When pitching one’s business idea, one must ramp up their energy level to show the excitement one has about the idea. That is easy. However, when it becomes time to listen, one must turn and become respective of comments from the audience. One must change perspective from being a coach, being coachable, quickly. Here is an article that explains this: …
The Kauffman Founder School recently released a mini-course on using the lean approach / business model canvas to hone your new business and run it. In episode 6, you can find out how to use the canvas to succinctly tell others about the important parts of your business in a story fashion– i.e. pitching. Episode 6: Telling a Story
This article, “4 Powerful Presentation Lessons from Apple” [ and Steve Jobs ], is about presentations, not specifically about pitching (how to succinctly talk about the important parts of your business). However, the 4 points that are highlighted are prudent for talking about your business (idea) in a pitch. They are: Keep your main message SIMPLE — and Tweetable (this …
When “pitching”, show your idea / startup / company in a positive light, but DO NOT cross the line of not telling the truth: Article: Your Pitch is Just the Beginning: Walking the Line on Little White Lies by Elizabeth Usovicz, General Manager of Transaction Commons “There’s nothing wrong and everything right with presenting your startup in the best possible …
Buffalo (New York) held a pitch competition on October 30th which dispersed $5 million to 11 startups. The competition received 6,932 applications from 96 countries and every state in the United States (50). The applicants were filtered to 113 semifinalists. From those semifinalists 11 finalists emerged and pitched on October 30 at the Shea’s Performing Arts Center in Buffalo, NY. The monetary …