Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 28, 2012

I know that they really impacted an entire cohort of startups because every company that was coming to pitch me businesses was (is) saying, “I’m a ‘mobile first’ company.” It’s the new magazine. If you’re in the minority that never read them – you should. Case in point: Text messaging.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 19, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Use the information you learn to refine your product, approach, and pitch. The best advice I can give is to dive in with the mindset that done is better than perfect.” Rick Kiessig – Cofounder. Fabulous ideas are a dime a dozen.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 16, 2025

Read the interview: Richard Liew: For those who may not know who Ministry of Awesome is – let’s just assume there might be some – can you give us your elevator pitch? We’ve got some really incredible people that have joined our team to provide that one-to-one mentorship and advice.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 27, 2021

Tapping into someone else’s experience is a tried-and-true method, which is why two-time Y Combinator participant Chris Morton wrote a guest post for Extra Crunch with advice for founders hoping to be accepted by the famed accelerator. “Go back to work instead of spending more time perfecting an application.”. No,” he writes.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Tal adopted strategies that include sticking to a super-simple pitch, aiming to surpass his initial funding target, not taking rejection personally, and setting an unusually low investment threshold so friends and family could be a part of his success.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 10, 2020

It’s been growth ever since, and in 2020 the company pitched for funding to scale up. The fund raise required three in-person pitches, seven Zoom pitches and 30 Zoom calls before closing successfully in August. Successful pitches help your confidence snowball. StockTrim came out successful – oversubscribed, in fact.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Brands didn’t advertise their web pages they advertised “AOL Keywords.&# You couldn’t pick up a magazine in the 96-99 timeframe without seeing AOL Keywords advertised everywhere. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API. Now I don’t get any.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2016

What’s the best advice on productivity you’ve ever received? I’ve received great advice from many people over the years. Once your life shifts from pitching outbound to defending against inbound, however, you have to ruthlessly say “no” as your default. It’s the most adaptable.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2020

Once you’ve disclosed information, it may be too late to protect your IP—so we recommend getting advice early on. There’s likely to be written material that’s part of your crowdfunding pitch, along with graphics and potentially video or audio content. When you’d need it. Anton Blijlevens is a partner at AJ Park.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 9, 2022

It’ll help your people feel valued, supported and invested in and there’s the obvious business and customer benefits in ensuring high quality presentations, pitches and video conferencing. The post 5 tips for communicating and collaborating effectively when remote working appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JULY 17, 2019

Practice your pitch, have them look over your business plan, and solicit their advice to so when you go into the lion’s den you’re as prepared as possible. . Find the Right Investors - don’t throw your pitch to just anybody. As a result, investors are more likely to reject the first set of numbers.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Mark advises that when you’re introducing yourself to someone and making your elevator pitch, that you need a distinction, a differentiation. Ramon relates and he’s told followers, “Listen, your job when you’re pitching is not trying to get everything in that package. According to Mark, “too many things…is more than one.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

This is part of my series on How to Raise VC but could equally be filed under Startup Advice more generally. He had pitched me in the past and I told him that for a variety of reasons his company was too early stage for me but that I would happily keep track of their progress. Handling PR with VCs. Is that why you called?

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 11, 2022

Advice is worth its weight in gold in the business industry. It is invaluable to be able to get advice from industry giants who have experienced pitfalls and can make sure your company doesn’t make the same mistakes. . It’s like pitching; if you only have 30 seconds to present your company, you better do it right.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 19, 2020

Media Advice Post-COVID. What not to do: Do not send the same pitch to many people at the same time. What Christina does is help them earn it — through time and effort her clients see their businesses featured in many of these different outlets without having to pay for these coveted spots. It’s kind of like building a resume. .

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StartupNation

JUNE 20, 2021

What advice would you give to someone in your shoes, knowing what you know now? Pitch a good idea, research the material and publish the content. Don’t forget about the audiences watching TV shows, reading magazines and listening to radio programs! What is your background? Why did you decide to pursue entrepreneurship?

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 10, 2024

Pitch to the right people, at the right time, with the right product/service. Mary Crampton is the owner and principle consultant at Magnify Consulting The post 10 reasons why your sales pipeline isn’t delivering consistent sales appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 23, 2020

2) Pivot your pitch. Look deeply at your customer to see whether you need to pivot your sales pitch. Reframe your pitch so that your services fall into a more urgent category by talking about the pain that you remove for your customer, and how you make their life better. What has changed for them?

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

That’s why I started Student Magazine at the height of the Vietnam War, and it’s also why we launched Mates Condoms in the UK. The post Do right and do better in business appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Confirm your free digital mag/s here: Marketing Online. NZ Entrepreneur. NZ Sales Manager. Australian Sales Leader.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 4, 2021

Be sure to share your story and vision with people ahead of pitching to investors. Speak to other founders that have raised money before raising it yourself, learn the lessons and get them to help prepare your pitch deck and investment documents.” – Chris Bacon, Komodo Wellbeing. Time to get pitching.

