“In short - Walid is awesome! He managed to deliver his teachings in such a manner that they were permanently imprinted into my brain in just a few hours. There is no other mentor or teacher that I have been acquainted with who has gotten their message through to me so fast. I remember the day I spent with Walid as an information intense day, but still in a manner that my brain could absorb everything. Thank you Walid!” — Patricia Lohman, Student

“Walid coached me for public speeking. His emphatetic, practical, analythic and goal oriented approach made it an amazing learning experience for me. Public speeking had always been my week point. Walid not only coached me how to form an entertaining speech, but how to tell my story so that I as a quite a timid Finn can feel comfortable telling it. He helped me to rise my own awareness of my strenghts and highlight them in my speach. Walids coaching was a gamechanger for me. I as a designer I was able to give a speech of a lifetime when receiving a major Finnish design award. And after that I have always felt comfortable when giving public speaches about my career and other topics. I cannot thank Walid enough!” — Minna Peltomäki, Design and Branding Professional, Head Designer at Aaltonen Shoe Factory Ltd.

“Walid did a great job coaching us about pitching and networking. We learned a lot. I have a background in acting and performing and I found his training to be very useful ( and fun 🤗 ). We got many tips about how to create and deliver a good pitch. We loved the structure and the practical approach in learning by doing.” — Mia Ehrnrooth, Startup Founder and CEO at AIM by Mia - Finland

“Walid has literally written the book on pitching and developed his own pitching workshops with "tough love" approach. In his workshops, the participants often go through tears, sweat and volunteered humiliation but come out as better pitchers. For some participants this is the rush of their lives. If you need a "bad cop", "villain" or "punisher" to push people out of their comfort zones and onto the stage, he's the guy to call. If you need a soft and safe workshop where only volunteers get on stage, you might want to look for another coach.” — Kalle Airo, Co-Founder & Co-Director at Aalto Ventures Program

“After taking Walid’s pitch class I gained confidence, focus, and a concrete strategy to pitch. Not only did I have an amazing time at the class—Walid is a great combo of fun, inspiring, and tough—but I also just landed the bank loan I pitched for, more than three times bigger than my goal. Super grateful to Walid, and his guidance, and warmly recommend his class.” — Maria Friström, Real Estate Investor - Finland

“Walid is a highly engaged professional who pays attention to detail yet maintains a big picture perspective. He is very good at listening and understanding your need, and connecting you to people that may help you achieve your mission. He organized and executed two pitching workshops - one in the company, one for our school project. Both were well prepared, structured. They put the audience out of their zone of comfort to get the best out of them. In one day, he was able to translate what his great skill is into a wonderful training experience for the audience.” — Lucia Šicková, Chief Learning Officer at Pixel Federation - Slovak Republic

“Walid was so helpful for us in preparing our pitching strategy at the start of our journey in Sponix.
His insights and comments were very useful. If you want to have the best result for your pitch, listen to his points!” — Mohammad Ali Abbaspour, Founder and CEO at Sponixtech

“Go to Walid if you want to be a better communicator: for pitching a business, for sharing ideas, and for day to day conversations. Walid is an excellent communicator and coach. His people skills allow him to easily understand which teams he can push more with critique and which ones need more encouragement. Walid hosted a pitching workshop for our accelerator, The Playground, and it was clear which teams attended his workshop based on the quality of their pitches to our investor panel.
Walid has also coached me individually and gave me confidence to pitch my own idea alone for the first time. Whether you're looking to improve a pitch, build confidence, or just become a better communicator, Walid is your guy!” — Lexi Lobdell, Community Manager, Hanken Venture Studio

“I invited Walid to give a motivation speech on pitching to a group of corporate leaders and startup entrepreneurs. The event was a final celebration of their 1-year leadership development program. His session was awesome! It was hands-on coaching and provided a great opportunity to reflect on our own sources of confidence and style when talking to people to advance any projects in life. His wide human-centric approach and additional learning materials tempt to dive deeper.” — Heini Karppinen, CXO at EEX Oy

“I am a coordinator at a startup hub and I hear pitches every day, and if I were to ever come up with a top 10 list of the best pitching masters I’ve known, Walid would be on that list. He is very discerning in life and this manifests in his work too. His knowledge is based on incisive observations and he delivers it in a frank, practical and experience-based ways” — Rashad Ismayilzada, Partnerships & Events at Terkko Health Hub - Finland

