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. Every good entrepreneur needs to invest skin in the game, to show credibility and leadership to others.

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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. There is real value in doing the key things yourself, before your startup is even started: Demonstrate thought leadership before selling a product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 29, 2012

Creating and documenting scripts, like your elevator pitch, for key interactions help you and your team maintain focus. They build confidence and reduce the anxiety that often gets in the way of leadership performance. Practice your response to the three most common situations you face. Prepare mentally every day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2015

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. But it only works if you observe the following principles: Never hide from your team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2010

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

JANUARY 11, 2021

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. Every good entrepreneur needs to invest skin in the game, to show credibility and leadership to others.

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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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2018

Think of it as an elevator pitch for recruiting. You can’t just expect top talent to gravitate to you without any effort on your part. An actionable tip is to prepare 3 clear reasons why a candidate should choose your company. As an example, the reasons we provide to prospective engineers are 1. cutting edge technology (WebRTC), 2.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Highlight Leadership and Key Employees. Put Your Elevator Pitch Above the Fold. Take the opportunity to deliver a polished elevator pitch that neatly encapsulates your organization’s function and strategy. Others can opine on which and how many directories you need to target.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2014

. 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. There is real value in doing the key things yourself, before your startup is even started: Demonstrate thought leadership before selling a product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Shy introverts may be great technologists, but they won’t be entrepreneurs until they learn to respectfully ask for funding, after nurturing relationships, and practicing their elevator pitch. Every good entrepreneur needs to invest skin in the game, to show credibility and leadership to others.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

You’ll need a few paragraphs that you can email — often called the elevator pitch — meaning you should be able to give it during a brief elevator ride up to your investor’s office. In fact, keep the material clear and concise instead of trying to make it visually appealing. An executive summary.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 12 Point Elevator Pitch Strategy – [link]. Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week! image credit: articotropical. How Much Are You Worth?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2016

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. There is real value in doing the key things yourself, before your startup is even started: Demonstrate thought leadership before selling a product.

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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. Make sure you name your key players and advisors, and include any prior startup experience and prior leadership in the relevant business domain. No more pain of phone shutdown in the middle of a call.” Marketing, sales, and customer experience.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

In effect, it’s just like a traditional elevator pitch, but it’s broken in parts based on a natural conversation pattern. How and when you plant the hook in these exchanges can completely elevate the quality and productivity of the outcome. The key is to turn the audience from passive receivers into active investigators.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

I really like getting my game face on and going out there amongst the people – in fact I do it at least 3 times a week and I’ve recently taken on a leadership position within BxNetworking to take it up a notch. With that said though – nail your elevator pitch. It’s weird I know, but it’s true!

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2018

This is your elevator pitch and is the definition of your niche. This is why practice leads write thought leadership, speak at conferences and more generally work to articulate the kind of “burning platforms” on which urgency and engagement are built. Interest — Do I have a problem for which you have an answer?

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Up and Running

MARCH 13, 2019

Whether you are trying to raise money from angel investors or venture capitalists for your business, or just want to perfect your business strategy, a solid elevator pitch is an essential tool for achieving your goals. How to build a winning elevator pitch in 7 steps: 1. Define the problem. Describe your solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2015

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. Every good entrepreneur needs to invest skin in the game, to show credibility and leadership to others.

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YFS Magazine

JULY 15, 2015

Here are four tips to consider before you put the finishing touches on your elevator pitch.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 30, 2017

This is not an “elevator pitch,” but more of a “passion pitch.” This faith-based program can help graduates pursue leadership opportunities in business, and it takes place in a convenient online learning environment. Social entrepreneurs need to be careful about the investors they align with.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

I’m also interested in investing in people who have worked for me in the past or who I know through the Aspen Global Leadership Network and Henry Crown Fellowship. For me, that’s any tech startup company in Texas or any email related company in the world. Are you someone I want to help? Is what you are doing awesome?

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2013

Create an elevator pitch for yourself that is no longer than 20 seconds and highlights who you are and what you do. Business Planning Human Resources & Leadership business partners founding team management team networking' Ask questions, try to avoid talking about yourself or your business unless asked.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 27, 2014

If you were to eloquently write down your elevator pitch, you could put it in this section. Again, for internal use this may not be applicable, though you could use it to highlight new employees being brought in or existing employees that are taking on some new leadership responsibilities. Company History.

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VC Cafe

MARCH 4, 2024

Jensen Huang, the founder and CEO of Nvidia ( source ) Michael Eisenberg, co-founder of Aleph, an Israeli venture firm, said in a recent post: “What is the elevator pitch for investing in Israel for the next decade?

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

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 [.] Thanks and keep up the good work! is quite good.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

60s elevator pitch). As a tech co-founder, I tend to approach getting involved in new ventures now very much as an angel investor would, and ask the following set of questions: 1. What is the product? How do you know it’s something that people want? Who else is on the team and what are their bio/credentials?

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crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! How Bad Leadership Spurs Entrepreneurship – [link]. Study: Want More Female Leadership? Here are some of the links that I’ve liked and shared this past week!

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

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 out of cash. It’s a litmus test of how you [.]

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

John Jantsch (04:13): Frankly, I think self-awareness is the new, like, key leadership skill. I mean, I have, for example, every month I have what I call elevator pitch sessions. It's like, not many officers of public companies are making such statements, but I have to, you know, and it resonates with our team internally.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

John Jantsch (04:13): Frankly I think self-awareness is the new like key leadership skill, frankly. You know, a lot of companies marketing is assisting with sales and kind of provides M QLS or SQLs to sales leadership. I mean, I have, for example, every month I have what I call elevator pitch sessions.

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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. Though the technique is derived from the model of longer presentations, it is often far more effective.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 7, 2015

I think a lot of times, literally the concept of an elevator pitch implies, you don’t have a PowerPoint to open, right? Jonathan: Right and there are some cases where you won’t have a handy dandy pitch available. Peter: It sounds like fun. Peter: Let’s make sure to link that in our notes.

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