Pitch Perfect lecturers

1. 

   Tomáš Studeník

   Host, investor and founder of Pitch Perfect

   Tomáš Studeník, MSc. MBA, is an experienced host and public-speaking expert who has seen first-hand more than 500 public talks at the legendary FuckUp Nights in Prague’s Lucerna and nearly 1,000 pitches and presentations by technology innovators and startups at competitions around the world, mostly in English.

   As a technology investor in healthcare startups, he knows from practice what convinces investors and team partners. He helps not only to improve presentations but also to prepare for successful negotiation, whether the goal is raising funds or building a team.

   Tomáš has worked with companies such as ŠKODA AUTO, Deloitte, ABB, ČEPS, Zentiva and CzechInvest, and regularly hosts the prestigious Czech AI Awards. He has added to his experience with international audiences by hosting hackathons in the USA and the United Kingdom.

   His experience makes Tomáš an ideal guide for anyone who wants to improve their public speaking, convince investors or inspire the people around them to join their life or business vision.

2. 

   Eva Spoustová

   Voice coach, teacher at DAMU

   MgA. Eva Spoustová has taught stage speech and theatre-making at DAMU, the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, for over twenty years. After graduating from DAMU she acted at the DRAK theatre and then worked freelance in dubbing for many years. She holds several František Filipovský Awards for dubbing direction and dialogue adaptation.

   As a voice coach she works hands-on with many professional actors, presenters, future diplomats and amateur actors. She co-created the “Actor on Stage” communication training programme for Accor employees, directs and narrates audiobooks, writes for radio, works with theatres across the Czech Republic as a language and voice adviser, explores psychosomatics in connection with voice and speech, and leads workshops for teachers and for amateur and professional theatre-makers.

   Play video: Our lecturer Eva Spoustová from DAMU (in Czech)

3. 

   Matyáš Michel

   Startup founder and speaker

   Matyáš started his first business in secondary school and now helps lead two technology startups. He has presented at global startup competitions and pitched to people such as a Microsoft vice-president, Silicon Valley investors, the head of entrepreneurship at MIT and C-level managers of global companies. His startup Cognivibe made the top 10 projects at the Red Bull Basement world final in Tokyo.

   Matyáš has seen more than 200 startup presentations and has himself been trained by leading public-speaking experts. Thanks to his psychology studies and experience at an investment fund, he also understands what captures people’s attention and how to convince investors.

   Now he wants to pass on the skill that has helped him most in building startups: being able to sell yourself and your project convincingly.

   Play video: Why join Pitch Perfect? An invitation from Matyáš (in Czech)

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