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As described, I think it would be challenging to satisfy the bolded. By any analysis, an investor pitch session would be both of these. Generally speaking, aside from the time allotted at the start of the program for our meeting sponsor, we try to keep the business out of the room. That being said, there might be a way to modify this idea to better align with the content goals we strive to achieve. The CFP is ( spoiler alert ) going out today, and the PC would be glad to have the submission and work with you to see if a fit could be found. On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 11:12 AM Mehmet Akcin <mehmet@akcin.net> wrote:

Hey there,

I am trying to put together an event at NANOG Austin (will submit pc when CFP is open). So many of us had very interesting ideas over the years. Some of these ideas became products or companies making life easy for engineers and operators. Could there be other ideas waiting to be supported? Perhaps. I am sure you all watched shark tank! In simplest words i am trying to organize an event very similar to Shark Tank!( we will call it some other name tho)

There will be some known investors on the stage and you will 5 mins for your pitch and 10 mins to answer questions, and hopefully make a deal.

I will help those who want to pitch their idea with their p&l , presentation and other things as they needed.

Please contact me if you have any questions offlist and want to pitch your idea. We need a single paragraph to get you started.

Mehmet -- Mehmet +1-424-298-1903