Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Research your audience before presenting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2015

Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. I outlined what investors expect to see in an old article “ Adding Slides Does Not Enhance Your Investor Pitch. Research your audience before presenting.

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Hearpreneur

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Ultimately, we went with On Site because we wanted to give a clear indication of what made us different – kind of a micro elevator pitch in our name. When I was building my business I knew the best way to attract teenagers who were my desired audience had to be through an intriguing name. Photo Credit: Sarah Halimi.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. Research your audience before presenting. First, get their attention with your elevator pitch. Start with the problem and your solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

As an entrepreneur, I understand your passion when pitching your solution to investors and customers, but passion alone won’t make one more technology pitch stand out above all the rest. Your audience will not only remember these, but will assign them a large positive value. Weave a real person throughout your message.

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Austin Startup

JANUARY 2, 2018

Originally published on the Shep Blog As an entrepreneur, particularly at the beginning of your journey, you will constantly have to come up with and refine your message in a multitude of different formats. So get out there and practice your pitch to your partner, co-founder, Mom, and, most importantly your mirror. Litr.ly: “Litr.ly

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Last October, Colacurcio won season two of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch (literally given in the 32-second elevator ride of Seattle’s Smith Tower); her pitch also won the Geek’s Choice award after live voting by the audience in the Summit app. What has the startup experience taught you about life?

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2012

He defines the elevator pitch, video pitch, executive summary, PowerPoint presentation, and business plan as different forms. After pitching, give those investors a copy of your executive summary. Expect lots of questions from your investor audience. Interested investors will then set up a verbal presentation.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Understanding how to brand yourself and your business is an important part of finding success as an entrepreneur. Establish Your Audience. The target audience should help you determine how you want to display and sell your product or service. Conduct plenty of research to better understand your target audience’s demographics.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2019

Thankfully, websites like www.theknowledgebusinessblueprint.net specialize in facilitating spaces where like-minded entrepreneurs and business professionals can come together and collaborate on a project together. Appropriate Business Materials. It is imperative that you can confirm that each of these factors is taken care of.

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Up and Running

MARCH 14, 2018

If there’s one thing I can’t stress enough, it’s the importance of rehearsing your pitch. I’ve seen too many entrepreneurs think, “Oh, I know my business inside and out—pitching will be a breeze!” I’ve seen many entrepreneurs crash and burn when delivering their investor pitch—and ramble on and on. Don’t wing it.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

A great elevator speech will spark interest in your business and hopefully lead to a deeper conversation. Elevator speeches are a great opportunity for entrepreneurs. What’s the difference between an elevator pitch and an elevator speech? It’s a quick summary of your business and its value proposition.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

To grow a business, most entrepreneurs know that they should be implementing PR strategies. But where do you start, and what are the best approaches to public relations for an entrepreneur? ” We recently featured an excerpt from her book, which offers even more great tips on networking for entrepreneurs.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A fter years of talking with many of you in the Israeli startup industry, investors and entrepreneurs alike, I was invited to present some tips for entrepreneurs at the Launch48 conference in London this weekend. Test it on five people that would be your target audience – do they get it right away? Articulate your idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Keep in touch with your audience. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Every month of the year, approximately 540,000 people start new businesses and become self-employed entrepreneurs. One of the most important components of your digital marketing strategy is to find the right target audience. Grab your audience’s attention with something cool about your company. Target the Right People.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The increasing ubiquity of the Internet and social media has opened the doors for all sorts of businesses that wouldn’t have been possible even ten years ago, but they have also created new challenges for entrepreneurs to overcome. Is your elevator pitch lack luster? You haven’t defined your audience.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

While we advise students and new entrepreneurs to do market research before they start, we’d like to clarify that you should not let ‘doing market research’ hold you up if you already know your market. Create an elevator pitch. Refine your elevator pitch for investors. Include an appendix.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Keep in touch with your audience. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Sure, you have your elevator pitch and you yourself are the product, but a networking event should be about building relationships and building a network, not the hard sell. Thanks to the internet, there are tons of places to connect with more experienced entrepreneurs. What changed? Stay humble and determined.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Keep in touch with your audience. Tags: entrepreneur startup business. Marty Zwilling.