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StartupNation

JUNE 15, 2021

A jewelry design studio targeting married men probably won’t get much benefit from advertising in a hot rod magazine, even if the audience overlaps. Throw a sales pitch at someone too early in their journey, and you come across as desperate. Don’t let it all go to waste by looking to a 30-year-old movie for marketing advice.

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Environmental issues are currently very hot (pun intended) so we are getting pitched a lot around that because there is consumer interest in changing their own behaviour, so a brand story that aligns with news stories and themes is more likely to get picked up”. “If Check our projects we have going on and pitch in on those; ‘Quick!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

She also explains the importance of her family, her new book, the Dell Women’s Entrepreneurship Network, and her advice to entrepreneurs both young and old. Mikaila says she has also learned about pitching, public speaking, and branding because of DWEN events. Advice for young (and older) entrepreneurs.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

I must have pitched 40-50 VCs over the years. I also loved the guest appearance by Dan Primack of Fortune Magazine. I was an entrepreneur for years. Possibly more. As I talked about on many occasions when I was an entrepreneur – and blogged publicly about - I learned a lot about my business and myself in these meetings.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 8, 2019

The corollary to this, of course, is having the intelligence to distinguish good advice from bad, and having the strength to push back if it’s inconsistent with the vision, conditions or values of the business. Age and experience have softened this view, and I now take advice from every possible quarter.

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NZ Entrepreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Be aware that if pitching to these types of investors that your business model needs to be scalable and needs to address a promising market size. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Presentation matters. Consider presenting your plan in a way that will stand out. For example using a special design (e.g.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

SmartHustle Podcast with Ramon Ray · Business Growth Advice for Scaling Your Business. I'm trying to do as many sales pitches as I can. The post Business Growth Advice for Your Business appeared first on SmartHustle.com. But, did you know there is a difference between growth and scaling ? We were pretty surprised too!

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 3, 2021

AJ offered a few words of advice. This advice echoes Seth Godin as well. For example, the next time you pitch your company to an investor, tell them right up front everything that’s wrong, or not perfect. How can they bring out the “A.J.’ ’ inside of them?

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

No matter how much you re-work your pitch document, website or marketing, your idea simply isn’t catching their interest. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. It can be one of the biggest frustrations for startups. You can’t figure out why. What are you missing? Where’s the gap? Finn Robertson is Insights Manager at Eleven.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 28, 2021

Asking at the right time, plus the right tone and pitch in your voice means your new client relationship will cope with some silence. The post How to ask for the sale appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Remember that you’re building a relationship. Mary Crampton is the owner and principal consultant at Magnify Consulting.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JULY 18, 2019

If you watched Shark Tank in early August last year, you’d have seen two entrepreneurs hoping the ground would open up and swallow them when pitching their camping tent startup to a group of investors. What I do believe is that all of us entrepreneurs need a way of pitching our business clearly and compellingly. Who are you?

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 2, 2022

Want to tap in to the best startup advice from entrepreneurs who are out there doing it? Accelerate your journey by shamelessly asking for advice and feedback from the best and brightest.”. The post 500 Founders: Janelle Fenwick, Jack Coleman, Lane Litz & Frayne Cooke appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Chatterize.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 11, 2020

He demonstrated his ability to talk like a high-pitched cartoon character resembling Elmo, and explained how that combined with his enthusiasm and skill set led to getting requests to speak in public, with audiences in the thousands. “It’s a big world.”

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NZ Entrepreneur

JANUARY 20, 2022

Behind every startup, SME and scaleup statistic, and behind every failed pitch, idea, or venture is a human being with thoughts, feelings and frailties like anyone else. Everything else we do (our “What” – programmes, pitches, funding) is secondary.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2010

I’ve written about the “elevator” pitch before. I buy dead magazines.” I buy dead magazines. We think that the magazine industry is going through incredible change but that the Internet website experience doesn’t yet fulfill our magazine needs. We buy dead magazines. He gets a stare every time.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

This shows itself when people try to do an elevator pitch, send concise, actionable emails or have a quick phone call with you to ask for help. Brad Feld told me that TechStars makes each company practice the 1 or 2-minute pitch the first week of the program. So here’s my advice: 1. Tags: Startup Advice.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 27, 2025

A targeted, well-researched pitch to the right journalist at the right publication is far more effective. Building relationships with key journalists by engaging with their work before pitching. The post How breakthrough media coverage is driving brand growth for Kiwi SMEs appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine.

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