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3 Reasons Why Your Elevator Pitch Will Never Work

YoungUpstarts

We started the meeting going around the table and were each given two minutes to share what we did – our elevator pitch, a way to present our work in such a concise way that it could be shared within the span of an elevator ride. Reason #3: We make our elevator pitch about ourselves. It was a fiasco.

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6 Values And Priorities That Investors Will Relate To

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer data integrity and security. Customer data, as well as internal data, is a key resource for every business that must be secured and protected. I challenge every entrepreneur to see how many of these priorities they can integrate into their new technology solution elevator pitch.

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Startup Funding – A Comprehensive Guide for Entrepreneurs

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To secure your funding, you must establish the feasibility of your idea through proper planning and implementation. You should also prepare an elevator pitch, which is a 5 minute verbal summary of your business idea and the plan. It is called an elevator pitch because you should be able to pitch to someone over an elevator ride.

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

YoungUpstarts

Think of your first B2B web site as one step beyond your elevator pitch. Secure a domain name that makes it easy for people to find your company. Now is the time to get your web site up. Here are five tips to help build a first web site that will help your business grow.

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6 Keys To Translating Technology Into Business Value

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer data integrity and security. Customer data, as well as internal data, is a key resource for every business that must be secured and protected. I challenge every entrepreneur to see how many of these priorities they can integrate into their new technology solution elevator pitch.

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The Current State of Angel Investment for Small Businesses and Startups

Up and Running

Try to find a secure bank loan. But if you are seeking an industry that solves a COVID-related problem, you are more likely to attract Angels to your pitch. In fact, right now there are three crucial areas of business that are capable of withstanding that first elevator pitch: healthcare, technology, and education.

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10 Tips for Finding Venture Funding

Up and Running

Start with the elevator pitch and get the key points down, but the theoretical 60 seconds of the classic elevator pitch is too much. Keep it secure, not public, and a simple password system like Vimeo or one of its competitors is best. Have an extremely good tag line and instant summary.