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Do's and Don'ts of Elevator Pitches

By Bill on June 10, 2008 10:14 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
Thanks to TechCrunch Elevator Pitches, Internet entrepreneurs now have an outlet for their pitches...and an inlet for my criticism.

Do...

  • ...get to the point
    • a bad example of this
  • ...create mental imagery (pitch)
  • ...relate your startup/idea/concept to something people already know.
    • "Kongregate is YouTube for games" (pitch)

Don't...

  • ...be boring, mumble/speak softly, have a unibrow  (pitch)
  • ...be a douche bag
  • ...use buzzwords, especially not in large quantities (pitch)
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