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3 Proven Strategies for Pitching an Idea to your Company

Hosted by Mihika Kapoor

Thu, Oct 17, 2024

3:30 PM UTC (30 minutes)

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What you'll learn

Make your idea go internally viral

3 proven strategies for getting an idea out of your head and highlighted in a company-wide forum.

The art of the hackathon pitch

Hackathons are not just for engineers - PMs, designers, and company leaders can also use this forum to move work forward

Public speak like a pro

Talking in front of your company can be intimidating. Learn how to make it memorable.

Why this topic matters

People have great ideas all the time. You probably have one yourself, or will in the near future. However, having the idea is barely half the battle. With this Lightning Lesson, learn how to get your ideas momentum and hype at the company level.

You'll learn from

Mihika Kapoor

Founding PM of Figma Slides

Mihika is the go-to person for 0-1 products at Figma, where she has spearheaded several initiatives that expand Figma’s audience from designers to everyone.


Mihika pitched, incepted, and launched Figma Slides, the company’s newest product for both professional designers and their collaborators to co-create and deliver interactive presentations. Before that, she was the second PM on FigJam, an online whiteboard for entire teams to brainstorm, meet, and work together. Now she is dreaming up and leading several undisclosed new products for the company.


Prior to Figma, Mihika founded Design Nation, a national nonprofit that democratizes undergraduate student access to a design education. Mihika also angel invests and is a community builder within the NYC AI startup scene.

Previously at

Figma
Instagram
Meta
Princeton University

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