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Marketing Your Portfolio Companies to Other Investors

David Teten

See How VCs structure a syndicate and recruit coinvestors for more on this. – 1-2 sentence elevator pitch. Note the pitch should explain what they actually do preferably using the Mad Libs format : “My company, [NAME], is developing [A DEFINED OFFERING], to help [DEFINED AUDIENCE], [SOLVE A PROBLEM], with [SECRET SAUCE].”.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

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. This company name has proven to keep things fun and interesting, and makes for a great conversation starter. Thanks to Linda Miriam, Crunchy Buzz ! #27- 27- From a desire.

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