Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky. Make it ready to play in all media. Professional investors normally like to invest only in billion dollar opportunities, with double-digit growth rates. Are you uniquely qualified to deliver the solution?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 12, 2020

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 9, 2019

Things like business cards, office space, and social media presence all contribute to the proper function and response garnered by your business. It is imperative that you can confirm that each of these factors is taken care of.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 13, 2021

Build your elevator around those reasons and make a solid argument as to why they should choose you. Just remember that an elevator pitch isn’t intrusive, as it’s more about placing the seed in their mind as to why they need to work with you. Get Social. Identify all the reasons why someone would need your services.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 16, 2019

After writing your mission statement, create an associated tagline that can be delivered on a variety of platforms, such as your website or social media. Write Your Elevator Pitch. Create an elevator pitch for your brand. Create Your Tagline. Establish Your Brand’s Style.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 27, 2020

Create an elevator pitch. To do this, you will need an elevator pitch that is compelling and gets potential clients and customers interested. Smart ways of cross promoting businesses include printing leaflets, promotional offers, reciprocal website links and sharing of each other’s content on social media networks.

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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 21, 2018

But they can otherwise save you much time and effort, and are also safer and more productive than the old-fashioned approach of broadcast emailing or cold-calling every investor you can find in online directories, or responding to the risky spam offers you get for funding on social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2014

Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities. Craft and hone your elevator pitch early. These days, images are especially important, as well as a tag line, and your social media links.

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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. And it never hurts to engage at a personal level via a social media platform. An executive summary.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 13, 2019

Use the relationships you developed on social media before networking events to focus on meeting a smaller amount of people, and think about who among them seem like they have the most potential for a mutual exchange of value. Get Your Elevator Pitch Ready Beforehand. Instead, focus on quality over quantity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Every entrepreneur and every startup needs to have a clear “elevator pitch,” which identifies a unique strength and value they bring to the table. Today, customers and future managers put a higher value on relationships, and expect to know you from industry conferences, social media, or recommendations from peers.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Make a Short Elevator Pitch. As a result, you’ll need a strong elevator pitch. Make the effort to create a compelling elevator pitch. Coupons, fliers, reciprocal website links, bundled promotions, and social media platforms are all options. Make the Most of Your Network. Collaborate.

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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. Highlight the problem and your concerns in industry blogs, speaking in public forums, and making yourself visible on social media and networking opportunities.

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ConversionXL

JULY 16, 2021

The elevator pitch. Test your new messaging strategy on a select number of web pages and social media posts. Here are four elements of an effective messaging strategy and our take on how to use them to stand out: 1. Your USP is front and center. It’s the executive summary of a business proposal, so to speak.

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Up and Running

JANUARY 15, 2018

This is the perfect time to impress people with your elevator pitch , which is what you use to show potential clients how you can help their business and the reasons they should hire you. Follow other designers and developers on Twitter, and reach out to people on LinkedIn, Facebook, or other social media channels.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 9, 2012

A great way for a start-up to capitalise from a competition victory is to create a social media ‘buzz’, using Twitter and Facebook to draw attention to their new award. With the majority of judges being experts, success in a competition gives a start-up the confidence that it is heading in the right direction.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

But even Harry might not realize the professional benefits other social media channels offer. To be sure, your business needs a comprehensive and engaging LinkedIn company page ; after all, LinkedIn is the most widely used professional and business social media platform. But it’s certainly not the only game in town.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Embrace social media and digital marketing. No list would be complete without discussing social media and digital marketing. Social media is one of the best and cheapest ways to attract attention for yourself. Having a great elevator pitch can help articulate that vision to others.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Create an elevator pitch. Refine your elevator pitch for investors. Get set up on social media platforms. Flesh out your target market details. Create a marketing and sales plan. Outline key milestones and metrics. List your management team. Create a financial plan. Include an appendix. Brand your business.

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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. Events, social media, online interest groups, meetups—they all offer great opportunities for networking. What changed? Find a mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Social media is a huge resource for entrepreneurs. Sadly, too many entrepreneurs still think social media is only for play, rather than work. Every entrepreneur should work first on his elevator pitch. It’s our reaction to our failures that distinguishes winners from losers.

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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

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Nevertheless, have your elevator pitch honed, and don’t be shy about giving it. Back on the positive side, I like to say, especially for us introverts, that networking is more about listening that it is about talking. Don’t forget your enthusiasm, and have fun, but remember your manners! Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2014

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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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. Don’t try to sell your products or service directly on social media. Make those things part of your marketing.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

It may sound obvious, but I can’t tell you how many pitch meetings I’ve sat through in which the entrepreneur hadn’t done their homework on me or my areas of interest/expertise. Perfect your elevator pitch and get it out there. Start out your pitch by introducing yourself and immediately addressing the problem you’re solving.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 5, 2018

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Whether it’s on social media, your website, or in advertising, having a clear brand voice will generate a positive customer experience and reduce confusion about who you are and what you offer. Hone your elevator pitch, not your sales pitch.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

With that said though – nail your elevator pitch. I personally am a comedian, a podcaster and social media guru – you won’t find me at an event in a buttoned down jacket with sensible heels because that’s not who I am! This is the time to give of yourself, not take what you can. You are a walking billboard for your brand.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 3, 2014

Every small business should have what’s called an elevator pitch ready to go. It is called an elevator pitch because it is short enough to tell someone about your business in an elevator. It is also always a good idea to have at least three different length pitches written out: small, medium, and large.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 29, 2016

I recommend making friends the first formal test of your elevator pitch, your investor slide deck, and your business plan, and earnestly ask for their advice (not money) early. But they do expect you to take them seriously, as follows: Proactively and sincerely engage each potential investor.

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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. Set specific targets on the sales channels and marketing initiatives you need, including the use of social media, brand building, franchising, trade shows, affiliates, and distributors.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2018

Think websites, social media, and airport signage. This is your elevator pitch and is the definition of your niche. If clients are not aware of your firm, you can neither scope nor engage with them. The branding work done by our marketing colleagues is useful here. Being known in advance, of course, is not a necessity.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

For this presentation, we’re going to go over several, including self-branding, media relations, social media, networking, and speaking engagements. A positioning statement is also known as an elevator pitch. For LinkedIn—we’re going to talk a little bit more about social media—take a look at your endorsements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Every entrepreneur needs a good “elevator pitch” which succinctly describes the idea, the customer value proposition, and business profit. The best business models benefit social needs as well as business needs. Show an aggressive marketing and sales plan. Every business requires spending money to make money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2016

A valid milestone might be closing a specific big-name customer or channel, such as Walmart, or it might mean getting your first 100,000 social-media followers, by a given target date. Tie use of funds to real traction milestones. Building a huge inventory before you have a confirmed customer is not a convincing strategy.

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