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March 2012: Raising Capital Seminar with Ben Milne on Pitching

April 4, 2012

Greater Des Moines Partnership

Dwolla CEO Explains the Art of the Pitch

Ben Milne is the CEO of Dwolla. His company is built around the simple idea that moving money should be easy, affordable, transparent and safe. In 2010, Dwolla introduced the first technology to empower seamless payments leveraging users' social networks, officially pioneering social payments. Then in 2011, Dwolla launched the world's first geo-location based mobile payments.

Pitch Success Components

  • Articulating the idea
  • Understanding next steps
  • Understanding what you don't know
  • Showing up

For Ben's full bio and contact information, click here.

Greater Des Moines Partnership

The Greater Des Moines Partnership is the economic and community development organization that serves Greater Des Moines (DSM), Iowa. Together with 23 Affiliate Chambers of Commerce, more than 6,500 Regional Business Members and more than 400 Investors, The Partnership drives economic growth with one voice, one mission and as one region. Through innovation, strategic planning and global collaboration, The Partnership grows opportunity, helps create jobs and promotes DSM as the best place to build a business, a career and a future. Learn more at DSMpartnership.com.

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