Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Maria Colacurcio giving her winning pitch for Syndio in Seattle last fall. Last October, Colacurcio won season two of GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch (literally given in the 32-second elevator ride of Seattle’s Smith Tower); her pitch also won the Geek’s Choice award after live voting by the audience in the Summit app.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 23, 2014

Pitch the hell out of it, to friends and family, angels, journalists, random people you meet on the streets, and just about anyone who will lend you an ear. Because as you pitch it, you’ll start to see patterns in people’s responses to the idea. Do their eyes light up after the first sentence of your elevator pitch?

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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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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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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 27, 2018

This is your elevator pitch and is the definition of your niche. Potential clients might know you, know you are active in a vertical and have a problem they need to solve, but they need to have a belief that you can do the work effectively. Interest — Do I have a problem for which you have an answer?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Even if your idea gets in the wrong hands, they will probably just get the high level “elevator pitch” which isn’t worth much anyways. But it’s probably wise to be more secretive in some vertical markets: [link]. A frequent question entrepreneurs have when they are just starting their company is: how [.].

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mobile.smashingmagazine.com

JANUARY 16, 2013

Find elevator pitches. The system would choose the appropriate group for each situation (mobile device held vertically, wide screen TV, spoken aloud, user preference, whatever comes next). In each page, seek one sentence that sums up the rest of the page. Blocks-to-groups would be a many-to-many database relationship.

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