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You are the Best One to Build Your Startup Brand

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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PR for a Startup Should Not Start With an Agency

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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10 Tips for Making your Startup More Attractive for Investors [Presentation]

VC Cafe

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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Startup Public Relations – Do it Yourself

Startup Professionals Musings

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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You are the Best One to Build Your Startup Brand

Gust

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. I’m talking about doing some real networking to test your elevator pitch, and get to know some potential investors before you ask them for money. Even bad coverage is better than no coverage.

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Writing An Executive Summary

YoungUpstarts

Your Executive Summary is your verbal elevator pitch. It may be some unique IP, a change in the applicable laws, the prowess of your founding team, or recent changes in the market. But, crafting a good Exec Summary is very hard. So, this blog entry aims to help make this exercise a little less daunting for entrepreneurs.

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Startup Resources

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IP Location Tools. Elevator Pitches. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business. Xtranormal. Presentation tools.