That's because you have to enter information in there... we do not want you to go on without entering something in that screen. Reason being is because formulating the pitch is a vital part of the process..
To me, this was annoying. I was interested in "trying" the product, i.e. seeing what kind of questions I would have to answer. You should just highlight empty, required fields when the user hits submit.
Got ya... will make that look more elegant. Going to make changes now. For now type in something in there and hit next if you'd like to see what's next...