Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2012

Investors tell me that startup success is all about execution, all while facing determined competitors and overcoming customers’ resistance to change. With a for-profit startup, it’s all about solving a problem that embodies real pain, for real customers who are willing and able to pay for a solution. A startup is not a parlor game.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

As a model, think high-quality marketing collateral, with text and graphics in columns and sidebars, but focused on the value of your business, rather than selling your product. I see too many executive summaries that are simply heavy-duty customer pitches, or lightweight visions of the future.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2011

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 19, 2015

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. In this case, it’s not a lack of interest, just a lack of time and efficiency.

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ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

It should be informed by your market, competitor, and user research, and optimized through feedback and testing. This will help you gauge who your audience is and how to speak to them at every customer touchpoint. It’s customer-focused and speaks to a common pain point: not getting paid enough (or at all) for created content.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

This SaaS company, one of 50 finalists for SXSW Pitch 2020 , enables global organizations to analyze and resolve pay gaps due to gender or race and stay in compliance over time. Syndio has over 60 enterprise customers including Nordstrom, Match Group, Target, Adobe and PagerDuty and already more than 1.3

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Up and Running

JULY 23, 2015

As your business grows, you’ll be looking to expand your customer base. You’ve successfully launched your business, and built up a solid—if small—customer base. Starting small has its benefits; after all, it allowed you the opportunity to cultivate a loyal relationship with your customers. Leverage your existing network.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Given the number of funding resources available today, you shouldn’t have too much of a problem getting that initial start-up cash, especially if you focus on a lean business model or MVP route to market. You can finish it up later this week when you dig into the market research. How will your customers get there?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

You’ll also discover digital analytics tools and the most complete digital analytics training to help you better understand your customers. For customer analysis: Woopra 4. Digital analytics is the process of analyzing data to uncover insights that help improve business and marketing performance. Descriptive analytics 2.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

It’s one that’s a good fit for you personally, for your target market, and for your location. Test your business idea and do market research*. Define your target market. Define your ideal customer. What’s your market size? How easy is it to acquire a customer, and how much will it cost?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Whether you’re at a party, at a networking event for startups, giving a quick overview to a potential investor, or just meeting new people, a solid elevator speech is your chance to introduce your company to potential customers, investors, and referrals. What’s the difference between an elevator pitch and an elevator speech?

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In order to be competitive, a company needs to have just about everything in place, from its product to its team to market traction, before it is ready to seek funding. This means that by far the most effective way to reach a VC is to be introduced by someone who knows both of you and thinks it would be a good match.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Shy introverts may be great technologists, but they won’t be entrepreneurs until they learn to respectfully ask for funding, after nurturing relationships, and practicing their elevator pitch. Use the minimum viable product concept to get revenue early, and allow market and product pivots at minimal cost.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 22, 2010

As I listened to him present the problems of matching lithium-ion battery packs to EV powertrains and direct drive motors, I realized that he had a built a product for a segment of the electric vehicle market that possibly could put his company on the right side of a major industry discontinuity. Filed under: Marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

The book has been described by a few CEOs who read it and commented early for me along the lines of “The Lean Startup movement is great, but this book starts where most of those books end and takes you through the ‘so you have a product that works in-market – now what?’ What About Sales & Marketing?, questions”.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Embrace social media and digital marketing. No list would be complete without discussing social media and digital marketing. There are a lot of guides that can help you get started , but the key here is to find an area that matches your skillset. Having a great elevator pitch can help articulate that vision to others.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

If you employ these nine tips for taking a good pitch and making it great, you’re going to give the kind of pitch that stands out to investors, too. Tell a real customer story. When possible, open your pitch by telling a real customer story that addresses the problem your product or service solves in the marketplace.

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Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Give the “elevator pitch” for your startup. Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Make sure to communicate the relevance of your product / services to market needs. Marketing, sales, and partners.

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Austin Startup

OCTOBER 13, 2019

If you’re a creator dabbling in the world of content marketing, or a small business owner in need of content, you’ll want to keep Blended Sense on your radar. link] Can y’all give us the elevator pitch for Blended Sense? On the other end, creative freelancers struggle with customer service, accounting, and project management.

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

Building for Yourself Instead of a Market “Scratching your own itch&# is how many great ideas begin, but it’s not a business strategy. Often you assume your customer is the same as you — sees the problem the same way, wants to solve it your way, and wants to pay for it. Have an account?

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

This is where your elevator pitch needs to be embedded. Segment your potential market. One of my pet peeves is seeing an obnoxiously large hundreds of billions or trillions of dollars sized market identified for a company starting up with no further breakdown. Share a sentence or two of your go-to-market strategy.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 4, 2019

How to Find Success as a Podcast Advertiser or Sponsor written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. If you’ve been toying with the idea of sponsoring a podcast but aren’t sure where to start, we’re happy to share what we’ve learned about the sponsorship process over the 10 plus years of producing the Duct Tape Marketing Podcast.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2010

Here are some tips on the right approach and the right points to hit: Match your material to the time allotted. Then match your pace to cover all the material. Remember you are pitching to investors, not customers. Some entrepreneurs seem to think that their product pitch is also their investor pitch.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2012

There are a couple very strong companies and a few others that may have trouble surviving in crowded markets. But, when it came to the pitch, nearly every one of them earned an “A” for the day. Rae and the TechStars staff prepare companies for the Demo Day pitch from Day One at the accelerator. Same with investors.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

Download Your Free eBook How To Pitch and Get Funded how-to-pitch-and-get-funded.pdf. See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. Cons: A lot of their support is only available to paying customers (not everyone). There’s also an enterprise option with custom branding. Haiku Deck.

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. Cons: A lot of their support is only available to paying customers (not everyone). Their free option doesn’t let you store presentations privately, which is a huge concern for any entrepreneur taking a new idea to market. All pricing options include 24/7 support.

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unbounce.com

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Join in as we discuss marketing, conversion rate optimization and the art & science of landing pages. Content Marketing. Email Marketing. Most landing pages suck and it’s easy to run a marketing campaign that doesn’t deliver the results you’re hoping for. Remember this: every page can be better.

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