November 21, 2023 NWCC Editor

November 21, 2023

Northwestern Offers Small Business Seminar: Pitch Deck Dojo

WINSTED, CT – The Entrepreneurial Center at CT State Northwestern is pleased to announce the next Small Business Seminar; Pitch Deck Dojo, will be held Tuesday, December 5, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The Scoville Memorial Library, 38 Main Street, Salisbury.

Participants will learn how to tell a compelling story about their business by building slide decks and presenting their ideas through in-person pitches when trying to raise capital. Attendees will use the business model canvas framework to identify key data points they need to tell their business story and demonstrate their understanding of their market size, competition, financials, and growth strategies. 

Rick Plaut will lead the seminar. Plaut has extensive business experience as an investor, educator, mentor to startups, and most recently co-founder and venture advisor to Launch413, a business management consultant company. Plaut has served as entrepreneur-in-residence at Smith College and taught at the Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship and the Isenberg School of Management. 

The event is sponsored by NBT Bank and supported by SCORE Northwest CT, The Northwest CT Chamber of Commerce, The Scoville Memorial Library, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, and the Northwest CT Community Foundation.

 For more information, or to register, contact Entrepreneurial Center director, John Fiorello at 860-738-6444 or www.nwcc.edu/ec.

For Immediate Release

Contact: Susan Stiller

sstiller@nwcc.edu