{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69f342bfe1fad0f98adbf48c/6ab01643010fc0f7a3c37a98?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"6 Entrepreneurs Pitch for £5,000 - Would You Invest? | Pitch'd or Ditch'd","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69f342bfe1fad0f98adbf48c/1789924754637-fe793a88-c3a4-4a77-b3c2-a75b769b4547.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Six entrepreneurs. Six very different business ideas. Up to <strong>£5,000 available to invest</strong>. But who has a business worth backing?</p><p>Welcome to <strong>Pitch'd or Ditch'd</strong>, the entrepreneurship and investment series from <strong>Legacy Bench</strong>, where founders pitch their businesses, products and ideas to investors who aren't afraid to ask difficult questions.</p><p>In this episode, six entrepreneurs enter the room seeking investment and advice. Their ideas span fashion, modelling, filmmaking, men's wellbeing, product innovation and even a completely new way to play chess.</p><p>But having a great idea isn't enough.</p><p>The investors challenge each entrepreneur on <strong>sales, customers, marketing, product-market fit, business models, growth, funding and profitability</strong> - including the question every founder eventually has to answer:</p><p><strong>How does this business actually make money?</strong></p><p><br></p><h3>The Entrepreneurs</h3><p><strong>Zion - Room</strong></p><p>A fashion brand built around presence, identity and meaning, with ambitions to enter the luxury fashion market.</p><p><strong>Alfa - Duru Talents</strong></p><p>A talent agency creating opportunities for models who don't fit the traditional height and appearance requirements of the modelling industry.</p><p><strong>Joe - Independent Filmmaker</strong></p><p>An award-winning filmmaker seeking investment to produce a short film that could become the foundation for a future feature-length project.</p><p><strong>Darren Evans - Useful</strong></p><p>An author and founder who turned his experiences with mental health and fatherhood into a book and wider brand focused on helping others.</p><p><strong>Darren Hilly - Brenor Innovation</strong></p><p>A former prison officer pitching an invention inspired by his experience witnessing the dangers disposable razor blades can create inside prisons.</p><p><strong>Max Johnson Goldrich - Fortuna Ludi</strong></p><p>Creator of a four-player chess concept that transforms the traditional two-player game into a new competitive and social experience.</p><h3>In This Episode</h3><ul><li>Six entrepreneurs pitch for investment</li><li>Startup funding and business investment</li><li>How investors evaluate business ideas</li><li>Sales, customers and product-market fit</li><li>Business models and profitability</li><li>Branding and marketing</li><li>Turning an idea into a viable business</li><li>When a startup is too early for investment</li><li>What investors look for in entrepreneurs</li><li>Knowing whether you actually need funding</li><li>Challenging founders on their numbers</li><li>Turning passion into a scalable business</li></ul><p>Some founders arrive with passion. Others have products, customers or years of work behind them.</p><p>But is there enough evidence to convince the investors to put their money on the table?</p><p><strong>Investors - Princely Samuel Okere and Ibie Aslam</strong></p><p><strong>Which entrepreneur would you invest in?</strong></p><p><strong>Pitch'd or Ditch'd</strong> is a Legacy Bench series where entrepreneurs pitch their ideas, founders face real business questions, and investors decide whether to <strong>pitch it or ditch it</strong>.</p><p>Follow <strong>Legacy Bench</strong> on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music and wherever you listen to podcasts for more episodes of <strong>Pitch'd or Ditch'd</strong>.</p>","author_name":"The Legacy Bench"}