Stress-test startup ideas - experts first, applause later
Pitch practice & feedback · franchise format● RU × RU
Startup Crash Test
Startup Crash Test @ The Yellow Door is an opportunity for startups to test their pitches & receive no-holds-barred honest feedback directly from the audience. A panel on one sharp topic, then the pitches: ten minutes each including Q&A, experts ask first, the public only if time allows. The ticket is symbolic and never free - free admission drops the quality of the room.
At a glance.
Evening · 19:00-22:00 Moscow time● Pitches
10 min
The pitch, the Q&A and the expert feedback - all inside ten minutes.
● Rules
№1
Experts speak first. Nobody interrupts a pitch. The mic runner keeps order.
● Ticket
Symbolic
Rises once the welcome note starts. Never free.
An evening, engineered to be honest.
01
19:00 - doors (Moscow time)
Registration and coffee. The room fills.
02
19:35 - the panel
Half an hour on one sharp topic, moderated; Q&A after.
03
20:30 - the crash tests
Founders pitch. Experienced entrepreneurs and lawyers give unvarnished feedback.
04
21:40 - the keynote
One speaker worth staying late for - then the hallway.
§ Why it matters
Break it here, before the market does.
The format (by Dimitri Popov) runs as a franchise - we host it behind the yellow door under I8GA Moscow. Send your deck as a PDF in advance; slides are loaded centrally so nothing dies on stage but the weak ideas.
● From an alum
“Twenty minutes of that panel saved me six months of building the wrong thing.”
- A crash-tested founder
● Apply with a PDF deck · info@yellowdoor.ru
Volunteer your idea for the crash.
Founders pitch, experts strike, everyone learns. Tickets symbolic - seriousness mandatory.