NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 4, 2021

For investors, capital raises provide an opportunity to invest in a company’s ambitions. That’s why it’s important for founders to understand that the clearer you can articulate the opportunity and its potential risks – and proposed mitigations – the better equipped investors will be to assess your business as a viable investment.

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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

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. It is in regard to our roles as mentors and investors that I believe has the most opportunity for impact and therefore needs our most urgent attention.

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NZ Entrepreneur

JUNE 23, 2020

1) Map your market to identify opportunities. ” Strategically analysing your business landscape and moving towards emerging opportunities is a great way to position your business for the upswing. Picking where your best sales opportunities will be is both an art and a science. 2) Pivot your pitch. In three months?

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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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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. Keep talking to customers to spot opportunities for new offerings and audiences.

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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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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. Opportunities and risks of the business idea should also be carefully weighed against each other in final analyses. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. Presentation matters.

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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. YOU set the stage for the conversation or their view of the opportunity you’re giving 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. You’ll want things to be true that may not be, and equally you may underestimate or overlook opportunities. appeared first on NZ Entrepreneur Magazine. It can be one of the biggest frustrations for startups.

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 28, 2021

After all, if you genuinely believe in the value you deliver – they’re fortunate that you’re asking, that you’re offering them this opportunity. Asking at the right time, plus the right tone and pitch in your voice means your new client relationship will cope with some silence. Remember to hold your ask lightly.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Audrey Gelman was on the cover of Inc magazine, visibly pregnant. I’d be hard-pressed to imagine that any other of these companies and their spaces is an absolutely wonderful place to work for Black employees, free of structural bias, and that they feel like they have the growth opportunities they want. Things looked more than great.

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