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Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101

Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101

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Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101 will occur on 19 November 2026 at the Innovation Centre in York. This final workshop aims to help participants master storytelling and pitching skills to effectively communicate their business value.

Final workshop: master storytelling and pitch skills to clearly, confidently communicate your business value and secure opportunities.

🤝 Event: Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101

📅 Date: Thur 19/11/26

🕰️ Time: 09.30 - 12.00

📍 Location: Natwest Accelerator University of York

🕰️ Time Breakdown

09.30 - Arrival & kick-off

09.30 - 10.20 - Funding Workshop

10.20 - 10.30 - Break

10.30 - 11.30 - Pitch practice with special guest

11.30 - 12.00 - Action planning and close

📝 Description:

This is the sixth workshop of our Funding Accelerator. It helps you learn how to pitch your business clearly, confidently, and with purpose. You will explore how storytelling influences decision‑making, how to communicate the value of your business in a structured way, and how to deliver a pitch that makes people care. It supports you to refine your message, strengthen your delivery, and build confidence for conversations with funders, partners, and stakeholders.

Funding Accelerator programme is a 12‑week journey consisting of 6 expert‑led workshops. You may attend the full programme or join individual workshops depending on your needs. The programme supports founders to match their growth ambitions with the right funding approach by providing structured learning, practical tools, and real examples.

📚 What to expect:

•An introduction to storytelling principles that make pitches memorable.

•A breakdown of the key ingredients of an effective pitch.

•Practical exercises that help you refine your message and structure your pitch.

•Real founder stories showing how others improved their pitch and secured opportunities.

•A Pitch Club session that helps you practise your delivery and receive supportive feedback.

👥 Why attend:

•Learn how to pitch your business in a clear and compelling way.

•Understand how to express your value, vision, and traction with confidence.

•Build a repeatable structure for future pitching opportunities.

•Develop confidence through practice and real‑time feedback.

•Strengthen your ability to communicate with funders, partners, and stakeholders.

🗣️ Our guest speaker:

TBA

📲 Download our Accelerator app to get the most out of your journey:

Power your progress by joining your Accelerator groups, accessing resources, and staying connected to your community, all in one place.

Download on the App Store: https://qrfy.io/yb7Bd5y23F (https://qrfy.io/yb7Bd5y23F)

Get it on Google Play: https://qrfy.io/cdnAaSwxL2 (https://qrfy.io/cdnAaSwxL2)

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Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101 takes place on Thursday, 19 November 2026 at 09:30.

Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101 is held at Innovation Centre in York (Innovation Way, Heslington, YO10 5DG).

Entry to Fund Your Business Your Way: Pitching 101 is free.

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