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June 8, 2025 53 secs
Think pitching to investors is all suits, slides, and 45-minute monologues? Nope. You’ve got 30 seconds to sound smart, solve a billion-dollar problem, and not sweat through your shirt. Listen to this before you blow your next big chance.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
How do you pitch investors in thirty seconds or less.
In fact, most entrepreneurs when they come up to me,
they will say I have this new new idea, and
then they will shove their phone in my face and
they will say, try try my app. Try my app
right now. Well, honestly, if I'm at a debtworking event,
I can't even focus on your app. What they need
to do is distill your business down into its essence.

(00:22):
And by essence, I mean what is the core value
of your business. If you can communicate this to investors
in thirty seconds or less, you can get them to
say yes, sit down with you and really go deep
on your company. Don't waste time trying to explain your
business model, trying to go in depth on your technology.
Tell the investor this is my customer. This is what

(00:42):
they need. They're not getting it from any competitors in
the marketplace now, and this is the unique value that
I deliver them. Don't try to do more. You will
hook the investor
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