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Nail the Opening to Your Pitch with "Pitch Madlibs"

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Posted by donAdeo on 2010-11-03

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At our last Founder Showcase event, a number of investors complained to me about the weak elevator pitches they were hearing from the entrepreneurs in attendance. I then went on stage and explained how to pitch a startup correctly, focusing on a one sentence format. The formula that I presented is easy, but most entrepreneurs manage to screw it up, nonetheless. Most people add useless adjectives, define their audience too vaguely, and have a weak value proposition with no secret sauce.

How much better would the world be if every startup could explain their business well in one sentence?

In the video below, I outline an easy way to nail the opening to your pitch. It's what I like to call, "Madlibs for Pitching";

THE MADLIBS FORMAT:

My company, _________,

is developing __a defined offering__

to help __a defined audience__

__solve a problem__

with __secret sauce__.


TechCrunch did an article on this formula earlier today as well.


Need more help? If you are in the Silicon Valley or Seattle areas, I'm hosting free hands-on workshops to help improve your "Startup Ideation" and pitching;

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