PITCH

An international event series known for turning the humdrum world of new business pitching upside down, COMMON Pitch is a rare, incredible opportunity to influence and celebrate the next great social innovators.

Saving the World Has to Be Fun, Otherwise No One Will Do It.

Pitches have taken place in New York City; Cape Town, South Africa; Santiago, Chile; Boulder, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They’ve included the participation of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore, former Patagonia CEO Casey Sheahan, Grammy Award winner Stefan Sagmeister and Soraya Darabi, one of Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People.”

PITCH CHILE

The first urban festival dedicated to unlocking the potential of Chile’s most valuable human resource: human innovation. The 3.5-day event attracted thousands of entrepreneurs, fans, investors and supporters, dedicated to redefining Chile as a global leader in sustainable innovation.

PITCH MILWAUKEE

COMMON Pitch Milwaukee: American Innovation was the main event of the first annual Milwaukee Innovation Week, which was dedicated to growing the city's economy through innovation, design and technology.

PITCH SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Town, South Africa was the first international COMMON Pitch event, which was promoted as a satellite event for the Design Indaba Conference. Eleven incredible entrepreneurs pitched their ideas for effecting social change across Africa to a packed house of enthusiastic supporters.