Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

And keep in mind, as you read that, that venture capital demands everything that angel investors do, and more. Start with the elevator pitch and get the key points down, but the theoretical 60 seconds of the classic elevator pitch is too much. Are you still with me? But don’t count on 60 seconds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

If you are like most entrepreneurs I know, there just aren’t enough hours in a day to get all your own work done, as well as run the many one-hour meetings each team member seems to demand for decisions and mentoring.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Maria Colacurcio giving her winning pitch for Syndio in Seattle last fall. 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.

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ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

The elevator pitch. Value-centered experiences move the needle (if your audience demands them). As your brand and customer demands evolve, your guidelines will inevitably fluctuate. Here are four elements of an effective messaging strategy and our take on how to use them to stand out: 1. Your USP is front and center.

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SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Refine your elevator pitch. It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project. Here are a few perspectives on it: Building a sweat equity team You simply need to network. Go to user groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Every entrepreneur and every startup needs to have a clear “elevator pitch,” which identifies a unique strength and value they bring to the table. You can’t please everyone all the time, so don’t kill yourself trying to satisfy a bad boss or an overly demanding customer. Walk away from a bad role or customer.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

What’s the difference between an elevator pitch and an elevator speech? An elevator speech and an elevator pitch are very similar, but a pitch is frequently delivered to investors in a more formal setting and it’s likely that you’ll have a presentation slide deck (also called a pitch deck) to help you out.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 30, 2017

Projected enrollment growth and market demand can also be tricky to estimate. This description should basically be an elevator pitch for potential partners and business investors to get excited about what you’re offering and your unique location, philosophy, and approach. Write about the market and how you’re fulfilling demand.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

If you end up with more investor demand than you can handle, you can always raise a larger amount of money. You’ll need a few paragraphs that you can email — often called the elevator pitch — meaning you should be able to give it during a brief elevator ride up to your investor’s office. An executive summary.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

On the positive side, friends and family probably won’t be as demanding on your financial projections as a professional investor, and they likely will be satisfied with an initial offer of a convertible note (loan with option to convert to equity later), so you don’t have to give away the store before you get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs a good “elevator pitch” which succinctly describes the idea, the customer value proposition, and business profit. Investors look for sales at full price, to people you don’t know, to validate demand, price, and margin. The best business models benefit social needs as well as business needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Be sure to include this in your “elevator pitch,” which you must always deliver as a prelude to your technology features. Don’t let your passion convince you that word-of-mouth and viral marketing will suffice against well-funded competitors and ever more demanding customers. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

I’ve written about the “elevator” pitch before. My partner was in product management at Demand Media. Be ready for the elevator pitch – This is different than your opening line. I can tell you from years of experience that most people waste that moment. I also did a very short video on the topic. [if

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

link] Can you introduce yourself and give us your elevator pitch? The second reason I joined was: You can’t really ask for change if you don’t create demand. Learn all about how Vi and her team are changing the real estate search and making it easier for you to find the right information.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 18, 2019

Those entrepreneurs are engaged in the important work of creating and delivering a product that meets an actual market demand. If they do that effectively, they’ve got a solid business. Maybe a ‘brand’ or some ‘storytelling’ would help sell a bit more of it. It’s a blessing that we have people who are wired this way.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

These traits of a software engineer are always in demand by a great number of companies. This isn’t because technical people are flakier or inherently less entrepreneurial; it’s because by definition they have a narrower set of highly in-demand skills. 60s elevator pitch). Business people have it tougher.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Do you think there is demand for this type of business in your city? Market research is important because it will help you figure out whether or not there is demand for the service you’re offering or the product you’re selling. Day 8: Write a one page pitch. How do others in your industry go about business? Just keep moving.

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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. They work by signing up customers for free who then get design on demand. See Also Business Pitch, Elevator Pitch, and the LivePlan Pitch: What’s the Difference?

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Up and Running

APRIL 8, 2015

See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. They work by signing up customers for free who then get design on demand. See Also Business Pitch, Elevator Pitch, and the LivePlan Pitch: What’s the Difference? A collection of great looking and successful pitch decks to inspire your own.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is your core marketing message packaged in an elevator pitch kind of way. Train everyone on the use of color, type and images and demand that they adhere to these standards in internal communication. Here’s how to present our unique point of differentiation. These are the trigger phrases for our prospects.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 31, 2010

Q: Give us the elevator pitch that you gave at SXSW Accelerator? For questioners, it provides an instant, on-demand team of experts who can answer those difficult questions. Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Edward Cruz from GuruStorms , which was a finalist in the SXSW Accelerator program.

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Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 10, 2010

Q: Give us the elevator pitch for you company? Thankfully, everyone that we’ve asked so far has said yes, so we have an on demand labor force for handling orders quickly. Today’s Q&A Wednesday is with Anthony Morales and Kristen Carney of ThankThank. Q: What can we expect to see in the future from your company?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

ability to deliver a persuasive elevator pitch and follow it up with a substantive presentation is the difference between a funded entrepreneur and those having coffee complaining that they’re [.] Did the VC’s like your team ? Do they believe you have a big enough vision and market. Thanks and keep up the good work! is quite good.

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Austin Startup

MAY 11, 2018

It is just a simple matter of supply and demand, nothing personal. Don’t turn the one minute elevator pitch into five minutes. If a VC gives you a time limit for your pitch, please observe it strictly, unless the VC invites you to go into overtime. VCs say no 95% of the time or more.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It is just a simple matter of supply and demand, nothing personal. Don’t turn the one minute elevator pitch into five minutes. If a VC gives you a time limit for your pitch, please observe it strictly, unless the VC invites you to go into overtime. VCs say no 95% of the time or more.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Many people are in a transition and career consultants will always be in demand to help people find the next best thing. Take time to develop and rehearse your “elevator pitch” until you can deliver it comfortably and confidently. Check out MindTools’ guide to Crafting an Elevator Pitch.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Just like catching a bug in development is cheaper than fixing it once it has been released, confirming lack of customer demand prior to ramping up a sales engine is cheaper than finding out once you have a paid sales team. The primary goal of customer development is to reduce the cost of mistakes. It’s a litmus test of how you [.]

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Descriptive analytics can also be used to identify trends in user behavior to gauge demand. Think of it like an elevator pitch. If you had 15 seconds in an elevator with a potential customer, how would you sell your website? Netflix is a great example of this.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

Not only will this give you an idea of what people are thinking and searching, it will also give you the opportunity to tweak your product idea as per the demand. The more search volume on your targeted keywords, the greater the demand in the market. If they do, then what do they like about them the most? What do they dislike?

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2015

Creativity and its partner-in-crime, innovation, are two of the hottest in-demand skills today, especially for entrepreneurs. As a final project, you will make a 1-minute video elevator pitch for your business and yourself. Thinking Outside the Box: Creative Entrepreneurship.

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

If your driving force is a User Type that demands a certain level of usability and aesthetics, your product must minimally reach that level to test your objective. Please Share!

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: From Nothing To Something.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Yeah, you should get out more Just Because Google Exists Doesn’t Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things Skype Demands Mobile App Nimbuzz Remove Support, Effective October 31st Shunned By Apple, Adobe Embraces Android With AIR 2.5

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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