An elevator speech is a quick and effective way of getting someone’s attention, and getting them to see things your way. The concept of an elevator pitch is to engage your audience, make your point ...

We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. When trying to raise funding, first impressions matter, and that’s where a ...

Learning to pitch ideas persuasively is a foundational skill for today’s founders. But effective persuasion is hard, so I like to look for simple, time-tested tactics that successful communicators use ...

When tendering to award high value contracts, business and government entities often include a presentation in the procurement process. Presentations provide an evaluation committee with a chance to ...

The software industry is no spring chicken, and that fact has now brought us to an interesting moment in technology. Some of the biggest legacy apps — ubiquitous as they may be — are getting revisited ...

Today I’m at Plug and Play, one of the world’s largest venture capital investment firms and start-up accelerators. I’m with a client from a Fortune 1000 consumer products company to hear 25 startups ...

Christian Reber, CEO and co-founder [Photo: courtesy of Pitch] Now, a startup called Pitch has come up with a more novel idea: It’s letting users embed pre-recorded videos inside of their ...