We found the application for The Greatest Pitch almost by accident on LinkedIn.
We applied, closed the tab and moved on.
A little later, we found out MEGATECH had been selected as one of the Top 40 startups from more than 130 applications.
At that point, we were still extremely early. MEGATECH was not even incorporated yet, and we were suddenly in a room with startups that had already raised capital, generated revenue and spent significantly more time in the market.
That contrast made the evening interesting.
We went in thinking the pitch would be the important part. It wasn’t.
The useful part happened around it — conversations with founders, investors and operators we would otherwise never have met. A five-minute conversation after a pitch can be worth more than whatever happens on stage.
We met people building completely different companies, exchanged perspectives and got a much better sense of the ecosystem around us.
By the end of the evening, we were thinking less about placements and more about access.
We were early, underbuilt and still belonged in the room.