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25 Oct 2022
5 Min Read
Yusmani Yunus, Bizpod Incubator Executive
Finally, we are at the most exciting day where we can meet physically with everyone in the campus! The morning starts off with another ice-breaking session of all the participants to get to know one another physically after they had met virtually for the past 2 days. It was more fun when the organizing committee ask them to play few games. Even though it was early in the morning at 9.00am, everyone was still energetic and anxious to go through the day productively. Even it seemed like it was another restless night for most of them, but they truly enjoyed all the games with their teammate. All the teams spent most of the night brainstorming and discussing the best way to present their business case to the panel of knowledgeable judges later in the evening.
After a short briefing on the schedule of the day, the teams were once again reminded on the judging criteria as well as timeslots for the presentation. Straight after that, they were dispatched to various classroom in campus to proceed with Pitching Practice session with mentors. Two rounds of sessions with their mentors were done to polish their pitch presentations and a quick round of tech check on their ideas or solutions. By noon, it was time for the Mentors to have a bid good luck to the teams. Even though it was a short time spent with each other, but a lot of experience were imparted to the teams.
At 1pm, it was the deadline for the presentation submission. Once all the presentations are submitted, it was just a matter of waiting till the pitching event starts. But before that, all the teams and participants went through a dry run to get themselves familiarized with the timing, cues and a final tech check. After a few rounds of final checking, it was time to deliver!
The Grand Pitching Finale started sharp at 4.00pm, on a Sunday, 31st of July 2022. The emcee, Shahbaaz Ali, started off the final event with a quick introduction of the judges and the rules of voting. The panel of judges consisted of Dr Anthony (PVC, Research & Enterprise), Jessie Chong (Director of Bizpod), Dato Teh Tai Yong (Vice President of Persatuan Usahawan Maju Malaysia (PUMM) and Heislyc Loh (Founder, Devs Asia). Each team were given exactly 3 minutes to deliver their presentation and another 3 minutes for the judges to ask questions. In the end, it took about 3 hours for all the teams to deliver their final business case presentation.
The winners were then announced during the closing ceremony. A very hearty congratulations to teams Zing! Because was announced as Champion. Also not forgetting the rest of the teams who also did their best heading into the finale event. Each and every team put in their blood, sweat and tears over the 54-hour weekend. But in the end, it was the idea of “A sparkling instant herbal beverage” from Team Zing! who caught the attention of the judges and wowed them with just a 3-minute presentation.