The entire business accelerator was focused at preparing for “Demo Day”, Wayra’s graduating event. It was great practice – telling people about our product, but fairly pointless.
We pitched our idea to investors (although we never met any), Will I Am (who didn’t watch the pitches, but apparently hung out with some people downstairs), the Duke of York (who left early), major press outlets (who only focused on the Duke and Will I Am’s presence at the event, barely mentioning the teams), a Rothschild, two oligarchs, and around 400 other people.
But, we brought breakdancers, a loopologist and a magician to our pitch, so at least it was fun! And it marked our journey out into the world as a fully-fledged business. On to New York City…