“An awesome pitching coach and a wonderful human being, an absolutely pleasure to be working with Walid! Highly recommended for professionals of all industries. He really can help you take your start-up to the next level or simply loose the stage-fright and perform with more confidence.” — Marie Skavø-Sinisalo, Sirius Sport Resort Oy

“I warmly recommend Walid for anyone who ever needs to explain their product, service, business idea, career or life story to another person, ie. his coaching is useful to everyone! He manages to pick the most essential aspects and coaches your performance in a way, that really helps you understand and see the underlying theories and frameworks. In addition, working with him is fun and therefore this is a good way to have an inspiring development day for your workplace/team/board etc! ” — Anna Falck-Kainulainen, CEO & Partner at Rideer Nordic Oy

“If you want to learn to pitch, listen to what Walid says.
If you think you already know the answers, you should listen to Walid.
If you don’t realize this within 5 minutes, first learn to listen, then listen.
If you don’t want to listen, probably best hire Walid to do the Pitch for you.” — Chris Chinn, Product Development Manager at Society for Endocrinology

“Trust me, you need to improve your pitch, and Walid is the one who can help.

About 1 year ago, when I started pitching my startup, I thought I knew how to pitch. As the days progressed, I learned that I was wrong. But, I kept learning.

The more I explored, the more I learned that I can never build a perfect pitch. There is always someone better who can pitch the same thing that I am pitching. There is always a better way to explain whatever I am explaining today. It seemed to me an endless journey.

But, Walid is the one, who taught me that pitching is actually simple. You just have to define your mission statement very clearly, and very simply. You just have to tell a simple story in a very simple way, with the key information that makes sense to everyone. Rest will just follow.

Everyone can complicate things, but very few people can really simplify. I am fortunate to be able to get in touch with Walid, from whom I learned the arts and science of simplifying communication and pitching.

Kudos man, you just changed my future!” — Shubho Al-Farooque, Founder & CEO at Zantrik

“Can highly recommend Walid as a pitching coach! Just attended a one-day pitching workshop with Walid, and it was really great to see how lifted everybody to perform, structure and message better.” — Marianne Tietge, CEO at Fuzzy House ApS

“Walid is one of the best pitch coaches I know. It is rare for someone to make as bold a claim as pitching for life and to be able to back it up. But Walid eats, sleeps and breathes pitching. I have had the pleasure to work with him within a number of programs and he always brings high energy, a fresh perspective, and unique insights. If you are looking for a pitch coach, Walid is the first person I would call.” — Alex Felman, General Partner, Felman Family Office

“I do love the plan that Walid provide to make a super pitch. Always I am trying to tell more about the product, but according to plan I started to tell only the main points and important information and make my presentations about the product more shot. Thank you!” — Oleg Demianov, CEO at Whisper Arts

“Walid was coaching ICE Innovation Challenge teams in pitching their ideas. He has one-of-a-kind energy, and when he puts it into his passion, the listeners can do nothing else but get inspired. Walid's coaching style makes the participants want to do their best. And he challenges them to do so. All the participants leveled up their pitching!
It was such a pleasure to have Walid in ICE Innovation Festival in Kirkenes, we wish to have him again!” — Riikka Annika Keskitalo, New Account Manager & Copywriter at Norders

“Great pitching course in 2017! Reminded me of the meaning of saying “yes” instead of “no”!
Yes!” — Toni Kitti, Artist

“Walid is an energetic and engaging trainer, who genuinely invests in the people he's coaching. He pushes the trainees to grow and to make their business cases more solid. Walid has given pitching training on several occasions to our immigrant customers who are starting or developing their businesses in Finland, and the feedback has always been very good. It's a pleasure to work with him!” — Kati Lappetelainen, Head of Business Program at Startup Refugees

“Walid is an exceptional coach who demystifies pitching and makes it simple and fun. Walid’s passion for pitching, coaching and people creates a positive athmosphere where people challenge themselves, try out new things and improve their pitching massively in various ways.
Thanks to Walid’s coaching, on-point questions and constructive feedback, I’ve gained confidence in pitching and practical tools for structuring an effective pitch. Thank you Walid!” — Maija Luukka, Co-Founder at Ambitious Africa