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Gust

JULY 22, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Keep in touch with your audience. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 15, 2017

Your audience is broad including consumers, entrepreneurs, investors and press. End with an ask of the audience. Come by booth #54 after the pitch” or “Back us on Kickstarter” or “Follow us on Twitter” or “We’re looking for a lead developer.” Take a deep breath and look at the audience. How can they help you?

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Crowdfunding can be an effective way for startups and entrepreneurs to raise funds and to test the market for new ideas, but there are a few secrets to organizing a successful crowdfunding campaign that every business should know. Campaign videos allow you to speak directly with your audience and connect with them emotionally.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The biggest challenge for every entrepreneur and every startup today is to get noticed and remembered in today’s information overload. The number of entrepreneurs worldwide is huge, starting an estimated 50 million new businesses in the past year, or 137,000 per day. Every story needs a main character. The obstacle or the painful need.

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Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 7, 2012

And you get to see the teams struggle with their shitty elevator pitches at the very beginning of the program. Passive puts audiences to sleep; not good in a pitch where you’re asking for money.” In addition to seeing Stan, you get to learn what a 10:10 meeting is. ” Related articles.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 13, 2013

Over the past 15 years, I''ve helped over 500,000 entrepreneurs and business owners to develop their business and strategic plans. Elevator Pitch An elevator pitch is a brief description of your business. employees) audiences, the mission can inspire and get them excited to be part of what the company is doing.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 24, 2018

The principles of great storytelling, which I used at Pixar, can also be leveraged by entrepreneurs wanting to seal the deal at their next pitch or presentation. Your audience is now hooked and asking, “Why and how did they get banned?”. Entrepreneurs, take notice. What if superheroes were banned from saving people?”

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

So, this blog entry aims to help make this exercise a little less daunting for entrepreneurs. Understand Your Audience. Your Executive Summary is your verbal elevator pitch. Assume your audience is smart, but recognize your readers are also very busy. And, the few good ones remain very memorable.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

The life of an entrepreneur is filled with 20 second opportunities. I’ve written about the “elevator” pitch before. We know that their model works for a certain type of content but we believe we can build higher value sites where we can sell premium advertising and target niche audiences. Most are squandered. And smiled.

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Growthink Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Unfortunately, few entrepreneurs speak to be remembered and repeated. Whenever I'm at a party and an entrepreneur finds out what I do for a living, he or she starts to talk my ear off about their idea. Now, I love what I do and I love listening to and helping entrepreneurs. What would you want your audience to learn?

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

See Also: Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School? When my fellow E-Scholars and I were preparing our elevator pitches for a competition, many of my classmates found themselves unprepared, with their pitches choppy and unmemorized. See Also: 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Traveling the World.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Over the past 20+ years, as an angel investor, former venture capitalist and private equity investor, and serial entrepreneur, I have seen and written, a wide variety of pitch decks and business plans. This is where your elevator pitch needs to be embedded. Give it to your audience right upfront.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2010

Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch. Research your audience before presenting. First, get their attention with your elevator pitch. Start with the problem and your solution. Marty Zwilling.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 19, 2017

One of the things I didn’t realize as an entrepreneur was that at the seed stage, *anyone* could potentially be an investor. A lot of entrepreneurs just think to pitch to VCs or well-known angel investors or people who have signaled they are angels on Angelist. They don’t signal they angel invest.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 3, 2011

If you’re an entrepreneur coming to Austin for SXSW 2011, here are the events you won’t want to miss! 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo. 3:30pm Joshua Baer - 5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch. 5:00pm-7:00pm Entrepreneur’s Lounge at Fogo. 4:00pm-10:00pm ATX Startup Crawl.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Tips on how to crush it at the Capital Factory ATX Startup Crawl, whether you’re a job seeker or entrepreneur… told with memes. The ATX Startup Crawl is the grand finale of the annual four-day long Austin Startup Week, which supports startups and showcases Austin’s business ecosystem for job seekers and entrepreneurs. 60 Seconds, Go!

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