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El Pitch: Tunisia’s first Business Reality TV show airs this summer!

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Photo credit © El Pitch, Promotional trailer (Photo edited)
Photo credit © El Pitch, Promotional trailer (Photo edited)

“El Pitch”, a business-related TV show, is Tunisia’s first televised startups reality television series.

The promising show is to be broadcasted on ‘Elhiwar Ettounsi’ starting from Sunday 14th of July 2019 – 9p.m local time and will bring together aspiring entrepreneurs from different backgrounds and with different projects to face a panel of 3 business experts and try to turn their business ideas into reality.

 

The concept around the world

Business reality TV shows have been around for years around the globe under various formats and using different names.

While the idea is reported to be originated in Japan, where it is known as “The Tigers of Money”, the most popular variations are “Dragons’ Den”, the British version of the program -airing since January 2005- and “Shark Tank” in the United States -airing since August 2009.

 

The original concept consists of having entrepreneurs pitch their business ideas to a panel of venture capitalists in the hope of securing investment finance from them.

Contestants present what they consider to be a viable and potentially very profitable business idea, but who lack funding and direction. They pitch their idea to a panel of experienced entrepreneurial business people in the aim of raising a specific amount of money. In return of being funded, the contestant gives back a percentage of the company’s stock.

 

Contestant (Ghaith Abdesselem) with an Investor (Bassem Bouguerra) during the Elevator Pitch phase - Picture credit © El Pitch, Promotional trailer

Contestant (Gaith Abdesselem) with a Jury member (Bassem Bouguerra) during the Elevator Pitch phase – Picture credit © El Pitch, Promotional trailer

 

A look back on last year’s Radio-aired edition

Whilst « El Pitch » is set to mark its first ever appearance on national TV, the concept was first introduced as a radio-based show produced by THD.tn under the name of « Startup Story: The Pitch ».

The radio show was first premiered on 8 March 2018 on JawharaFM and introduced 10 episodes during which many contestants had the chance to compete for a grand prize of 50K Tunisian Dinars. The Finale was live-aired on 9 May 2018.

 

El Pitch now on TV, a first of its kind in Tunisia!

Following a successful first edition, the show producers decided to bring the concept to the national television. An announcement teaser was released earlier today, Sunday 7 July 2019, on both social networks and TV.

 

Scenes from the teaser revealed various moments from the show. While some contestants appear to be under stress and facing some hard time with the Jury, others showed expressions of joy and relief. The Jury members themselves ocasionnally appeared to be having opposing thoughts regarding some projects.

Though no much details have yet been revealed regarding the show format or what the contestants are to be competing for, the teaser however managed to attract the audience’s attention and has been receiving positive feedback ever since its release.

 

For the TV show edition, the producers decided to keep the same Jury members, to name:

Bassem Bouguerra, Currently CEO of IntilaQ. Started as a Software Developer in the Silicon Valley area (AkQA and Yahoo!), went back to Tunisia following the revolution and worked on reforming the security sector. In 2014, he embarked on an entrepreneurial adventure and founded Tunpixel and then Jobi.tn.

Mouna Ben Halima, Founder and CEO of La Badira Hotel with over 20 years of experience in hospitality and luxury tourism.

Aymen Mbarek, Investment Director at IntilaQ, is an IT startup expert, early stage investment specialist, business advisor & scenarist with over 10 years of experience in financing IT startups.

 

On what to expect from this show, Aymen Mbarek mentioned -during an interview on THD.tn’s Startup Story last week, that moving from Radio to television took the show to a whole other level. Both in terms of quality of contestants and naturally their business projects, but also in terms of suspense since taking this to TV adds a lot on the delivery process and capturing all details happening in the studio during the show.

 

Behind the scenes shot featuring "El Pitch"'s Investors and Producers. Left to Right: Mouna Ben Halima, Walid Naffati, Marwen Dhemaied, Aymen Mbarek and Bassem Bouguerra.

Behind the scenes shot featuring « El Pitch »‘s Jury members and Producers. Left to Right: Mouna Ben Halima, Walid Naffati, Marwen Dhemaied, Aymen Mbarek and Bassem Bouguerra.

