Pitch Prep for SDAC: Optimizing Your Gust Profile (Zoom)

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Brink Pitch Prep for SDAC is a weekly series running January to February 2025 to help entrepreneurs prepare to compete in the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC). SDAC, hosted by San Diego State University (SDSU), is a 3-month series of events (March to May 2025) that seeks to fund founders by activating angel investors who raise funds to invest in the winner of the pitch competition. Through a series of evaluations and pitch events, investors arrive at 6 finalists who pitch at the SDAC finale on June 5, 2025. The SDAC application deadline is February 27, 2025.

Event Format

Brink Pitch Prep for SDAC prepares founders to pitch by reviewing slide deck topics, slide design, and Gust, the SDAC platform used for company evaluation. Attendees may attend the entire series or single events, however attendance is not required to apply for SDAC.

Optimizing Your Gust Profile

Gust is the platform SDAC uses for company evaluation. This session will introduce you to Gust, review all the sections in Gust, and provide guidance for uploading your submission content to optimize your profile.

What to expect:

In this session you’ll learn about:

• What the Gust platform is
• How the Gust platform is used
• Creating a company profile in Gust
• Optimizing your profile