
{"id":4366,"date":"2026-01-18T20:55:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T20:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4366"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:47:00","slug":"pitch-coach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/pitch-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Pitch Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4366\" class=\"elementor elementor-4366\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-90f3b42 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"90f3b42\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-315f7d1\" data-id=\"315f7d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b395942 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b395942\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AI-assisted analysis and communication training of nonverbal and verbal communication patterns to help women entrepreneurs improve pitch effectiveness, such as body language, tone, and language, to reframe narratives and reduce perception bias in early-stage funding contexts.<\/p><p><em>By Meha Jain, Rucha Patel and Shoro Roy, MS Strategic Design and Management, Class of 2026<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\"><a style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/perfectpitch.replit.app\/\">Prototype<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitch.com\/v\/reframing-startup-pitches-for-todays-founders-zaf8kp\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Final Presentation<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7475f9e\" data-id=\"7475f9e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c5c9bf elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-pagination-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"8c5c9bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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elementor-element-3a354ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3a354ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1936702 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1936702\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-64415cc\" data-id=\"64415cc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c04071c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c04071c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>Project Description<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a6c2e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a6c2e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Problem<\/h4><p>What investors interpret as &#8220;confidence&#8221; is actually narrative control \u2014 many founders unintentionally slip into risk-defensive language (&#8220;we hope\u2026&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8217;re still figuring out\u2026&#8221;) when faced with tough questions, which shifts how their business is perceived<\/p><h4>Target users<\/h4><p>Women entrepreneurs navigating early funding stages who need tools to control how their story is received without judgment<\/p><h4>Core solution<\/h4><p>The product acts as a Reflective Mirror. Founders upload short pitch videos and receive multimodal feedback across voice (pace, modulation, pauses), body language (posture, eye contact, gestures), and language (hedging vs. high-agency phrasing) and then access investor personalization through a growing library of investor-backed pitch videos and build mastery through skill-tracking dashboards, gamified practice, and guided retakes in a continuous feedback loop<\/p><h4>Stage<\/h4><p>Early stage prototype with three progressive phases: Contextual Awareness (multimodal analysis with confidence check-ins and persona-based feedback), Investor Personalization (insights to tailor energy, pacing, and narrative style to specific investor types), and Habit Building &amp; Mastery (turning insight into measurable, repeatable improvement)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88f52b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"88f52b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-12-213531-2048x1121.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3eb8ea8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3eb8ea8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5467bac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5467bac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f904970 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f904970\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4494&#038;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/2.1-768x420.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-4277\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/2.1-768x420.png 768w, https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2026\/01\/2.1-300x164.png 300w, 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d4d6e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/elab\/?page_id=4494&#038;preview=true\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Coalition of Male Allies for Female Founders<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c988b35 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c988b35\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A systemic allyship model that operationalizes safe, accountable, and structured support from men for early-stage women founders.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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