Today, we celebrated five years since the first session of Pitch Practice. The first 3 sessions were called "Startup BP", a lousy baseball analogy for startups "pitching" to others for practice. Since session number 4, we've met almost every week for 5 years. Along the way, we've helped startups like … Keep reading >>>
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Recap posts and other mentions and uses of Pitch Practice material and methodology.
Qoins: $50,000 Reasons to Practice Your Pitch
This week, TAG hosted an event at Mercedes Benz Stadium called #FintechSouth. In addition to honoring some heavy hitting players in the Atlanta FinTech space, TAG held a pitch contest for new fintech startups. The winner of the pitch contest is Qoins, a two-man startup that began as a great … Keep reading >>>
The whole series of articles on “Giving Your Gift” in work and in life
A while back, I wrote a series of blog posts about "giving your gift". Those articles, listed below, are my way of thinking out loud about how Pitch Practice has served as a learning tool for me. Specifically, Pitch Practice has, for the last 5 years, given me an outlet … Keep reading >>>
Pitch Practice helps you articulate the problem you are solving
As the 5 year anniversary of Pitch Practice rapidly approaches, the path and brand of the meetup continue to amaze me. In the last month, we've had one of our largest groups ever to fill The Pitch Practice Boardroom made up entirely of people who are not members of ATV. … Keep reading >>>
Problem: real estate agents are too busy to effectively grow their businesses
Do you know any real estate agents who aren't really busy these days? The residential real estate market, especially here in Atlanta, is off the charts hot right now. As an anecdotal example, my wife and I have put five offers on homes in the last year, and we have … Keep reading >>>
Wanna Love Your Job? Give Your Gift Everyday
You hate your job. You can't leave. You know you have certain gifts, but you are not using those gifts at work. When you do use those gifts, you are exhilarated and fulfilled in what you do. Even more, when you use your gift for others, with no expectation of … Keep reading >>>
“Practice Your Pitch”: The Reviews Are In
It's humbling to put something out there and see (a) what people think about it and (b) if people who don't know you will actually buy it. For the most part, that's what I did with Practice Your Pitch. I'm overwhelmed by the reviews on Amazon. It's not the volume, … Keep reading >>>
Problem: Annual corporate phishing training is worthless
Big corporations have big corporation email security policies. Especially in the financial sector, email phishing is big business for hackers. Why? Because it works! Why does it still work, even though email has been around for a quarter century? Because most big corporations require their non-IT employees to attend a … Keep reading >>>
Problem: In FinTech, I don’t know you, and I don’t trust you
How many corporate data breaches have occurred in the last 5 years? The answer is, A LOT! In the FinTech (financial technology) sector, a data breach like Equifax in the fall of 2017 put all of our identities and financial information in danger of being stolen. Furthermore, with so many … Keep reading >>>
Problem: Your dog ran away! How do you find him?
Has your dog ever escaped and run away like he stole something? There are an estimated 80 million dogs in the US and 4 million are lost each year. In fact, almost 1/3 of dogs get lost at some point in their lifetime. All of us dog lovers have been … Keep reading >>>