Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2014

Practice your “elevator pitch,” and end it by asking for the order. You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs. Network to build investor relationships before you ask for money. Be upbeat and respectful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Practice your “elevator pitch,” and end it by asking for the order. You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs. Network to build investor relationships before you ask for money. Be upbeat and respectful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

are eliminated during due diligence. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Network to the maximum with investor connections. Define some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2010

Practice your “elevator pitch,” and end it by asking for the order. You need to convince them that you have been working on this vision for a long time, and have done the “due diligence” on all the potential knockoffs. Network to build investor relationships before you ask for money. Be upbeat and respectful.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

are eliminated during due diligence. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. They must amplify your “elevator pitch” to investors, as well as key points from the business plan and the financial model. Network to the maximum with investor connections. Define some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2013

Yet 2013 is still projected by The Fiscal Times as a difficult IPO opportunity for startups, due to choppy markets, continuing fiscal uncertainty, and the Facebook fiasco. Practice every step, including the elevator pitch to get the first meeting. For the full year 2012, venture-backed initial public offerings raised $21.5

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. Some dreams sound great, but may not yet be viable or proven with today’s technology. Present at trade shows and network with your ten-slide pitch to build your following.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 20, 2016

Even if your product is a technological marvel, I look for balanced strength on the team in finance, marketing and operations. Do your networking with investors well before the funding pitch. Business credentials and functional coverage. Fill in gaps with expert advisors to make it whole. Executives exude confidence and energy.

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Gust

JULY 23, 2014

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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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

Census Bureau or the national Small Business Development Center (SBDC) network, your local chamber of commerce and relevant industry publications. Day 8: Write a one page pitch. Consider your One Page Pitch (similar to an elevator pitch), the precursor to your business plan. Talk to people, including customers.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The newly formed teams then work for the entire weekend, with the help of some experienced mentors from the industry, who volunteer their time to share advice on product, technology, legal, PR and other issues. For example, you may point out that there is a company with similar technology, but different application/market.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Pin down your elevator pitch. Everyone knows what an elevator pitch is, but many underestimate the importance of investing the time and energy into getting it right. You could include customer testimonials on your website or ask customers to leave reviews on relevant sites like Yelp, Yellow Pages, Facebook or TripAdvisor.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 18, 2017

FinTech players are increasingly becoming an important part of the fabric of Africa’s financial services ecosystem and the leading banks on the continent are now more urgently seeking to harness technology innovations, collaborate with FinTech start‐ups, and create a platform to scale much faster – to make digital financial services pay.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

You’ve paid your dues. Computer/technology consulting. So, before you hit up your first networking event, ask yourself these important questions: What identity/personality do I want my consulting brand to project? Check out MindTools’ guide to Crafting an Elevator Pitch. You’ve put in the hours.

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Austin Startup

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Unfortunately, this is largely due to our institutional structures, but, while we can’t tell you how to topple the institution, we can give some tips on how to play the game, get ahead, and get funded. This is something that, again, may not be controllable due to institutional structures at play.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 23, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network. So if we take a headphone for example, maybe it's lightweight or the color or the base production, those are all features and they're descriptive and features appeal to a technical audience. Like this show?

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cdixon.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

I have a personal diligence rule that when speaking to people at large companies, the facts that they tell you are very useful but their opinions about startup ideas no more valuable than any other smart person’s opinions). Darnell – If a back-end tech guy can copy it, you probably need to build the business idea more.

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Austin Startup

AUGUST 3, 2017

I talk to at least a dozen new entrepreneurs each week and probably review two dozen email pitches. Is it an Texas-based tech startup company or is it doing something in the email space? 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?

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 4, 2023

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! It's brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast Network, the audio destination for business professionals. Tech earnings come out between this day and this day. I mean, I have, for example, every month I have what I call elevator pitch sessions. Like this show?

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mashable.com

MARCH 24, 2011

I’ve reviewed hundreds of startup pitches and I can tell you that everyone makes the same types of errors. App reviewers know when you’re fudging it. I know your pitch won’t be polished — that’s not important. Have an account? And a lie by omission is twice the lie.) It’s OK.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Every startup faces multiple choices and decisions when it comes to technology. Social networking. Girls in Tech. Elevator Pitches. Ad Serving Technology. Analytics review â?? Seed Startups. Mailing lists/groups.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 16, 2014

” We recently featured an excerpt from her book, which offers even more great tips on networking for entrepreneurs. 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.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Click on over and give us a review on iTunes, please! John Jantsch (00:00): This episode or the duct tape marketing podcast is brought to you by the nudge podcast, hosted by Phil Agnew and brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network. I mean, I have, for example, every month I have what I call elevator pitch sessions.

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Get your elevator pitch right, and spread the message consistently across all media vehicles. First and foremost, your company must hold a presence on relevant networks. When starting from the ground up, start with your network. There’s nothing wrong with some criticism mixed in with glowing reviews.

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discuss.joelonsoftware.com

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

You simply need to network. Go to tech (or other relevant industry) events. Refine your elevator pitch. Networking is probably the best single word answer. There is also an industry of people who put up "independent" review sites and drive a lot of affiliate sales through PPC. Go to user groups.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Tech Gadgets Mobile Enterprise GreenTech CrunchBase TechCrunch TV Disrupt SF More TechCrunch TV Beta Invites Crunchies Elevator Pitches Gillmor Gang Podcasts TechCrunch Europe TechCrunch Trends TechCrunch France TechCrunch Japan Whats Hot: Android Apple Facebook Google Microsoft Twitter Yahoo Zynga Subscribe: Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy?

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