Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

If you are one of the thousands of entrepreneurs who need equity funding to get your startup going (no loans to repay), you are probably overwhelmed at the prospect of finding, contacting and pitching to the huge number of qualified angels and investment groups around the country. Register Internet and social media startup names.

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Gust

OCTOBER 11, 2011

An “ elevator pitch ” is a concise, well-practiced description of your startup and your plan, delivered with conviction and enthusiasm, that your mother should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator. A good elevator pitch is not just for an elevator discussion.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Of course, the average beginning amount per startup is low, and usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment. 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.

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Up and Running

JULY 13, 2022

One of the most common goals among startups is to acquire funding. Many startups start off with a simple site that expands as they grow their business. Templates can be used by competitors and are often overutilized, making it harder to differentiate your business. For a startup, you may not have a lot of customers or reviews.

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ReadWriteStart

APRIL 10, 2012

"I hear pitches that start with 'Well, we're like a cross between Twitter and Facebook that utilizes some aspects of Groupon,'" says Beshore. An elevator pitch should be very concise and very direct.". Now think about your elevator pitch. Was your pitch confusing or nonsensical? That's worthless.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

As a startup advisor and investor, I find that more and more entrepreneurs avoid using the term “profit” in pitching their new venture. Every entrepreneur needs a good “elevator pitch” which succinctly describes the idea, the customer value proposition, and business profit. Without profit there is no business.

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Peter Coles. Jon Russell. Jonah Peretti. Lauren Leto.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2015

Image via Flickr by Jupiter Labs Many first-time entrepreneurs find themselves unable to bootstrap their startups, and also unable to find early funding at the venture capital level or even with angel investors. The average amount per startup was $23,000, usually in the form of a convertible loan, rather than an equity investment.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

I’ve written about the “elevator” pitch before. It’s hard to imagine that somebody pitching a content business business in LA really could have captured my attention – there are so many of them. How will you differentiate?” All 10 startups that are part of Launchpad LA got the chance to stand up for 2 minutes.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I’ve seen hundreds of startups pitch to angel investors and venture capitalists, and most of them—at best— are just okay. There have been plenty of pretty good ones that hit all the key components of a pitch , but only a handful of those took it a step further and were truly great. Talk about yourself.

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Hippoland

APRIL 16, 2017

That is your opportunity to jump in and do an elevator pitch. A strong elevator pitch will cover something unique about you / your story / any KPIs or metrics you may have / why what you’re doing is important. Most elevator pitches are really weak. Be polite / friendly, and you won’t be interrupting.

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Up and Running

JULY 12, 2016

For lean business plans, operational plans, and strategic plans to be used by startup founders, owners, and management team, company history may be overkill. Don’t assume that a brand-new startup has no history. See Also: Elevator Pitch Guide. Include it in your plan only where it relates to actual future business.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This is true whether you’re a bootstrapped startup that’s funded with credit cards and loans from friends and family, or the next darling of Silicon Valley that’s sitting on a war chest of millions in venture capital funding. See Also Estimating Realistic Startup Costs. See Also Think Big, Start Small: The Story of a Startup.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

If you’re working from home and not seeing clients, you may find your startup costs are limited to marketing, stationery and legal. When you create a worksheet to record your startup costs, keep expenses and assets separate. Startup costs. Day 8: Write a one page pitch. You should not mix expenses and assets.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

It will be much easier to differentiate yourself from all of those other generalized consultants if you specialize. This is especially true for new small businesses and startups trying to compete in an increasingly noisy world. Check out MindTools’ guide to Crafting an Elevator Pitch. Think about it.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

We have the, again, all the DNA as you said, of startup culture, right? What's been the challenge of getting, of changing people's thinking that oh no, it's 50 tools and it's, you know, it's a, in fact, I think you even called it an online visibility platform as, as a differentiator. And I really look at the whole mix. Has that been.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

We have the, again, all the DNA, as you said of a startup culture, right? As, as a differentiator, is that Mo moving the definition of what your company is? I mean, I have, for example, every month I have what I call elevator pitch sessions. And actually that was a really interesting inflection point for us as a company.

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market-by-numbers.com

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Johnson & Johnson , for example, makes hundreds of highly differentiated products that serve doctors, nurses and patients. Means of Production Profits determined primarily by availability (uptime) of its differentiated or highly-efficient production capabilities. My Recent Tweets #SanDiego added to Startup Digest!

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

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