Five secrets to a killer elevator pitch (video)

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28 points·subelsky··4 comments

I actually sat through all of that, which is rare for me with videos. The visuals supported the text without splitting my attention, the roadmap was great, the content excellent, and the points made were all good.

I'd quibble with some details, but overall, fantastic.

At also applies to my field of giving presentations about science, math or technology. So many presentations could be made so much better by following these principles. The killer close is so important. Telling a story, make your listener feel the pain, these are points I always tell people that ask me for advice, although I phrase them differently for my context.

One of the few talks about talks that was really helpful. I recommend it.

really glad you liked it! I was with Josh when he launched our product at Techcrunch50 in 2009 and I noticed that his storytelling put-the-focus-on-the-problem technique really helped us stand out from a lot of the other presenters who focused on the novelty of their solution (which often rang hollow with the judges)

If you liked that maybe this is also for you. "David S. Rose on pitching to VCs"

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_s_rose_on_pitching_...

I would of preferred examples with each point, but it sounds like this was a short presentation.

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