What is Adventure Pitch?
Watch 2023’s promo video!
Building any startup is an adventure. But building an outdoor startup? That takes true grit.
Calling all visionary entrepreneurs trailblazing in outdoor recreation, the environment, and wellness to showcase their passion and grit at Adventure Pitch! At Adventure Pitch, entrepreneurs get a platform to amplify their message with a 5 minute pitch to a community of like-minded trailblazers, investors, and customers and the chance to win the grand prize of $10,000!
Adventure Pitch (September 24) is returning to the 2024 Outdoor Economics Conference (September 23-25) and is presented by the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division with CNM Ingenuity.
NM ORD works to ensure that all New Mexicans gain from the public health, environmental, and economic benefits of sustainable outdoor recreation.
CNM Ingenuity supports economic development in New Mexico by providing educational and training programs, fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, and creating partnerships between Central New Mexico Community College and local businesses and industries.
What You’ll Experience
- Audience of investors, economic developers, peers, customers, and more
- Booth space at conference for accepted startups to showcase their company
- 5 minute pitches with slides from up to amazing startups
- 3 minutes of questions for the judges
- Judges will be a combination of investors, economic developers, outdoor professionals, and successful entrepreneurs.
- Pitchers get free access to the entire Outdoor Economics Conference
- One room comped for the night of September 24th in Las Cruces
Pitch Competition Eligibility:
- Coming Soon!
Pitch Judging Criteria:
- Team
- What is your team’s industry knowledge, unique skills, key relationships, and prior success and/or failures?
- Market and High-growth potential
- Do you have a clearly defined target market? How will you scale and grow your markets over the next few years?
- Product
- What is it? What is its unique value proposition?
- Traction
- Do you have at least a Minimum Viable Product? How well are you gaining customers and revenue and by what metrics? If you are pre-revenue, why will your customers buy and how have you validated your market?
- Competitive Advantage / Differentiation
- Why will you succeed? How is your product/company different and better? What is your unfair or sustainable advantage?
- Impact to New Mexico
- If your company is not from New Mexico, how will you grow in or positively impact New Mexico?
2024 Judges Coming Soon
Interested in being a judge or acting as an Adventure Pitch Sponsor? Reach out to info@activatenm.com
