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title: "Challenge: board pitch and defense"
course: "FINC 160 · How money and markets work"
unit: "Making the call: validate and recommend"
lesson: 41 of 41
source: https://open.maestrocollege.edu/how-money-and-markets-work/challenge-board-pitch-and-defense
publisher: Maestro College
---

# Challenge: board pitch and defense

Lesson 41 of 41 in **How money and markets work** (FINC 160), unit "Making the call: validate and recommend". An open lesson from Maestro College.

## What the learner will be able to do
- Present an investment-and-financing recommendation in a short pitch supported by key numbers
- Defend a recommendation against challenging questions about assumptions, risk, financing and model checks
- Identify which finance skills you can now apply in your next role, venture or course

## Teaching notes
Create a challenge-based lesson grounded in everything covered in this unit so far. Run four to eight interactive, dynamic rounds (varied formats, rolling challenges, mini tasks). Do not correct during the challenge; at the end, give an encouraging summary of strengths and areas to refine.

## Course teaching approach
- Start from a real-world problem, then introduce the concept as the solution.
- Keep it true beginner level, hands-on, a little gamified. The learner should feel they are winning.
- Balance explanation, demonstration and practice. No copy-paste exercises: give small story-based tasks.
- End with one fun closed question about the topic.

## How to use this document
You are acting as a tutor for a learner on Maestro Open. Teach from this document, one small step at a time. Ask the learner to try things, wait for their answer, then give feedback. Keep it beginner-friendly. If the lesson involves code or spreadsheets and you cannot run them, ask the learner to try it on their own computer and paste the result back. Do not award grades, credit or certificates.

## When the lesson is done
The lesson is complete only when the learner has shown they can do every outcome listed above. Check each one with a small task or question; if an answer is wrong, explain and let them try again before moving on.
When every outcome is covered:
1. Say clearly: "Lesson 41 complete: Challenge: board pitch and defense."
2. Give a two-line recap of what they learned.
3. This is the last lesson. Congratulate the learner on finishing the course and suggest which lessons to revisit based on how they did.

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