Is your pitch strong enough to get you your next grant?
Take a 5-minute Pitch Challenge to test your pitch. You’ll get an improved pitch to explain what you do — so funders actually get it and say yes faster. All it takes is 5 min for your most powerful pitch.
Try The Pitch Challenge by Jelly Social
The Pitch Challenge is a free, interactive tool by Jelly Social that helps founders test and sharpen their elevator pitch.
The Pitch Challenge uses your own words and shows you — clearly — what’s working and what’s not. When you’re done, you’ll have a powerful pitch you can immediately use in grants, pitch decks, and sales pitches.
1) 👉🏾 A clear 30-second pitch that explains your work
2) 👉🏾 Feedback on what’s working and what’s missing
3) 👉🏾 The option to immediately use your pitch in a grant
Start the Pitch Challenge
You don’t need to start with the perfect pitch. Just start with whatever you’ve been saying — even if it feels messy, long, or unfinished. Answer a few simple questions in the chat below and in less than 5 minutes, the Pitch Challenge chat will:
✅ Score your pitch;
✅ Show you exactly what to improve;
✅ Create an improved pitch for you.
Free to use. Pay-what-you-can if you want to help keep this free for other founders.
Did you get value out of The Pitch Challenge?
We’re a nonprofit. We exist to help marginalized entrepreneurs be seen. Each pitch we create fuels a powerful ripple effect — increasing visibility, growing businesses, and building momentum for the entire community. Our tools and programs are free for the BIPOC and female founders we serve.
👉🏾 Want to support this work? Please consider buying us a coffee below 🙂
Want to go deeper? Let’s turn your pitch into a 5 minute Founder Story.
If you’ve found a pitch that finally feels right, the next step is helping other people feel it too. StoryLab is a free, 4-week virtual cohort where you’ll work with expert coaches to turn your pitch into a powerful founder story you can use in grant applications, pitch decks, and sales material.
✅ coaches help refine the pitch you’ve already started
✅ You will walk away with a powerful founder story
Examples: Pitches Turned into Powerful Videos
We'll Also Turn Your Pitch Into a Video
These are pitch videos created by founders of color and female founders who went through our StoryLab experience. Each one started with a messy, half-formed way of explaining their work — just like most of us do. These videos are what happens after founders spend time clarifying their pitch with our coaches, and turning it into something they can share with funders, clients, and collaborators. If you want your pitch to land this way, StoryLab is the next step. Apply below.
These are pitch videos created by our team. These videos are what happens after founders spend time clarifying their pitch with our coaches, and turning it into something they can share with the world. Want to turn your pitch into a video too? Apply below!
Why Jelly Social exists — and who this is for
Jelly Social is a nonprofit built for founders of color and female founders who are already doing the work — but are too often overlooked, misunderstood, or asked to shrink their ideas to fit the room.
We exist because clarity changes access.
When founders can clearly explain what they’re building and why it matters: funders know what they’d be backing; clients know if you’re for them; collaborators know how to plug in; more doors open for them…
And founders stop having to over-explain just to be taken seriously.
Our tools are free. 👉🏾 Want to support this our work? Buy Us a Coffee!
What a clearer pitch actually sounds like
Before clarity, people struggle to figure out what you actually do. It often comes out like this:
“So, I’m Maya. I run my own thing. I do brand design and websites, but also strategy. I mostly work with small businesses and creators. It kind of depends on the client. I’m trying to move more into helping people build something sustainable, not just one-off projects.”
After clarity, it sounds more like this:
“I help early-stage founders build a clear online presence so people actually understand what they offer—and feel confident hiring them.”
When your pitch is clear, people don’t have to guess.
Funders know what they’d be backing; Clients know if you’re for them; Collaborators know how you might fit. And you stop feeling like you have to over-explain yourself every time.
We also work with accelerators, incubators, chambers of commerce, and founder communities
We partner with organizations that support BIPOC and/or female founders to help their entrepreneurs clarify their pitch for real-world opportunities. Partnerships can include:
👉🏾 Facilitated cohorts where founders create their story
👉🏾 Community access to the Pitch Challenge tool
👉🏾 Custom video projects that spotlight founders and impact
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Dr. DeJarra Sims
