{"id":2903,"date":"2017-02-28T13:09:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2017-02-28T13:09:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T13:09:57","slug":"how-to-refine-your-elevator-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/how-to-refine-your-elevator-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"How to refine your elevator pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>How to refine your elevator pitch<\/h1>\n<p>For any young, aspiring entrepreneur the elevator pitch is VITALLY important. An elevator pitch is concise, explanation of your idea, or startup that gives a clear picture of what you do and creates a sense of curiosity in the hearer to what know more.<\/p>\n<p>Here are keys to writing the perfect elevator pitch: <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.bplans.com\/the-7-key-components-of-a-perfect-elevator-pitch\/\">7 Key Components of an Elevator Pitch<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I want to share with you my favorite way to refine your elevator pitch: sharing it with friends. When I say friend I mean a REAL friend. Give them your pitch and ask them questions about your pitch such as:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>how easy was it to understand the idea?<\/li>\n<li>what was confusing, unclear?<\/li>\n<li>Any suggestions of how I could explain it better?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>A real friend is the key. You do NOT want someone who will tell you how great of a job you did or how great your idea is, but something much \u00a0MUCH more. A real friend is someone who is honest, and genuinely interested in helping you succeed.<\/p>\n<p>Through utilizing the ideas of all of your REAL friends, your elevator pitch will be refined and clear when shared in the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to refine your elevator pitch For any young, aspiring entrepreneur the elevator pitch is VITALLY important. An elevator pitch is concise, explanation of your idea, or startup that gives a clear picture of what you do and creates a sense of curiosity in the hearer to what know more. Here are keys to writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2919,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/2919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gccwebsites.com\/startupsales\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}