WE didn’t realize WE’d scheduled PitchLab: Pitch or Treat on the night that would be game 7 of the World Series until the celebratory cheer from every watering hole in Downtown Long Beach filled the air around our 8th floor perch in the Pacific Tower. However, not even sports history could keep the entrepreneurs and visionaries from our most popular monthly event (and the spread from Beachwood BBQ probably had something to do with it too). But more on that in a second.

Our featured feedback panel for the October PitchLab included Mike Daniel, director of the Long Beach SBDC Service Center, and Lisa Mastramico, director of PADNET at the Long Beach Community Action Partnership. They lent their feedback to ideas ranging from a veteran’s art program, to a hip-hop festival, to an app that allows you to treat your friends to dinner or buy them a drink with your smartphone.

But the most important part of PitchLab is the open networking mixer after the pitches. It’s always easier to make connections and create friendships among creative individuals when WE can establish some common gastronomic ground, and that’s where Brandon at Beachwood BBQ came in. This month he provided pork, chicken, and brisket with their delicious array of sauces. And oh yes, there was beer.

Please join us for our next PitchLab on December 3rd at 6:30pm. Keep an eye on our newsletter for updates and announcements, including who will be on our featured feedback panel and what sponsored goodies will be tempting us this time! This will be our last PitchLab of 2014, so come join us to celebrate the closing of one year and all the possibilities in the new one!