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Check out Dave McClure's advice on the pitch if you haven't already:

http://500hats.typepad.com/500blogs/2009/08/your-solution-is...

Dave hammers the 'tell me the problem' side. Does this pitch do that?

EDIT: patio's rewrite seems to nail the problem side pretty hard.

Two alternatives in 15 seconds.

Problem-oriented: Severe weather kills people and breaks things. Our customers entrust their lives and property to Stormpulse. Its us and humanity versus death and destruction. Join our side.

Solution-oriented: We made a really cool AJAX/Flash mashup which combines a bunch of publicly available weather data sources. We'd like more money to develop a bunch of awesome features we have in the pipeline. How about it?

They're equally true. They're by no means equally effective.

Thanks again from Matt and I for the feedback. You've made your point loudly and clearly, and we will most definitely tweak accordingly.

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