{"id":5095,"date":"2019-08-30T16:10:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T23:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/?page_id=5095"},"modified":"2026-03-24T15:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:47:16","slug":"outline-for-pitch-for-cgf-application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/outline-for-pitch-for-cgf-application\/","title":{"rendered":"OUTLINE FOR PITCH FOR CGF APPLICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--single\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OUTLINE FOR PITCH FOR CGF APPLICATION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<header><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal\">Times listed are suggested guidelines. Prepare for a 10-minute pitch with 10 minutes of discussion. You may prepare <\/span>PowerPoint slides<span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal\"> to assist in conveying the below information. A PowerPoint template will be provided and are not to exceed nine slides (please see STEP 8), Email prepared PowerPoint slides to\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal\" href=\"mailto:innovation@wsu.edu\">innovation@wsu.edu<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal\"> by 5:00 p.m. on November 13th, 2026.<\/span><\/header>\n<h5><strong>Introduction (15-20 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduce yourself<\/li>\n<li>In one sentence, tell what your technology is<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>The Problem (30 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe the qualitative and quantitative view of the A story or scenario can be helpful<\/li>\n<li>Describe any gap in the market that could provide an opening for your technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>The Solution (1-2 minutes)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Describe your product or service in terms of societal level benefits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Traction (60-90 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Do you have a prototype or completed solution? Describe where the technology is in its development.\u00a0 What still needs to be done after this funding to get to license or market?<\/li>\n<li>Discuss milestones<\/li>\n<li>Patents filed or signed contracts with partners, if any<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Market Size and Customers (1 minute, 30 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>How large is the addressable market?<\/li>\n<li>How is the market structured?<\/li>\n<li>Number of customers; summary of customer feedback<\/li>\n<li>Describe any disruption in the market that might provide an opening for your technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Go to Market plan (30 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>How long?<\/li>\n<li>Who are the decision-makers and influencers of your customer?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Competition (30-60 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Orient reviewers to direct and indirect competition<\/li>\n<li>Highlight your differential advantage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Team (30-60 seconds)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Why is CGF funding necessary to advance this technology towards commercialization?<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\r\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7021,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5095"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7021"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5095"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8174,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5095\/revisions\/8174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=5095"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.wsu.edu\/innovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=5095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}