Last Thursday I’d just spoken as a guest to a class in entrepreneurship. As the class ended I was anxious to go because I was late for my grandson. The professor was thanking me and three students waited to talk to me individually. I didn’t want to be rude and I like talking to students, so I didn’t run off immediately.
The first in line was the one student I didn’t want to talk to — the one who had asked if I would listen to a quick business pitch after class. There’s no such thing as a quick business pitch when you’re not in an elevator.
However, instead of a pitch, it was iPhone in hand, showing me, and:
I know you don’t have time for a pitch but can I show you my app? It’s done and it works.
So, at least for me, an old software guy, that pitch worked. I couldn’t resist. Of course I wanted to see the app.
And it looked pretty good too. I’m asking him to show it to somebody I work with.
So there’s an elevator speech replacement that worked. In two seconds.
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For example, before we had cell phones we survived without being able to call from anywhere to anywhere at any time. Phone calls happened only when we were at home, or in the office, or, in an emergency, from phone booths. And, amazingly enough, we all survived. And lived to tell the tale.
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