Morph Code Day 2: Execute, execute, execute

By Erwin Oliva INQUIRER.net "THE LEVEL of carbon dioxide is high in this room," Federico Gonzalez quipped, as he reminded the remaining startups to think about catching the panel's atten tion quickly. "Our attention span is getting shorter," Gonzalez added, which made people laug h. The panel of experts said that one of the important things to consider in doing "elevator pitches" is to convince investors in the first 30 seconds. Eric Manlunas, partner at Global Gateway Venture Capital, suggested to a startu p that they should work on their their PowerPoint presentations, starting with the fonts they use. "You lost me at the first few slides," he told one startup. Serious Gamers, a startup headed by Norman Goss, presented a business simulatio n game aimed at corporate clients who wish to train their sales managers in neg otiations. Goss is incidentally the father of Ranulf Goss, a local game developer. Martin Lichauco, managing director of AO Capital, however, explained that the p anel is meant to help startups "tweak their ideas." Outstanding Informatics, founded by doctors of the University of the Philippine -Manila, pitched the award-winning Community Health Information Tracking System, which is now being deployed in local health center s in the country.