Friday, November 7, 2008

As I had not seen Tuck present in the morning, I'm not in a position to say if this was an expected or unexpected win. I hear that at least one of the ladies who presented from Tuck in the morning was PHENOMENAL. So it was great to see that a team with a majority of women actually won over what was mostly a male dominated cast.

I was surprised about Kellogg not placing as I personally thought that their pitches were pretty strong.

Pitching stocks is as much art as science. There was not much separating the content of most of the pitches, especially in the morning when everyone had to pitch Jet Blue. Delivery and style we the distinguishing factors. This, plus the way teams responded to the judges Q & A is what set the teams apart in my opinion.

Furthermore, I think that the judges also have certain in built preference (they are human after all) and those that pitch in line with their investment philosophy/style may well have done better.

Which is to say that even though some did not come away with a trophy in hand, the experience of learning and talking about the stocks was invaluable. Even for those of us that just watched from the sidelines.