Thank you @abadesi 🙌🎉🍾 The Pitch started its journey by launching on Product Hunt in July of 2015. And I credit this community for being that initial germ of audience that helped us learn as we tried desperately to figure out this whole podcast thing. So thank you 🙏 And I just want to say that it is SO DAMN COOL that 3 years later we get to come back here where it all started! So what's new?? The big change is that we now have live investments happening on the show. Which is crazy! It took us forever to find investors who would actually make commitments on the spot. But we did, and since then we've had over $2 million invested in startups on our show. Thanks to people like @sheel_mohnot, @NadelPhil, @ManusJillian, @HowieDelicious, @runvc, @DanielGulati, @nicoleverkindt, @mhyattspeaker, and @chudson for making it a reality. Why do this?? Because people need a place where they can go to learn about how VC deals actually go down. A place where startup veterans and kids in entrepreneurship class alike can come to learn from some of the smartest minds in the business. And here's the thesis behind it all: Everyone can talk till they’re blue in the face about the latest trends and what they're looking for in a startup, but something special happens when you put an actual startup founder in front of an investor. All of a sudden all the theoretical stuff goes out the window, and you get to see how decisions actually get made. It’s riveting stuff really. Anyway, perhaps I'm getting too passionate in the opener :) Oh, and I forgot ... the other big news is that in 2017 Alex Blumberg called to say that Gimlet Media wanted to pick up The Pitch! Which was a dream come true. Now we're a team of five working full time on the show, and we're on pace to crank out 36 episodes this year! 🚀 PS: I'd love to hear any feedback you have for the show. And if you have questions, please ask! I'll be around all day 😻

Josh--your vision and passion for the show have made it a reality. On behalf of The Pitch Nation, thank you! It has been a great experience for me to be one of the investor panelists on the show. I have met so many fantastic founders and have invested in several including Boundless, Shift and Lunar Wireless. I love being involved with The Pitch because I think we give listeners a true sense of what the fundraising process is like and how challenging it is to start and build a company. Each episode celebrates and honors the innovative entrepreneurs who are disrupting their lives to pursue their dreams. And I am honored to be able to advise and invest in them. Thank you, Josh, for pursuing your dream to give founders a platform to showcase the pursuit of theirs.

Hey Josh, what has been your favorite pitch on the show so far?

Congrats @joshmuccio on the amazing franchise you are building. To think The Pitch is at $2M+ in capital commits AND is still at Day 1 is truly awesome. As an early stage VC, my best investments have been in founders who come from modest means, who have never been entrepreneurs before (nor have a PhD from MIT), and who address complex problems with unique solutions. For startups that apply to be on the Pitch, expect Josh and his team to pay particular attention to you and your idea, to ignore the optics (and look beyond the Silicon Valley rut), and to give the best talent an opportunity to achieve their full potential. THAT'S what I love about being a judge on the show. Congrats again to Josh and The Pitch team for creating a valuable platform for the brightest entrepreneurs out there.

I’ve loved seeing Josh (and team) grow The Pitch from the days of The Daily Hunt to what The Pitch has become today. On top of the super inspiring journey, I love how The Pitch is bringing transparency into fundraising, which has knock on effects to lowering the bar and helping make VC money more accessible for all. Great job folks, and congrats on 3 years!

@joshmuccio I found out about @thepitchshow via listening to startup on @Gimletmedia. I loved that you were found out by Gimlet through a random email pitch to them. I tell my wife my cofounder that I live by the words that "the worst thing someone can say is no, so why not at least try." Anyways Love the show. I have 2 questions: Are the investors or founders at all compensated from Gimlet for their appearance on the show? The investors are like regular cast members. Or is it just a mutual agreement that both parties are there to hopefully close a deal and that in itself is worth their time? 2.) At what stage does a founder need to be at in order to get on the pitch? I see a lot of them are already raising money or have raised prior to coming on.

WTG @joshmuccio Your passion and desire to support founders is obvious in every single episode. You have truly created something special that has such a positive impact to the startup ecosystem. I always look forward to my Wednesday mornings to hear what is next.

I picked up The Pitch pre-gimlet and have enjoyed it from day one. It only keeps improving. This is one of my top goto podcasts when stuck in traffic. Entertaining and I tend to learn something in each episode on how either investors or entrepreneurs think and react.

Pros:

Real pitches to real investors with behind the scenes (anxiety!) and follow ups. Short form. Very polished.

