An Evening with Brad Nathan, Founder of Lynx Equity

The world has problems. We have bad ideas. An evening of amazing pitches for absolutely terrible ideas to save the world. Climate change is a massive, complicated problem that will require serious innovation, collaboration, policy, investment, and action. This is not that. For RDSCo Climate Week, we’re bringing back the Bad Idea Pitch Competition and challenging teams to tackle real problems facing our planet in the most questionable ways possible. Each team will pitch live to a panel of Celebrity Judges, who will ask questions, poke holes, and ultimately cast their votes. The audience gets a vote, too, to help crown the Best Worst Idea to Save the World. Expect big swings, bad science, unnecessary apps, suspicious sustainability claims, and at least one solution that probably involves putting solar panels somewhere they absolutely do not belong. Come for the creativity, stay for the community (and a laugh!), and join us for a night of bad pitches, climate bingo, and plenty of chances to dream up a few terrible ideas of your own. The world has enough good ideas. For one night, we want your worst. Interested in forming a pitch team and being a part of the show? Please fill out our very serious application to pitch here: https://airtable.com/appwJTZLBy955Kvik/pagy2KLsI5VQeISdR/form Celebrity Judge Panel Megan M. Anderson is an Executive on the City of Raleigh leadership team. As the Sustainability Officer, she leads the community and organization in transformative climate change, resilience, social impact and sustainability initiatives. Community service has been the driving force behind her personal and professional life, from: helping start a North Carolina-wide program for youth aging out of foster care; to teaching environmental science; to working with low-income communities in Africa and Asia, non-profits, education and government; to creating one of the first community-wide community and resilience focused Climate Action Plans in the U.S. – Megan has made it

The Triangle startup community has a wealth of resources for founders — but grants and accelerators all run on different calendars, and the deadlines arrive before most founders see them coming. At Spring Preview, nine Triangle startup support orgs will pitch you their spring events, programs, and application windows in 60 seconds, followed by open networking where you can ask them anything. Leave with your spring mapped, your questions answered, and new connections across the ecosystem. Location Fullsteam ATC 320 Blackwell St #101, Durham, NC 27701 Free parking available in the ATC North Deck Event Hosts This event is a collaboration between startup support orgs from across the Triangle. Questions? Email Tim — tim@timscales.com