit immensely.
In the process, she has developed several proprietary courses and has been highlighted in media outlets including Black Enterprise and Huffington Post covering the world of business, strategy and marketing. Desiree’s company VentureWalk has been regarded as the premier pitch coaching firm by clients like Capital One Bank, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and hundreds of small businesses. Since 2004, Désirée has consulted businesses in over 27 different industries, helped to raise over $8.9M in funding and guided people who struggle to say what they do gain confidence and clarity in communicating why their ideas matter. You can learn more about Désirée and VentureWalk at www.venturewalk.com.
With our area starting to officially re-open, it's an introduction to life and business post-Covid. In the spirit of introductions, Desiree will support you in developing your networking pitch and communicating who you are and what you do in a way that gets people to notice and buy-in. Attendees will walk away with:
- Ideas on how to deliver answers to “What do you do?” that start compelling conversations
- Understanding why using your title or explaining your business is the quickest way to KILL your sales efforts
- Confidence AND clarity on knowing what to say so they can sell authentically
- The chance to practice their pitch for quality feedback in a safe, judgement-free zone
Desiree H. Young is one of the leading voices on sales and investment pitching for females and BIPOC founders. As a former mechanical engineer and the founder of VentureWalk, Desiree works with Entrepreneur Support Organizations (accelerators, incubators, etc) in the areas of pitching and business strategy. Her mission is to support owners, entrepreneurs and leaders (especially females and BIPOC) to position intentionally, pitch powerfully and profit immensely.
In the process, she has developed several proprietary courses and has been highlighted in media outlets including Black Enterprise and Huffington Post covering the world of business, strategy and marketing. Desiree’s company VentureWalk has been regarded as the premier pitch coaching firm by clients like Capital One Bank, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses and hundreds of small businesses. Since 2004, Désirée has consulted businesses in over 27 different industries, helped to raise over $8.9M in funding and guided people who struggle to say what they do gain confidence and clarity in communicating why their ideas matter. You can learn more about Désirée and VentureWalk at www.venturewalk.com.