 

It’s like Shark Tank but I would not really compare it to that. ‘El Pitch’ is more of a competition meaning you’ll not be facing investors in the attempt of securing an investment, but rather a jury to assess the idea and give you feedback.

To have a Shark Tank concept-based show, that will be great!  

The overall idea is good especially the Elevator Pitch part being in an actual elevator and pitching to major actors from the entrepreneurial ecosystem not only the jury.

I think it’s really a good first step to have this on TV, and not the daily s**t stuff, and to give entrepreneurs the spot light and the chance to be heard and seen. And also setting an example to those that are still in doubt about their potential by giving them a push and that they can start and find support.

But most of all, this could show to everyone that, out there, people are constantly trying to make a change!” – Ahlem Jedidi, one of ‘El Pitch’ contestants.

 

Interested or simply curious, here’s the link to « El Pitch » promotional teaser.

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La convalescence sanguinolente palestinienne

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Je me suis réveillée le matin sur des conciliabules et des papotages mais aussi sur une flopée de posts diffusés sur toutes les plates-formes qui décortiquent cet évènement saccadé mais épique et parfaitement légitime émis de la part de la bande de « HAMAS » qui déclenche une opération militante inopinée nommée « le déluge de L’AQSA » contre Israël.

Finalement Palestine est entrée en lice ,avec une telle témérité et une telle audace, contre ces crapules vermines et effrontés qui ont empoisonné et détérioré, pendant plus d’un siècle, la terre palestinienne sacrée, qui ont assassiné implacablement ses Hommes, qui ont violé férocement et hargneusement ses femmes, qui ont orpheliné, sans faire quartier, ses enfants, qui ont piétiné les droits, qui ont dévalisé le territoire ,incinéré les corps ,étranglé la joie, désagrégé la société, malmené et pulvérisé les âmes  .

Ces créatures diaboliques, sataniques et de nature spectrale ,qui donnent des haut-le-coeurs et qui se sont accaparés, sans vergogne, du territoire palestinien pour le salir et l’user jusqu’à la corde . Ces pestes ,au paroxysme de cruauté et de barbarie ,qui ont momifié les êtres et disséqué les âmes doivent être torturés ,violentés ,persécutés et évacués hors de cette terre bénie ,hors de ce pays de cocagne vers la poubelle des vices , vers l’enfer. Et pour ceux qui considèrent que c’est inhumain de rudoyer les israéliens et notamment ceux qui sont des enfants languides et vulnérables , jetez un œil sur le nombre incommensurable de meurtres des enfants palestiniens chaque jour.

Quant aux pays arabes collatéraux ,qui ont fait preuve d’une félonie revêche et d’une lâcheté burlesque à un certain moment ,on espère qu’ils cessent de pioncer ,qu’ils se réveillent ,qu’ils se ligotent ,s’unissent et s’entraident pour donner un coup de main à leurs confrères et faire montre d’au moins un tantinet de soutien et de souciance vis-à-vis de ce nouveau « maelstrom diluvien » dans lequel plonge notre monde et qu’on souhaite arrivera à secouer les palestiniens pour ne plus être endoloris et les faire émerger de leur situation piteuse ,miteuse et disetteuse .On espère également que la patrie palestinienne à laquelle nous appartenons ,soit exorcisée et émancipée et qu’elle se débarrasse de l’hégémonie irrépressible d’Israël et ses alliés. Le temps est venu d’évacuer ces démons et de récupérer les droits violés . Le temps est venu pour s’évertuer ,se triturer, se dépenser et s’efforcer afin que notre second pays demeure en paix et en pleine sécurité et stabilité.

Je dis ces mots en sanglotant avec une immense effusion de sentiments puisque la cause palestinienne réside aux tréfonds de notre être qui prescrite en voyant Palestine s’émietter. Que Dieu soit à vos côtés nos chers confrères. Que ce combat sempiternel et exténuant s’achève par la gloire et le bonheur dans leur plénitude, Amen

 

Ecrit par : Wissal Missaoui

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