October 28. Best3Minutes was named as the winner of Present Your Startup New York 2020 on the Dutch side with a shared spot with Bloc Software on the New York side. The event was transmitted live from Haarlem in The Netherlands, and Harlem in New York. The opening was made by Mayor Jos Wienen, the host was Ruth Oei from Haarlem 105 and as co-host Valerie Vallenduuk from Present Your Startup.
An anniversary edition of the pitch competition Haarlem2Harlem took place simultaneously in two cities: Haarlem and Harlem. Due to corona, the organization of the event was organized to be online. Founder David Beckett - Best3Minutes and founder Riley Jones IV - Bloc Software from New York made powerful pitches convincing all jury members.
David Beckett said “We love to help people with great ideas to succeed, and it’s really satisfying to see our work recognized. Delighted with the win! And we’re determined to bring the Best3Minutes pitch training tools to the world“.
The judging line-up included: Brigitte Paulissen (Director Beter Business), Merjin Everaarts (Founder Dopper Oceans Haarlem & Mama Gaia), Michelle Bishop (Founder Harlem Needle Arts), and Lionel Durant (Founder The Black Inventors Fund).
The participants from New York were:
Nikki Merkerson, Founder/CEO PairGap. This startup contributes to closing the Racial Wealth Gap and provides pathways for the younger generation to start building wealth now.
Riley Jones IV, Co-Founder/CEO Bloc Software. This company provides your career team with powerful software to more easily, digitize your career curriculum, centralize your data systems, and increase income from funders & employer partners.
Alisa Gus, Co-Founder/CEO WishKnish. Creators of Knish.IO, is a next-generation unifying ledger architecture built for applications that are scaleable globally: effortless financial transactions, robust e-commerce features, and business connectivity to bring together communities and enterprise systems in a decentralized world.
The participants from the Netherlands were:
David Beckett, CEO of Best 3 Minutes and winner of Present Your Startup Haarlem 2019. This startup empowers your voice. Pitch training to win, to convince, and to innovate. With a history of over 900 startups and 15.000 trained professionals, the team composed by David Beckett, creator of The Pitch Canvas©, Sheila Schenkel, acclaimed pitch coach, and Sudha Kheterpal, 2x TEDx speaker will polish your presentation skills.
Daniel van Drunen, Founder of Airchip and winner of Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020. This company creates comfort in the crowd. They solve waiting for lines by rethinking the way people order and pay at events or venues through an app they created to top up your balance, order your products on the screen and pre-order for easy pick-up, or even get it delivered, right on the dancefloor.
Phillip Schemmekes, co-founder of Triple Threat and winner of the Public Choice Prize Haarlem 2019. This startup is a youth community foundation and social freelance marketplace that connects talented young people from Schalkwijk in Haarlem to companies that have an external need. They also share their knowledge with companies that focus on young talented people.
The Public Choice Award polls will be closed tonight at 5 pm (Dutch time). Voting is still open, click here to choose your favorite. The winner will be announced tonight.
We are proud to have organized this event with Haarlem 105, Silicon Harlem, and Innovate Today.
