The spotlight calls your name, you take the stage and it’s your moment in the Idea Karaoke limelight.
The Idea Funding Café, a recently launched social networking website that wants to connect entrepreneurs and investors, will host its first Idea Karaoke night on Tuesday, March 31st at the SouthSide Works Cinema.
Bring your elevator speeches; the evening promises to bring innovators and funders together for a fun-filled approach to networking and idea sharing.
"I’ve gone to a lot of networking events, but they honestly seem a little dry,” says Jason Tapolci, COO of ABG Capital and creator of Idea Funding Café . “How can we expect Pittsburgh's innovators to cultivate their ideas if we don't provide them with a safe, comfortable, and most importantly fun environment for them to present and learn?"
Keynote speaker R. F. Culbertson, professor at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business, Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship, will speak on the dos and don'ts of entrepreneurship. The evening will be a learning forum with an American Idol-like presenter format, Tapolci says.
“What we’re trying to do is create something more fun, interactive, something people want to come out and see," he says.
The evening will kick off at 5:30 p.m. and the cost is $40 to registrants and $50 at the door. Proceeds will benefit Hair Peace Charities. The event is sponsored by ABG Capital and Focus Pittsburgh Consulting Group.
To register, drop an email to events@ideafundingcafe.com
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Writer: Deb Smit
Source: Jason Tapolci, Idea Funding Cafe