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MallEzy
It was finally the day we have to pitch our business ideas. Some of our group members were so excited that they could not sleep well the night before. All of us have been putting a lot of effort in this so that we can stand a better chance to enter the top 10 teams. Upon arrival at The STAR Cybertorium, we saw quite a few of our friends which are already there. We got to know these friends from the YES Red Carpet Party and also the 1-Day Entrepreneurship training held by MoneyTree. Once again, MoneyTree has given us the opportunity to widen our network. We had a little chit chat and photo taking session before the Breakthrough Session officially starts.
When it was time, all of us were asked to remain in a hall until it was our turn to pitch. As we are the 7th team, we still had time to go through our elevator pitch for another few more rounds. However, all of us felt that we should actually relax ourselves before going up to the stage. Therefore, we only rehearsed once. The rest of the time we were practically joking around. It was clear to us that the environment inside the hall was really tense because we could see other teams sitting in the form of a circle practicing their elevator pitch over and over again.
Finally, it was our turn to pitch our business ideas. The team before us was still answering the questions that the judges asked when we enter the cybertorium. One of our group members actually looked pretty nervous once she stepped into the cybertorium. Ms. Evelyn Reyes was kind enough to give the particular group member some moral support. She told her to take it easy because after all, the audiences are just human like all of us and they are not going to bite us. We really appreciate Ms. Evelyn Reyes’s help because we felt motivated at the same time.
Our team managed to deliver the information that what we wanted to the audiences. The bell went off just when we were saying thank you. It was quite a shocking moment for us because initially we thought that we will not be able to finish what we wanted to say. Despite all these, we cannot deny the fact that our presentation has some flaws where some of us talked too fast and some of us paused for awhile to think how we should continue from our last sentence. Our respond to the judges’ questions was fast. We were actually quite happy and proud of ourselves.
Some of the teams left after they have done their presentation. However, our team decided to stay back to listen to what the afternoon session teams could offer. We were glad that we stayed because we found some of the team’s business ideas fascinating. One thing that we observed was that the judges for the afternoon session were asking more questions compared to the morning session’s judges. We can say that we are lucky because we can actually tackle some of the questions that we might be asked in the future.
After all the teams have pitched their business ideas, we went to talk to some of the judges to get some feedbacks from them. We were glad we met new people during the Breakthrough Session. We have added some of the judges such as Mr. Neil, Dr. Siva, Mr. Gerald and Mr. Roslan on Facebook so we could keep in touch with them. Who knows we might actually need their help someday. After all, they have the knowledge and experience that we do not have. It is good to be able to learn from them.
Lastly, our team would like to thank our friends that came to support us during the Breakthrough Session. It was pleasurable to have you guys there. Do continue supporting MallEzy =)
When it was time, all of us were asked to remain in a hall until it was our turn to pitch. As we are the 7th team, we still had time to go through our elevator pitch for another few more rounds. However, all of us felt that we should actually relax ourselves before going up to the stage. Therefore, we only rehearsed once. The rest of the time we were practically joking around. It was clear to us that the environment inside the hall was really tense because we could see other teams sitting in the form of a circle practicing their elevator pitch over and over again.
Finally, it was our turn to pitch our business ideas. The team before us was still answering the questions that the judges asked when we enter the cybertorium. One of our group members actually looked pretty nervous once she stepped into the cybertorium. Ms. Evelyn Reyes was kind enough to give the particular group member some moral support. She told her to take it easy because after all, the audiences are just human like all of us and they are not going to bite us. We really appreciate Ms. Evelyn Reyes’s help because we felt motivated at the same time.
Our team managed to deliver the information that what we wanted to the audiences. The bell went off just when we were saying thank you. It was quite a shocking moment for us because initially we thought that we will not be able to finish what we wanted to say. Despite all these, we cannot deny the fact that our presentation has some flaws where some of us talked too fast and some of us paused for awhile to think how we should continue from our last sentence. Our respond to the judges’ questions was fast. We were actually quite happy and proud of ourselves.
Some of the teams left after they have done their presentation. However, our team decided to stay back to listen to what the afternoon session teams could offer. We were glad that we stayed because we found some of the team’s business ideas fascinating. One thing that we observed was that the judges for the afternoon session were asking more questions compared to the morning session’s judges. We can say that we are lucky because we can actually tackle some of the questions that we might be asked in the future.
After all the teams have pitched their business ideas, we went to talk to some of the judges to get some feedbacks from them. We were glad we met new people during the Breakthrough Session. We have added some of the judges such as Mr. Neil, Dr. Siva, Mr. Gerald and Mr. Roslan on Facebook so we could keep in touch with them. Who knows we might actually need their help someday. After all, they have the knowledge and experience that we do not have. It is good to be able to learn from them.
Lastly, our team would like to thank our friends that came to support us during the Breakthrough Session. It was pleasurable to have you guys there. Do continue supporting MallEzy =)
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