a new breed of pitch competition where ideas and industries collide
What is COLLISION?
COLLISION is where startups and people with big ideas represent their industries to compete for attention and cash prizes. Sponsored by MEWS+, Middletown’s Entrepreneur Community, bold ideas will compete live on stage, each pitching to win votes from the audience – evaluated on originality, potential, functionality, and social impact – and has the opportunity to walk away with cash prizes.
Pitch
Your opportunity to connect and compete – represent your industry while pitching your innovative solution, idea, or technology to a captivated audience – for a chance to win cash prizes.
Attend
Catch a glimpse of Connecticut’s future. Be exposed to industries most impressive and innovative ideas, and vote for the pitch that has the best creative, new ideas to change the world.
Upcoming COLLISION Events
Previous COLLISION Events
COLLISION Start-Up Incubator Demo Day
December 3, 2019
COLLISION will be presenting pitches from students of Wesleyan’s Startup Incubator Program.
MEET OUR WINNER!Food v. Tourism
August 28, 2019
Apply to pitch your hot new ideas in food and tourism – show us what you’ve got!
MEET OUR WINNER!Health v. Education
July 17, 2019
On the stage, health and education ideas will battle it out for a chance to win!
MEET OUR WINNER!What is the COLLISION pitch process?
Apply
Submit an application for an opportunity to pitch at an upcoming event.
Prepare
Six startups will battle it out – so get your pitch ready!
Pitch
Showcase your startup business or big idea for cash prizes and priceless feedback.
Why you should be there…
As a young startup, COLLISION can help you further validate your market and your product or service, improve presentation skills, become part of a community, and recruit new team members. COLLISION is perfect for vetting your idea, and for gaining traction and attention.
At COLLISION, attendees will be inspired, become invested, and participate in the entrepreneurial ecosystem thriving in Connecticut.
COLLISION is not your typical pitch event – we’ll see you there!
COLLISION Organizing Committee
Susan Hayes
The MEWS+
Susan has been the Community Manager at The MEWS+ for three years connecting startups with mentoring resources, organizing workshops for the entrepreneurial community, and managing the COLLISION Pitch Competition. In addition to her work with The MEWS+, Susan works for Sound Web and Launch EZ, collecting and organizing resource data to help startups find what they are looking for all in one place – from accelerators to websites and everything in between.
Tim Laubacher
Sound Web
Tim is a seasoned web and mobile developer as well as a serial entrepreneur. He has helped hundreds of businesses develop their web presence, but his passion is for web and mobile-based startup businesses. Tim is also very involved with the Connecticut startup ecosystem through his platform Launch EZ and by helping to organize the Connecticut Entrepreneur Awards. He has mentored dozens of early-stage tech startup businesses.
Rebecca Mead
Rebecca Mead Communications
Rebecca is the founder and principal at Rebecca Mead Communications, where we specialize in marketing strategies, brand development, and website design. We have been fortunate to work with clients and projects of all shapes and sizes, but our passion is for smaller organizations, non-profits, and individuals who value professional marketing and design but might not have the resources to hire a large traditional agency. We love nothing more than to champion small organizations, encouraging them to build bold businesses.
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