Cons:

Investors can sometimes get on a tangent and miss the mark - but hey - that's the real pitch!

Can honestly say that @runvc intro to @joshmuccio changed my life. Happy to chat about Shift’s experience with any founders considering going on the show 😌🙏

Would love to hear it on google podcast too. Great job by the way, will try to listen some today.

Folks, love it. Please add soundcloud. Spotify doesn't work in my country

I went on The Pitch this season and absolutely loved it. The investors are top notch and the episodes are very engaging (hopefully ours will be as well - it's coming out soon). Highly recommend for entrepreneurs and for listeners. Super grateful to Josh & team for putting together such an awesome thing.

Having been one of the entrepreneurs to be featured on their podcast "Can Tech Solve America’s Drug Crisis? (#37, inRecovery)", I can tell you the incredible experience this was.

I was introduced to Josh Muccio through my accelerator, Startup Health. From the very first conversation, Josh was so energetic and positive and fun. His passion for his podcast (which he started before Gimlet acquired him) was really inspiring. As an entrepreneur himself he really understands what his featured startups are going through. So he does an excellent job at curating great entrepreneurs to come and pitch on their startup.

I flew up to SF for the recording in February 2018, met them at a super cool studio and it was on. The investors started rolling in one by one and you start getting a little nervous as it starts hitting you that it's game time.

The recording process was actually extremely fun. All the investors are highly respected in the tech space - you don't get this type of face-to-face with this caliber of investors every day.

All super friendly, having their cup of coffee and ready and excited to talk to you. Even Michael Hyatt, who is characterized as the hard ass on the show, is actually SUPER nice and an amazing human being.

We recorded for about an hour, the dialogue was much like what you'd have in an actual conference room with a VC firm. This is what's so unique about The Pitch, it's real. Very real. This is the closest you'll get to being a co-founder and sitting behind closed doors at a VC's office. Such a unique and rare experience - so if you're an entrepreneur, or thinking about starting a business, or just love startup stories, definitely recommend The Pitch.

I'm very honored that Josh had me on the show and very thankful for the experience. You guys have a life long listener. I learn something new every time I listen. Keep it up!

Pros:

The closest you'll get to being a co-founder :) The format very much how it's like behind closed doors in a real life pitch with VCs.

Cons:

Unfortunately, only an edited version released. I'd love to listen to the "uncut" series, as there's so much more to every pitch.

@joshmuccio So proud of you for your podcast. You and the team out there rock! It was such an honor being able to pitch to @ManusJillian, @nicoleverkindt, @mhyattspeaker, and @chudson for inRecovery.org. Really awesome experience and sooooo fun!! I'd love to listen to an "uncut" series of the show. There's sooo much more to every pitch, from my own experience, that doesn't make it to the final edit. I think it could be really cool and the hardcore tech nerds, like myself, and fans would totally love it. You guys are amazing and so very proud of you and all you've achieved and continue to achieve. Keep it up!!

I'm a big fan of The Pitch and I'm proud to have been in the number of the original listeners who was an "insider" before they were acquired by Gimlet. I appreciate the platform that they have created for founders (especially women and POC) but also the intentional nature in which they try to close the loop on "what happens after". I think that's normally what's missing on shows like Shark Tank. Big #shoutout to Josh, Lisa, and their entire team. The only thing I wish happened more often was that the episodes were a little longer. Or maybe even do a quarterly "since you last heard them" update episode. :D

Love the show! My wife and I listen to every episode as soon as they are released!

This podcast follows in line with many of the other great shows from Gimlet Media. Josh does a great job hosting and the investors each bring their own take with their investment theses so you get multiple points of view. It's one of the podcasts I look forward to each week.

Pros:

Each week the show has a different entrepreneur from a different industry. It's entertaining, drama filled and you learn about a new field.

Cons:

New episodes aren't released daily ;-)

The Pitch is awesome. I did my Pitch this Summer and really enjoyed the experience. @joshmuccio and his team are great, and the investors in the panel are also very savvy. Looking forward to my episode coming out in September (about Playven.com - OpenTable for sports)

some of the investors are truely exceptional and you learn the real issues of the investment community

Pros:

Carefully edited product, one of my favorite podcasts, John is an amazing host

Cons:

The podcast should follow the companies over the medium term to track down their development after a year or so since the pitch

Love this podcast and Start-Up from Gimlet

Pros:

Real pitches, great insight from investors, learn about new companies

Cons:

None