You Are Invited On-Site To the VR Pitching Studio! (October 2-10, 2025)
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🌟 🥽New VR Pitching Studio Experience – Exclusive Invite for You🌟
Hi COIE Community ,
We’re excited to share that the VR Pitching Bootcamp is back, now as the VR Pitching Studio!
🌟FREE REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED FOR THE 2 ON-SITE SESSIONS🌟
This time, we’ve expanded the experience just for innovators like you who have an interest in building entrepreneurship skills and who have already been part of the journey.
We have designed new offerings to take your ideas and pitches even further:
✨ Advanced Post-Pitch and Business Development Coaching – hone your delivery with tailored, one-on-one feedback from industry experts like Nicole Jansen, transformational and global business coach! ✨ Investor-Ready Resources – professional XR/VR pitch deck frameworks to save time and impress. ✨ 2 Days of In-Person VR Pitch Practice and Feedback – perfect your pitch with engaging and impactful VR Pitching simulations such as 'Sharks Tank' and 'Elevator Pitches'. Become a master of Public Speaking with a certified course from VR Speech. Workshop your business ideas with experts.
As a member of the COIE network, you receive priority registration before we open spots to the public.
📅 Dates: October 2-10, 2025 📍 Location: [Hybrid: 2 Online Webinars and 2 In-Person Labs)
If you’re ready to level up your pitch and expand your network, we’d love to have you back in the room.
🎙️ Pitching is a core skill for any entrepreneur (and anyone in general!). Whether you’re showcasing an idea to potential investors, presenting at a hackathon, or sharing a passion project — delivering a clear and compelling pitch is crucial.
The VR Pitching Studio is a multimodal program designed to help students master the art of pitching business and venture ideas (or anything!). Combining web-based interactive simulations with immersive Virtual Reality environments, the bootcamp offers a unique, hands-on learning experience. Participants receive real-time AI-generated feedback, virtually simulated environments, investors, Q&A, and engage in expert-led sessions both online and in person.
Offered by the Centre of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (COIE), the VR Pitching Studio supports Centennial College students in building essential soft skills for entrepreneurial success—in school, at incubators, and beyond.
On completion of the program students will receive Certification in VR Pitching from COIE, as well as access to follow up mentorship for business development.
Program Benefits 👀
FREE refreshments provided for the entire 2 onsite sessions
FREE 3-month mentorship support for studio winners (A $750 value)
VR Pitching Studio Certificate issued by COIE after program completion (Provides a pathway to pitch your ideas to the upcoming pitch competition to win prizes).
🎤 Meet Your Business Coach: Stan Peake
Stan Peake is a seasoned business leader with over 25 years of experience, having successfully started, bought, sold, and closed multiple businesses. He holds credentials from Harvard Business School, Queen’s University, and Royal Roads University, reflecting his commitment to continuous learning and professional excellence.
Throughout his career, he has mentored over 400 professionals and led 40 executive coaches across five countries, helping leaders and organizations achieve their goals. As the Co-founder and Director of Leadership Development at FSQ Consulting, his expertise contributed to the firm earning the Inc. Magazine Power Partner Award in 2023.
At the Centre of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, we believe that innovation and entrepreneurship are within everyone’s grasp. We also believe that sustainability and social entrepreneurship are increasingly important in the world today.
Our mission is to educate, inspire and empower human and organizational potential through entrepreneurial mindsets and actionable lifelong skills for career, personal, enterprise and societal success.
The VR Pitching Studio is a 2½-week long hybrid, multimodal studio designed to help students master the art of pitching business and venture ideas. Combining web-based interactive AI simulations with immersive Virtual Reality environments, the studio offers a unique, hands-on learning experience to building communication skills. Participants receive real-time AI-generated feedback, virtually simulated environments, investors, Q&A, and engage in expert-led sessions both online and in person.
This program supports Centennial College students in building essential soft skills for entrepreneurial success—in school, at incubators, and beyond.
How to get there: Centennial College, Progress Campus - Room L1-02 (939 Progress Ave, Scarborough ON, M1G 3T8)
Located at: 937 Progress Avenue, Toronto, Enter the Ann Buller Learning Centre, Turn Right toward L1-02. The venue is to the right of the information desk.
Fostering a sustainable entrepreneurial mindset and actionable lifelong skills™️
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