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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

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As I write this in early 2019, I’m thinking back on more than 20 years of hearing business pitches as a judge of business plan competitions and as an angel investor. Next month I’ll have another round of it, judging both the University of Oregon New Venture Competition and the Rice Business Plan Competition.

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10 Things I hated About Your Business Pitch

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where I’m going to be a judge at the University of Texas Venture Labs global business plan competition (used to be mootcorp). Between contests like this one and angel investment, I’ve heard two dozen or so business pitches lately. Not just disruptive , but market-leading , and viral , and pivot.