Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Factory in the garage (make it).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Get your Internet domain name and website. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening.

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Up and Running

APRIL 11, 2012

He defines the elevator pitch, video pitch, executive summary, PowerPoint presentation, and business plan as different forms. Investors know that among successful giants, like Facebook, Google and Internet Explorer, none were first to market. Which customers will buy how much of your product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

I find the best business plans are not books, but may actually should start as a one-page “elevator pitch” that succinctly encompasses your business goals, problems and solution, opportunity, competition, and business model. Target measurements allow you to assess your business progress. A full plan may be no more than 20 pages.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Get your Internet domain name and website. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial angel screening.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2019

Now that the internet has fostered such an accessible and easy way for people to connect and run their own start-ups, competition has skyrocketed. Every step has to be thoroughly thought out, because if you miss even one, it could mean everything. New businesses are started all the time, but only a few of them last beyond five years.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2019

Before you meet a potential investor, check them out on the Internet and through your advisors. Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. Keep your big guns, the business plan and financial model, in your holster but visible for backup. Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Don’t send your unfinished business plan unsolicited to every VC or investment group you can find on the Internet, just to see if they like the concept. Nevertheless, have your elevator pitch honed, and don’t be shy about giving it. Don’t forget your enthusiasm, and have fun, but remember your manners! Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Register Internet and social media startup names. This pitch will be required by every platform, and it needs your effort and focus before the crush of all the other fundraising tasks. I recommend that you start by creating an “elevator pitch,” then an executive summary, and begin work on your business plan and financial model.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Also, make sure you practice your elevator pitch. Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel. Many times, I struggle to understand what companies do when I’m reading their ‘about us’ page. Sell your team, not your advisors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2017

Before you meet a potential investor, check them out on the Internet and through your advisors. Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. Keep your big guns, the business plan and financial model, in your holster but visible for backup. Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Sure, you have your elevator pitch and you yourself are the product, but a networking event should be about building relationships and building a network, not the hard sell. Thanks to the internet, there are tons of places to connect with more experienced entrepreneurs. What changed? So how do you find a mentor?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

consumer Internet) might have a really, really high bar of achievement for funding. ability to deliver a persuasive elevator pitch and follow it up with a substantive presentation is the difference between a funded entrepreneur and those having coffee complaining that they’re [.] Of course not. Thanks and keep up the good work!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2014

Before you meet a potential investor, check them out on the Internet and through your advisors. Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. Keep your big guns, the business plan and financial model, in your holster but visible for backup. Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2019

Think of this as your elevator pitch but instead of a short pitch to give someone in an elevator, it’s a short pitch to stop them from clicking on the next link. Email is one of the oldest technologies still in use on the internet but that doesn’t mean it’s old news.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

Before you meet a potential investor, check them out on the Internet and through your advisors. Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. Keep your big guns, the business plan and financial model, in your holster but visible for backup. Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 28, 2013

Don’t send your unfinished business plan unsolicited to every VC or investment group you can find on the Internet, just to see if they like the concept. Nevertheless, have your elevator pitch honed, and don’t be shy about giving it. Don’t forget your enthusiasm, and have fun, but remember your manners! Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Factory in the garage (make it).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2016

The increasing ubiquity of the Internet and social media has opened the doors for all sorts of businesses that wouldn’t have been possible even ten years ago, but they have also created new challenges for entrepreneurs to overcome. Is your elevator pitch lack luster? by Anand Srinivasan, founder of LeadJoint.com.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Factory in the garage (make it).

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Get your elevator pitch right, and spread the message consistently across all media vehicles. These days, the internet rules marketing—and SEO is king. “New ideas need audiences like flowers need bees. No matter how brilliant, they will die unless others work to spread them.” – Simon Sinek. Deliver the right message.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Before you meet a potential investor, check them out on the Internet and through your advisors. Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. Keep your big guns, the business plan and financial model, in your holster but visible for backup. Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2016

Don’t send your unfinished business plan unsolicited to every VC or investment group you can find on the Internet, just to see if they like the concept. Nevertheless, have your elevator pitch honed, and don’t be shy about giving it. Don’t forget your enthusiasm, and have fun, but remember your manners! Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

I’ve written about the “elevator” pitch before. We think that the magazine industry is going through incredible change but that the Internet website experience doesn’t yet fulfill our magazine needs. We set up Formation Media to bring that experience to the Internet. I also did a very short video on the topic. [if

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2010

Before you meet a potential investor, check them out on the Internet and through your advisors. Offer to give your executive presentation, but he may want just the elevator pitch. Keep your big guns, the business plan and financial model, in your holster but visible for backup. Put your ear to the ground before charging ahead.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 15, 2019

I am starting by seeking out opportunities with organizations and professionals that want to create an elevator pitch, get public speaking coaching, want to edit or create their mission statements, and more. Internet marketing is growing and 57% of companies got new customers from their blog 52% from Facebook and 62% from LinkedIn.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2011

Internet and healthcare deals stayed flat and funding actually dipped. Practice every step, including the elevator pitch to get the first meeting. It also helps to keep track of the business sectors VCs are focusing on. Greentech deals had a breakout quarter with deals and dollars up 45% and 145% respectively vs. Q4 2010.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

There are lots of resources available for that question, including the Internet and mentors like me. Make ‘em want it bad (pitch it). Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Factory in the garage (make it).

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Non-disclosure Agreement Elevator Pitch NDA LLC 120

Austin Startup

AUGUST 10, 2011

Give us the elevator pitch for you company? Based on a patent-pending, internet platform of do-it-yourself marketing tools, Booqoos provides a powerful solution for businesses to have complete control and self-management of deals to suit individual business goals, and a one-stop shop for consumers to find and [.].

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

Each section provides a book summary that is further crystallized into an elevator pitch of sorts called a one-sentence summary – the core idea behind a book. The book summaries read like blog posts (rather similar to my own book reviews!)

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. That’s why this item is so important, and is probably the biggest stumbling block I see in getting through the initial Angel screening.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 8, 2013

The first section reveals that the sales profession hasn’t vanished into thin air despite the “disintermediating” propensities of the Internet. Rebirth of a Salesman. On the contrary, the American economy has far more salespeople than factory workers, and the gap is growing each year.

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Up and Running

APRIL 1, 2015

The best presentations are those that can be explained succinctly in 30 seconds or less; we sometimes call this the “elevator pitch.” ” See Also The 7 Key Components of a Perfect Elevator Pitch. Part two: Resources to improve pitch delivery and success.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2013

Due to the continued and rapid growth of the internet and social media, there are more ways than ever to find a partner that shares your goals and aspirations. Create an elevator pitch for yourself that is no longer than 20 seconds and highlights who you are and what you do.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 23, 2010

If you are a reporter for a major tech or business publication, you are probably used to companies and wannabe influencers attempting to accost you for an elevator pitch or quick conversation. It comes with the territory.

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VC Cafe

JULY 3, 2011

If the Internet was the new rock and roll, Jeff Bezos (Business Insider)…was its Elvis. There are times we just needed to bring our A game, an investor meeting, a customer pitch or anytime you know you have one shot of doing it. This guest post was contributed by Tomer Targin*. Fellow entrepreneurs, you are the new rock stars.

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