Entrepreneur magazine has a recent article by Dwight Peters (a student at Baruch College – Zicklin School of Business in entrepreneurship and founder of BackersHub – a reward fulfillment tool for crowdfunding campaigns) about tips for pitching: 6 Tips for Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch The recommendations are a combination of content and delivery suggestions. His recommendations are (my thoughts are in parenthesis …
EFactor has put together a video featuring six elements that you should include in your pitch. These tips come from last year’s F50 Funded contestants: The 6 things to include in your pitch: The team The problem and your solution Traction / milestones Market size Competition [ comparison ] Financing [ past and current ] Also, EFactor listed 5 pointers …
Colorado State University and the Blue Ocean Challenge has put a new twist on the elevator pitch. They are having participants pitch (2-minutes) on a trolley while driving around Fort Collins. A creative touch to making it “real”. “Innovation, both old and new, comes together in this high-energy, engaging competition as 15 Blue Ocean Enterprises Collegiate Track competitors board Birney …
A.J. Agrawal talks about the 3 main things he learned when pitching in a article for Entrepreneur magazine titled, “3 Ways To Perfect Your Pitch“. The 3 points are: Show off your customer discovery Keep them guessing Practice, refine and repeat I agree with point 1 and 3. You want to show what the market thinks (not just what you think) …
Wil Schroter, the co-founder and CEO of Fundable.com says that with entrepreneurs trying to sell their ideas to investors, customers and prospective employees, they need to keep things simple in their pitch. To do that, they must also have a simple, painful problem that is being addressed with their business idea. Read Article: Focus on the Simple, Painful Problem by Wil Schroter …