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5 Tips To Build A First Website That Will Grow Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Advisors agree your startup is on the right track. Think of your first B2B web site as one step beyond your elevator pitch. To create a website that becomes a useful element in the company’s lead generation process, understand the back-end. You’re in discussions with strategic partners and potential beta customers.

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Struggling With B2B Sales? Follow These 5 Tips for Success

The Startup Magazine

Be respectful of the time that your lead has available. Consider using an elevator pitch strategy and determine how you can present your solution within the same amount of time that the strategy calls for. The appropriate approach to growing your B2B sales will lead to more long-term customers.

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1001 Serial Articles for Entrepreneurs & Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

As of today, I will have published an article here for entrepreneurs and startups every day for the last 1001 days, since I started Startup Professionals Musings near the close of 2008. Finding funding for startups is a tough process. Every entrepreneur should work first on his elevator pitch.

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5 Reasons Your Business Idea Isn’t As Good As You Think It Is

YoungUpstarts

If you find that you are getting mostly No answers when you pitch your business idea, see if you can get some honest feedback from those who have been successful. Is your elevator pitch lack luster? Take a hard look at your presentation, your business plan, and your elevator pitch. Do you need more work experience?

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Pull Investors to Your Business Plan With a Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Before you start, remember that the goal of the executive summary is to provide a printed version of your best elevator pitch, to provide a positive first impression to the reader. Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Here are the key components: The problem and your solution.

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Give Investors an Executive Summary That Rocks

Startup Professionals Musings

Before you start, remember that the goal of the executive summary is to provide a printed version of your best elevator pitch, to provide a positive first impression to the reader. Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Here are the key components: The problem and your solution.

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Investors Love a Concise Executive Summary

Startup Professionals Musings

Before you start, remember that the goal of the executive summary is to provide a printed version of your best elevator pitch, to provide a positive first impression to the reader. Think of it as a selling effort, not an attempt to fully describe your startup. Tags: executive summary entrepreneur startup business plan.