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By Tim Berry
How to Do the Business Pitch

I’ve seen so many pitches recently; literally several dozen. There was the University of Oregon venture competition, then the Rice University venture competition, one at Smart-ups in Eugene, and then we had the Big Idea Bash in Portand. I’ve seen some great pitches, actually, far more of them good than bad; but I can’t resist adding my suggestions as a quick (3-minute) video here.


If you can’t see the video here, then please click here for the YouTube source.

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2 Responses to “How to Do the Business Pitch”

  1. Matt Harrell Says:

    Thanks Tim, this is an excellent breakdown of how straight-forward the pitch needs to be.

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