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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

Start by developing an “elevator pitch,” that you can deliver in thirty seconds to hook a potential customer or investor. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following. Prepare your marketing story for customers and investors.

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Raising Money Using Customer Development

Steve Blank

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 [.] Did the VC’s like your team ? Thanks and keep up the good work! is quite good.

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How does someone get a meeting with angel investor David S. Rose?

Gust

So even if my own mother asked me to meet with you, and you were pitching me a biotech opportunity for a $10 million investment at a $90 million valuation, I might take the meeting, but it wouldn’t be particularly useful for either of us. Now comes the really tricky part: getting me to review all that stuff you just neatly uploaded.

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How to Start a Business in a Month – #30DayChallenge

Up and Running

Day 8: Write a one page pitch. Consider your One Page Pitch (similar to an elevator pitch), the precursor to your business plan. It’s very similar to an elevator pitch in that it will lay out your business strategy in a format that is easy to digest. This should give you a good overview of what’s included.

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Twitter Link Roundup #57 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

12 Point Elevator Pitch Strategy – [link]. Why marketer misuse of metrics may be an addressable cultural issue – [link]. Don’t Give Cash Performance Bonuses in a Loss-Making Company – [link]. How Much Are You Worth? – [link]. 10 web start-ups (all mine) … and why they failed – [link].

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Startup CEO (OnlyOnce- the book!), Part III – Pre-Order Now

OnlyOnce

The book is part of the Startup Revolution series that Brad has been working on for a couple years now, including Do More (Even) Faster , Venture Deals , Startup Communities , and Startup Life (with two more to come, Startup Boards and Startup Metrics). Writing a book is a LOT harder than I expected!

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Digital Analytics Simplified: The Beginner’s Guide

ConversionXL

Prescriptive analytics The digital analytics metrics you need to know How to use analytics to improve marketing campaigns Define your mission, goals, and KPIs Set key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure marketing performance What to look for in a digital analytics product 9 tools for your digital analytics stack 1. Conversion rate.

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