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07-15-2016, 05:21 PM
10 extreme things entrepreneurs have done during a pitch competition
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Entrepreneurs are, by nature, risk-takers. This quality can serve as an advantage during a startup pitch competition, but it can also go terribly wrong.
Curious about what kinds of risks pay off — especially when funding is at stake — I asked 10 entrepreneurs from the*Young Entrepreneur Council (http://yec.co/)*about the craziest things they have done to get investors' attention.*
Their best answers are below.
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1. I said we were raising just the cost of a lunch to meet with me
I got up on stage and crushed our pitch. People loved it. At the very end, I said we were raising $18.33, what a lunch would cost to meet with me.*
This was a gutsy move but we ended up getting over 30 contacts from investors taking me up on my lunch. Every one of them referenced the amount in their email or in-person conversations. It's something different that stuck out in their minds.*
Investors don't care what you're trying to raise when they are first getting to k**w you. They want to k**w you. Do something that'll stick out in their minds. -*John Rampton, Due (https://due.com/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/10-extreme-entrepreneur-pitches/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Entrepreneurs are, by nature, risk-takers. This quality can serve as an advantage during a startup pitch competition, but it can also go terribly wrong.
Curious about what kinds of risks pay off — especially when funding is at stake — I asked 10 entrepreneurs from the*Young Entrepreneur Council (http://yec.co/)*about the craziest things they have done to get investors' attention.*
Their best answers are below.
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1. I said we were raising just the cost of a lunch to meet with me
I got up on stage and crushed our pitch. People loved it. At the very end, I said we were raising $18.33, what a lunch would cost to meet with me.*
This was a gutsy move but we ended up getting over 30 contacts from investors taking me up on my lunch. Every one of them referenced the amount in their email or in-person conversations. It's something different that stuck out in their minds.*
Investors don't care what you're trying to raise when they are first getting to k**w you. They want to k**w you. Do something that'll stick out in their minds. -*John Rampton, Due (https://due.com/) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/15/10-extreme-entrepreneur-pitches/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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