Pitch Like You Mean It: Stand-up Comedy Techniques for Founders

Your deck is fine. Your delivery is what investors remember.

Pitch Like You Mean It is a fast, practical workshop for founders, early-stage builders and startup teams who want to win the room, both on stage and across the table from an investor. There are no slides and no lectures. You'll learn the techniques professional stand-up comedians use every night to get a room full of strangers on their side.

What you'll learn

• Timing: where to pause, when to land the point, and how to keep attention from going flat

• Reading the room: how to notice your audience and adapt in real time

• Authenticity: how honesty and personal story build trust fast

• Delivery: voice, presence and confidence under pressure

• Humor that lands: how to use it in a pitch without becoming the joke

How it works

1. Learn: short, practical techniques from stand-up comedy and live storytelling

2. Pitch: volunteers from the audience try them live and get feedback on the spot

3. Connect: curated, gamified networking so you leave with real conversations, not a pocket full of business cards

Your coach: Dan Burt
Dan has been performing comedy professionally for over 25 years, as a stand-up, improviser, writer and actor, on stages across the United States and now Europe. He has taught comedy for 20 years. He also has a degree in public speaking and a background in corporate training, so he knows the stage and the boardroom.

Pitching in your second language? You're very welcome. These techniques work whatever your accent.