practiceyourpitch Archives

January 9, 2015May 5, 2016

Pitch Practice Friday Jan 9 2015

Wonderful start to the new year with a great session of Pitch Practice. Remember, your 30 second pitch always has the following elements, in whatever order suits you best:

Your name (say it clearly and boldly)
Your company name (if you have one)
The problem you’re solving (the most

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May 19, 2014May 5, 2016

Pitch Practice 05-16-2014

After some frustration from meetup.com about removing Pitch Practice from their service – half a dozen people gave me their condolences and lamented that I was “shutting down Pitch Practice – we had the biggest turnout ever. Big na-na-na-boo-boo to meetup.com, and thanks to Twitter, Blogger, and the ATV Facebook … Keep reading >>>

May 14, 2014May 5, 2016

Word Play at the HIVE Gathering

This portion of the HIVE gathering last night was great, not only because I got to judge and pick the winner, but also because it demonstrated the grand importance of being able to answer the simple, common question, “What does your company do?” That is why I run Pitch Practice… Keep reading >>>

May 12, 2014May 5, 2016

Pitch Practice 05-09-2014

Here’s the recap from last Friday’s rather raucous session of Pitch Practice. When you have an open meetup, you just never know who’s gonna show or what they’re gonna pitch, do you?

NOTE: Rumors of the demise of Pitch Practice are greatly exaggerated, mainly by meetup.com. Pitch Practice is

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March 28, 2014May 5, 2016

Pitch Practice 03-28-2014

Full house at today’s session in the new, big conference room in the first floor event space at Atlanta Tech Village. Thanks to Erin for the shout out during StartupChowdown. We pitched, learned, and networked.

We had quite a few folks who were brand new to Pitch Practice… Keep reading >>>

January 24, 2014May 5, 2016

Pitch Practice 01-24-2014

Bell Street Burritos couldn’t slow us down. We pitched, we learned, and we networked. If you’re a startup, you should always be pitching your business, so #practiceyourpitch! Here’s who pitched and what we learned.

Matthew James – Mobile Shopping Solutions – app & mobile web site that geo-locates every

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November 14, 2013May 5, 2016

Include these items in your 5-minute pitch

One of the regular pitch practice attendees shared these with me today. Fred’s pitch for Garagistry.com has improved so dramatically over the last month that I would be remiss in not sharing these.

1. Problem/Solution

What is the problem in the marketplace that your product or service solves? Use one

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September 24, 2013May 5, 2016

Confidence + Perseverance = Success

Yesterday, my daughter (11) was recounting an experience she had a few years back, when my wife and I were attending Christian parenting classes at a local church with some couples we knew from church and school. After she told me a funny story about what the kids did while … Keep reading >>>

July 30, 2013May 5, 2016

StartupBP is now Pitch Practice

Did you attend Atlanta Startup Village last night? If you did, and you imbibed in some of the Monday Night Brewery Eye Patch Ale, that was me serving from the keg. Yes, we had a little CO2 issue, but Kaitlyn Klimbach quickly put a remedy to that. And … Keep reading >>>