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Pitch@Palace: Our Royal Day Out, Part II
It was nothing short of incredible. I felt like Harry Potter in the opening scenes of the first movie when Hagrid shows up with a mushed birthday cake and says, “You’re a wizard, Harry.”
"Me?" the stunned boy responds. "I'm... I'm just…. Harry.”
Well, there I was... just Sarah... on stage before a room of 400 people, including HRH The Duke of York, telling them how, by harnessing technology and good old-fashioned narrative, I intend to #TurnHistoryOn to reverse the threat to cultural literacy and #MakeHistoryMatter.
But in the earliest drafts of my pitch, I failed to even mention my name...
Read MoreUp Next: Our Royal Day Out
This week I had some amazing -- and very unexpected -- news:
Time Traveler Tours is one of 42 startups to be selected to participate in the prestigious Pitch@Palace challenge!
Established only three years ago by The Duke of York (that's Prince Andrew, Charles's younger brother), Pitch@Palace has already helped over 247 businesses grow, with some enjoying huge global success. It offers us the chance to get the TTT&T concept in front of an audience of global influencers who could be in a position to help catapult us to the next level.
Honestly, I'm not really sure how it happened (or what to wear to the event), but I'm totally going to go for it...
Read MoreBack in the Saddle for a New Year!
Happy New Year! Melissa here, Community Manager for Time Traveler Tours. Sarah is story hunting in Cuba at the moment and therefore offline.
While she's away, I thought I'd take the opportunity to log in and update everyone on some news and upcoming awesomeness we have in store for the next couple of months of 2017!
Mary Hoffman's story tour coming to App stores in March 2017! But first...
Read MorePutting the Past in its Place
