Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

Once you’ve decided that you’re ready to start a small web design firm, you’ll need to develop a host of skills to help you run a successful business, including time management, sales and promotional strategies, and client acquisition. Create a Lean Business Plan. The first step to running your own business is creating a solid plan.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Also, make sure you practice your elevator pitch. It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. Many times, I struggle to understand what companies do when I’m reading their ‘about us’ page. It should be crisp and clear from the start!

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

At the very least, answer ALL the profile questions, include your company’s logo, create a two-minute elevator pitch video and upload your presentation deck. This added exposure can result in indications of interest (investment, acquisition, partnership, etc.)

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

This is your elevator pitch hook, which you must be able to deliver in 30 seconds. The best way to do this is to highlight a recent similar company payback to investors, via going public or acquisition exit. For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost.

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OnlyOnce

JULY 9, 2013

Chapter 29: The Role of M&A…Using Acquisitions as a Tool in Your Strategic Arsenal, The Mechanics of Financing and Closing Acquisitions, Stock, Cash, Earn Out, The Flipside of M&A: Divestiture, Odds and Ends, Integration (and Separation). Chapter 3: Telling the Story to Your Investors…The Business Plan is Dead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2015

Every startup needs a simple elevator pitch, quantifying the value of its journey, that can be communicated in less than a minute to new team members, potential investors and customers. You also need a sales pipeline, customer acquisition costs and marketing costs as a percent of revenue.

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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. The options here include going public (IPO), merger/acquisition, liquidate, or no exit, just paying off investors. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

is our customer acquisition cost (CAC). Hear more pitching tips with Peter and Jonathan on the tenth episode of The Bcast, Bplans’ official podcast: Click here to subscribe to The Bcast on iTunes ». You can find even more great advice to perfect your pitch in our Complete Elevator Pitch Guide.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

Some companies choose an IPO path, acquisition offers or a “recap” to bring in new investors to buy out earlier investors. This is not an “elevator pitch,” but more of a “passion pitch.” Investors often expect a successful “exit” within five or so years. How will you tell your story?

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Eric Friedman

JANUARY 24, 2020

Just take the recent acquisition of Plaid by Visa. Everyone seems to have their elevator pitch down of themselves, their company, and what they are doing. This is not anti venture scale – far from it. I am obviously biased as part of the NYC startup ecosystem, but to me this is a story of what is to come.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

link] Can you introduce yourself & give us your elevator pitch? It’s a million dollar raise that’s going to get us through the next 9 months to a year; all of that money is going towards user acquisition.

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Austin Startup

APRIL 15, 2018

Other speakers for ACE include Emily Paxhia (Poseidon Asset Management), Patrick Rea (CanopyBoulder), Morris Denton (Compassion Cultivation), Tahira Rehmatullah (MTech Acquisition Corp), Cy Scott (Headset), Keegan Peterson (Wurk), Alex Samuels (The Texas Tribune) and many more.

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Board Effect

MAY 10, 2019

The goal of venture funding is to get a very high return, usually in the form of an acquisition of the startup or IPO. If you can get an appointment, craft a warm, well-developed elevator pitch that includes the problem your product solves, how the product works, and how large the market is for the product.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 17, 2010

Give us the elevator pitch for Heatwave? million in Series “A&# financing, and has taken on an additional amount for the acquisition of Gods & Heroes. The company has been at SXSW Screenburn showing off Platinum Life , their iSamJackson iPhone app, and Gods & Heroes. How has the company been financed so far?

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This is your core marketing message packaged in an elevator pitch kind of way. Now cutting cost in their department can contribute to lowering the client acquisition cost. Here’s how to present our unique point of differentiation. Give your staff a simple, yet compelling, way to introduce what your firm does that’s unique.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

John Jantsch (16:58): Yeah, you, I think you can almost make a case for saying it's targeting It is in a way because I think your core acquisition person that says this tools for this much and they know what those tools are, right? We are responsible for bringing in new user acquisition, right? That's right. What do you wanna do?

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Customer acquisition cost (CAC). 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? The amount you pay for each click on a PPC ad. Monitor CPC to assess ad ROI. A high CPC is a signal that your ads are ineffective.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It is in a way, because I think your core acquisition person that says these tools for this much and they know what those tools are. We are responsible for bringing in new user acquisition, right. I mean, I have, for example, every month I have what I call elevator pitch sessions. that's right. What do you wanna do?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

Good reminder about the mechanics of a solid elevator pitch … Pyramid Pitching – [link]. The next big enterprise acquisition target? Where the boys are: Women building businesses in male-dominated fields – [link]. Study: Want More Female Leadership? Use Consensus, Not Majority Rule – [link].

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Software By Rob

MAY 13, 2010

This is not your Unique Selling Proposition, and it’s not your elevator pitch. This is not your Unique Selling Proposition, and it’s not your elevator pitch. It’s the headline of your home page. That single sentence that grabs the reader in and makes her know she’s in the right place. DotNetInvoice’s hook is “Save Time.

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Up and Running

JULY 23, 2015

See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch [with Infographic]. “Once you’ve earned their trust, you’ve also earned their ear,” he says. “At At that point, you can begin to educate them on recognizing the superior value of your product.”. Leverage your existing network.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Refine your elevator pitch. Angel investors contribute cash to start-ups in return for equity that is hoped to liquidate at a good profit at an IPO, or more commonly, an acquisition of the company. Equity partners need to have a hand in guiding the enterprise. You simply need to network. Go to user groups.

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Up and Running

MAY 22, 2018

After carefully noting their responses (and not asking leading questions), give them your elevator pitch—the short and sweet version of your idea. Nerdy term: Acquisition cost for new customers (sometimes referred to as CAC, or “customer acquisition cost”). If they do, then what do they like about them the most?

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 16, 2017

With over 400 million users to date, a recent acquisition by Microsoft , and a revamped user interface, LinkedIn seems poised to be the best platform for you to get leads, job opportunities, and keep the conversation going with the white collared community. Crafting a delicious social sharing message.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Elevator Pitches. great web customer acquisition tutorials. CoralCDN (academic). Amazon CloudFront. Cloud Infrastructure. Amazon EC2. Google App Engine. see the Libcloud -compatible cloud providers. Flexiscale. Visibility. KillerStartups. Mashable: Spark Of Genius. Loading Animations. Ajaxload.info. Preloaders.net. s Essays â??

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