During the first half of my NOC experience, I worked with a team to pitch Spruce, a sustainably sourced thrift store. Although hardly a viable idea for a tech-focused startup program, my responsibility in branding, design, and content creation alongside other aspects of market/customer discovery, competitive differentiation, business strategy combined, taught me how to frame and pitch ideas as desired by Angel Investors and VCs. Below is the slide deck we used during the pitch.