Jam Bingo For Entrepreneurship & Empowerment Pitch Competition

6 prompts. Fast, light-hearted prompts. People find a match, laugh, and move on.

• Find a founder who is pitching tonight and wish them luck+
• Find someone who came to cheer for a friend or family member+
• Find a judge and ask how many pitches they've heard this year+
• Find a founder whose business is less than a year old+
• Find someone who has pitched before and ask how it went+
• Find someone who wants to start a business someday+

10 prompts. Each prompt asks for a story, a tip, or an opinion.

• Ask a founder what problem their business solves in one sentence+
• Ask a judge what makes a pitch memorable+
• Ask a founder how they found their first customer+
• Ask a supporter what they're most proud of about their founder+
• Ask a mentor what founders most often get wrong in a pitch+
• Ask a founder what they'd do with the prize money+
• Ask an investor what they look for beyond the numbers+
• Ask a founder what made them start their business+
• Ask someone which pitch tonight they'd invest in+
• Ask a founder how they're feeling right before their pitch+

20 prompts. Ask-and-challenge prompts for longer conversations people remember.

• Ask a founder about the moment they knew they had to start this business+
• Challenge a founder to pitch you in 15 seconds, then give one piece of feedback+
• Ask a judge about a founder who didn't win but went on to succeed+
• Ask a founder what their business needs most right now, and who here could help+
• Ask someone what empowerment means to them in business+
• Challenge two founders to swap one lesson they learned the hard way+
• Ask an investor about a pitch that changed their mind+
• Ask a founder what they'd tell someone thinking about starting a business+
• Ask a supporter how they've helped their founder get here+
• Ask a founder what they'll do next whether they win or not+
• Ask a founder what problem their business solves in one sentence+
• Ask a judge what makes a pitch memorable+
• Ask a founder how they found their first customer+
• Ask a supporter what they're most proud of about their founder+
• Ask a mentor what founders most often get wrong in a pitch+
• Ask a founder what they'd do with the prize money+
• Ask an investor what they look for beyond the numbers+
• Ask a founder what made them start their business+
• Ask someone which pitch tonight they'd invest in+
• Ask a founder how they're feeling right before their pitch+