http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/10/08/the-great-elevator-pitch-competition-you-have-60-seconds-to-convince-me-to-give-you-a-million-dollars-or-10-million/ Business + Technology in the Exponential Economy Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/10/08/the-great-elevator-pitch-competition-you-have-60-seconds-to-convince-me-to-give-you-a-million-dollars-or-10-million/comment-page-1/#comment-1823 laura allen Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:46:17 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2007/10/08/the-great-elevator-pitch-competition-you-have-60-seconds-to-convince-me-to-give-you-a-million-dollars-or-10-million/#comment-1823 It is very exciting to see all of these elevator pitch contests happening. In 2002, when the economy was bleak here in NYC, I realized that the people in my network that knew how to promote themselves well would never have trouble getting a job or finding funding for a business. Everyone else was in another boat entirely. I'd like to make a radical claim. I believe that it is possible to get your most important points across in just 15 seconds. After all, it might be a SHORT elevator ride or you might meet someone on the subway platform as the train is pulling into the station, so in today's ultra-fast moving world, you may not even get 60 seconds. So be prepared to pitch in even less time if you need to. It is very exciting to see all of these elevator pitch contests happening. In 2002, when the economy was bleak here in NYC, I realized that the people in my network that knew how to promote themselves well would never have trouble getting a job or finding funding for a business. Everyone else was in another boat entirely. I’d like to make a radical claim. I believe that it is possible to get your most important points across in just 15 seconds. After all, it might be a SHORT elevator ride or you might meet someone on the subway platform as the train is pulling into the station, so in today’s ultra-fast moving world, you may not even get 60 seconds. So be prepared to pitch in even less time if you need to.

]]> http://www.xconomy.com/boston/2007/10/08/the-great-elevator-pitch-competition-you-have-60-seconds-to-convince-me-to-give-you-a-million-dollars-or-10-million/comment-page-1/#comment-1822 jeff Mon, 08 Oct 2007 16:16:07 +0000 http://www.xconomy.com/2007/10/08/the-great-elevator-pitch-competition-you-have-60-seconds-to-convince-me-to-give-you-a-million-dollars-or-10-million/#comment-1822 Check out the Elevator Pitch Website www.mitepc.com It should be a great opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs and is open to everyone in and outside of MIT. There's a number of MIT, Harvard and Boston U. alumni participating including people as far as Stanford and Cornell. I've competed in 3 elevator pitches in Boston, Cleveland and Houston, they are a lot of fun, but most importantly, I met a ton of people that wanted to join my team, be an advisor or lead me to investment. The key is not just the $2,500 grand prize or the eight $1,000 prizes at the MIT EPC this upcoming Saturday (which is $41 a second) or giving your pitch in front of VC judges and entrepreneurs http://www.mit100k.org/epc/judges.php , its meeting people and finding ideas and lab technology to build a team around. The MIT $100k is a year long competition that ends May 14th. But the elevator pitch contest is the first step to winning and getting investment like 2006 winner Stericoat or 2004 runner-up Liquid Piston. Or even 2003 runner-up Brontes, who just sold for $95 million. Check out the Elevator Pitch Website http://www.mitepc.com It should be a great opportunity to network with fellow entrepreneurs and is open to everyone in and outside of MIT. There’s a number of MIT, Harvard and Boston U. alumni participating including people as far as Stanford and Cornell. I’ve competed in 3 elevator pitches in Boston, Cleveland and Houston, they are a lot of fun, but most importantly, I met a ton of people that wanted to join my team, be an advisor or lead me to investment. The key is not just the $2,500 grand prize or the eight $1,000 prizes at the MIT EPC this upcoming Saturday (which is $41 a second) or giving your pitch in front of VC judges and entrepreneurs http://www.mit100k.org/epc/judges.php , its meeting people and finding ideas and lab technology to build a team around. The MIT $100k is a year long competition that ends May 14th. But the elevator pitch contest is the first step to winning and getting investment like 2006 winner Stericoat or 2004 runner-up Liquid Piston. Or even 2003 runner-up Brontes, who just sold for $95 million.

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