As a frequent business plan contest judge, angel investor and sponsor of local efforts to encourage startups, I've seen a lot of pitches. Every startup and most ongoing businesses should be able to deliver a decent pitch -- a few minutes and a few slides -- at a moment's notice.
There's a lot of good advice available on how to do a pitch. However, there is a dearth of information about how not to pitch. Aside from the obvious warnings about boring bullet points, there are two fatal errors I'm seeing pretty frequently these days.
As a frequent business plan contest judge, angel investor and sponsor of local efforts to encourage startups, I've seen a lot of pitches. Every startup and most ongoing businesses should be able to deliver a decent pitch -- a few minutes and a few slides -- at a moment's notice.
