Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

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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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 17, 2015

A well-designed formal presentation can sell investors on your idea, but before you get to that stage, you’ll likely have occasion to provide an “elevator pitch” — a brief, informal statement that conveys your idea concisely and compellingly. Here are five do’s and don’ts to help you get it right: Do’s. Start with a great hook.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2021

This should be obvious, but much of what passes for “a story” these days are things like elevator pitches or product descriptions that have no characters at all. It’s even acceptable to make up a place with a “what if.” Every story needs a main character.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Whether you are trying to raise money for your business or just want to perfect your business strategy, a solid elevator pitch is an essential tool for achieving your goals. An elevator pitch can be delivered either verbally, ideally in 60 seconds or less, or as a one-page overview of your business. Simple as that.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2018

During the ATX Startup Crawl, we did a (literal) elevator pitch contest for entrepreneurial guests at the Sputnik ATX stop. Watch: (Literal) Elevator Pitch Contest was originally published in Austin Startups on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Practice your “elevator pitch,” and end it by asking for the order. If you set around quietly waiting for someone you know to offer you money to fund a startup, you will probably have a long wait. On the other hand, if you open every conversation with “I need money,” you won’t have any friends or any money. Be upbeat and respectful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

As an aspiring entrepreneur, one of the most important things you need is a memorable “ elevator pitch ,” to communicate your startup value proposition and leave a great first impression on friends, investors, employees, and future customers. I recommend that a good elevator pitch is not just for riding with someone in an elevator.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

This message, usually called your elevator pitch, should be a short and compelling description of your your startup, that can be delivered with conviction in the time it takes to ride up an elevator with a potential investor or partner. Develop and practice your business vision and story.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2019

I recommend the elevator pitch -approach instead, which you probably learned in dealing with busy investors, where the person calling the meeting is asked to summarize the purpose, value and recommended solution in the first minute or two.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2023

I still hear too many excuses for not working early on the elevator pitch, like wanting to fly under the radar, don’t have the team together yet, or can’t afford an agency. Craft and hone your elevator pitch early. In fact, you don’t need a third-party public relations agency at this stage.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

But then, how many elevator pitches actually take place on elevators? If you get upgraded on flights, you have almost certainly heard an aviation version of an elevator pitch. It may seem strange to apply an art invented by ancient Greeks to an elevator pitch. So let’s get started. That’s a period.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2020

First, get their attention with your elevator pitch. They will be judging his aptitude, his character, and his passion. Others can be present for effect, but deferrals to team members for answers are a sign of weakness. Start with the problem and your solution. These are your hooks, and they better be covered in the first 30 seconds.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

Additionally, you need to be able to communicate the essence that story and value to investors in a couple of sentences – your elevator pitch. After a good elevator pitch or initial presentation, investors will ask for your formal business plan and financial projections. Lack of clear objectives/goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Shy introverts may be great technologists, but they won’t be entrepreneurs until they learn to nurture relationships with friends and family, practice their elevator pitch and respectfully ask for funding. Waiting for someone to give you a gift with no specific objective is likely to be a long wait.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2012

Additionally, you need to be able to communicate the essence that story and value to investors in a couple of sentences – your elevator pitch. After a good elevator pitch or initial presentation, investors will ask for your formal business plan and financial projections. Lack of clear objectives/goals.

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Jeff Hilimire

MAY 25, 2018

In the post, “This is where I encourage you to pitch your elevator pitch” , Adam talks about the fallacy that he sees in the concept of an elevator pitch. I hate the whole concept of the elevator pitch. The post Rethinking the Elevator Pitch appeared first on Begin the Begin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2011

Additionally, you need to be able to communicate the essence that story and value to investors in a couple of sentences – your elevator pitch. After a good elevator pitch or initial presentation, investors will ask for your formal business plan and financial projections. Lack of clear objectives/goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Start by developing an “elevator pitch,” that you can deliver in thirty seconds to hook a potential customer or investor. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following. Prepare your marketing story for customers and investors.

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Up and Running

MARCH 30, 2015

I can’t resist adding that LivePlan also includes some features designed to help with the real business pitch, the one I refer to as the pitch, the presentation for investors. It has graphics and summaries you can export as visuals for your slide deck for that first kind of pitch. The elevator speech or elevator pitch.

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YFS Magazine

MARCH 25, 2017

For many of us, our attention span powers down after the generic, "Hello, my name is Jane. Glad to meet you. What type of business are you in?"

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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. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2018

This should be obvious, but much of what passes for “a story” these days are things like elevator pitches or product descriptions that have no characters at all. It’s even acceptable to make up a place with a “what if.” Every story needs a main character.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2021

Here is my outline of key deliverables that could convince me that you are a cut above the “average” entrepreneur that approaches me with nothing but a dream and a prayer: Personal video introduction with elevator pitch. Successful startups are all about the right people with the right stuff.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2011

They call it the elevator speech, or elevator pitch, and it’s a good exercise. I was there last Thursday to hear these two pitches , two of the best from 16 one-minute pitches at the University of Oregon’s New Venture Championship. Tweet Could you describe your company in 60 seconds?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Develop an “elevator pitch” as an initial path to your goal. An elevator pitch is a problem-solution summary that anyone can understand in a sixty-second ride up to their office in an elevator. Avoid fuzzy goals, like making big money or being a market leader.

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SiliconHills

JULY 23, 2015

He’s still got the close-cropped haircut of a soldier but instead of an army uniform, Curry […] The post Veteran-Led Startups Debut at the Bunker Austin’s Elevator Pitch appeared first on SiliconHills. Army’s 101st airborne division, wears a camel colored bag slung over one shoulder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2023

I challenge every entrepreneur to see how many of these priorities they can integrate into their new technology solution elevator pitch. Highlight the mashup use of existing friendly interfaces, and use of existing data in a new solution.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 1, 2020

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. Teaser documents are usually used to initiate formal communication with investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2020

I still hear too many excuses for not working early on the elevator pitch, like wanting to fly under the radar, don’t have the team together yet, or can’t afford an agency. Craft and hone your elevator pitch early. In fact, you don’t need a third-party public relations agency at this stage.

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The Next Web

MARCH 17, 2018

One of the most critical tasks startups face, is creating a killer elevator pitch — a short, verbal description of who they are, what they do, and how they are going to succeed as a business. The elevator pitch process has led to parodies on sites like the Startup Elevator Pitch Generator and “it’s like x for y” pitch roulette sites.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2010

Additionally, you need to be able to communicate the essence that story and value to investors in a couple of sentences – your elevator pitch. After a good elevator pitch or initial presentation, investors will ask for your formal business plan and financial projections. Lack of clear objectives/goals.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2013

Can concisely explain the unique, compelling value of the proposed venture in written terms and in oral presentations (elevator pitch), recognizing that some investors rely more on one than the other. Here are some key ones they look for: Talks and writes well. Listens before answering questions. Networked and connected.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

It starts with having a vision and an ability to get the message across in your elevator pitch, in a written business plan and one-on-one with potential investors. They look for passion and optimism and more importantly, the willingness to listen, learn and get things done. Able to communicate on every level.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The beauty of the pitch format is that you can come back and revise as you go. See Also The Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. How to use your pitch: Now that you have a first draft of your pitch, or maybe even several different pitches, you need to put it to use.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. Now comes the really tricky part: getting me to review all that stuff you just neatly uploaded.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2012

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

MARCH 18, 2012

Can concisely explain the unique, compelling value of the proposed venture in written terms and in oral presentations (elevator pitch), recognizing that some investors rely more on one than the other. Here are some key ones they look for: Talks and writes well. Listens before answering questions. Networked and connected.

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