A very brief briefing.
Meet Tally. Get the rules. Make something questionable.
Tally has the floor.
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Welcome to Pitch Please! I’m Tally, your tiny bookkeeper. All of you are now founders. You each start with $10 in cash and zero profit. Pick a job: a small one with a small payout, or a tougher one with a bigger payout. Taking a job can cost some of your game cash. You spend it before you pitch, and it stays spent even if you flop. Then you’ll get a pitch challenge, with a short list of things your pitch must include. Your friends check whether you met those requirements. Pass, and you earn the sale. For example, spend $2 preparing for a job and earn a $5 cash sale. That’s $3 in profit! Remember, collecting an invoice isn’t a second sale, and borrowing isn’t revenue. After three rounds, the highest profit wins. If the top founders are tied, it’s time for a Pitch Off! One final challenge. One last chance to win the room. Big ideas. Balanced books. You get the idea!
Everyone’s a founder.
- Each founder starts with $10 in cash and zero profit. Starting cash is capital.
- Pick a job with a small payout, or a tougher job with a bigger payout. Taking a job can cost some of your game cash. You spend it before you pitch, and it stays spent even if you flop.
- Your pitch challenge comes with a short list of things your pitch must include. Your friends check those requirements. Pass, and you earn the sale.
- For example, spend $2 preparing for a job and earn a $5 cash sale. That’s $3 in profit.
- Collecting an invoice isn’t a second sale. Borrowing isn’t revenue. An advance is a loan with a financing cost.
- After three rounds, invoices and financing settle. Highest profit wins. Tied leaders go to Pitch Off!
One last chance to win the room.
Only the founders tied for highest profit compete. Everyone gets the same final challenge, 20 seconds to prepare and 15 seconds to pitch.
The room votes privately for the pitch that best answered the brief. Finalists can vote for another founder. No self-votes.
Another tie brings a five-word slogan showdown and one final vote. If that also ties, Tally draws one champion from the remaining tied finalists.
The books stay closed. Profit earns your place in the final, and Pitch Off decides who takes the crown. If the room can’t reach voting quorum, the financial tie stands.