Elevator Pitch – Advice from Experts

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Elevator Pitch

Los Angeles, California

$150.0/min 5.0 59 $2.5/min

As a TechCrunch50 and Launch Conference coach, Tyler has spent years working with hundreds of early-stage startup founders to refine their ideas, determine which problems to solve, and develop compelling pitches.

Dr. Sean Wise

Toronto, Canada Area

$300.0/min 5.0 40 $5/min

Over $2B in capital raised for seed stage startups over the last 15 years. I've made 13 seed investments this year alone. I've spent the last 15 years in Venture Capital. 20,000 elevator pitchers heard. 5 seasons with Dragons' Den / 3 seasons with The Naked Entrepreneur. 2014 Mentor of the Year, Startup Canada

Permjot Valia

London and Halifax, Canada

$100.0/min 5.0 6 $1.67/min

25 years of B2B sales experience and through MentorCamp have mentored over 1200 businesses globally. Have been described as an expert in pitching. If you are struggling with your pitch, or getting your idea across, contact me

Natalia Oberti Noguera

Greater New York City Area

$250.0/min 5.0 6 $4.17/min

Dubbed "The Coach" by Marie Claire, Natalia (aka Ms. Oberti Noguera) is Founder and CEO of Pipeline Angels, a network of women investors that's changing the face of angel investing and creating capital for women social entrepreneurs. Natalia holds a BA in Comparative Literature & Economics from Yale. She has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, Mashable, Newsweek, Reuters Money, TechCrunch, The New York Times, and Fast Company's Co.Exist Change Generation series. Natalia was named to the Forbes list “Top 20 Women for Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter,” as well as Latina.com's "25 Latinas Who Shine in Tech." Women's eNews recognized her as one of 21 Leaders for the 21st Century for 2012 and Fortune highlighted her as one of the "55 most influential women on Twitter." You can find Natalia on Twitter (@nakisnakis).

Christoph Sollich

Berlin, Germany

$100.0/min 5.0 6 $1.67/min

Christoph Sollich is a freelance startup consultant/mentor/coach, working with many startups (and bigger companies that want to be more like startups) in Germany and around Europe. With his background in advertising and after winning a bunch of “Best Pitch” awards (and zero awards for his ideas!) at hackathons and startup weekends, startups started asking his advice about pitching - leading to him being known in the Berlin startup scene as “The Pitch Doctor”. He describes himself as supremely intelligent, very funny, extremely good-looking and excessively humble.

Ben Larson

$200.0/min 5.0 1 $3.33/min

Serial entrepreneur, investor, and startup adviser. Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Gateway, the premier cannabis startup accelerator based in Silicon Valley. Ben is a Director and Mentor for the Founder Institute, where he formerly managed global operations and helped grow the program into over 100 cities around the world. He’s also active on several boards inside and out of the cannabis industry and travels around the world speaking to audiences of all sizes while advising early stage companies. He’s an active Mentor and Senior Advisor to the non-profit Youth Business USA and a Board Member of Playworks. Ben was recently named to the 40 Under 40 Class of 2018 by the San Francisco Business Times.

David Nault

Montreal, Quebec

$200.0/min 5.0 8 $3.33/min

David is a venture capital investor with capitalist at iNovia Capital with a focus on IT investment opportunities. iNovia has $275M under management across three seed and early-stage funds. I love working with people but never tell them what they want to hear, rather I tell them what I think and how I can help. Entrepreneurship is part of my DNA and so is helping others in their quest to grow their businesses. Areas of expertise include; funding, marketing, mobile, e-commerce and payments. I learnt early on the meaning of lean start-up while at NetCorp when I had to get large customer validation for a disruptive telecom technology for which I later raised $15 million to grow. Thereafter, while while at Pivotal Payments, an emerging payment processor, I experienced what creating traction was all about when he helped the company grow from a few to over 60,000 customers, 400 employees and $150 million in recurring revenue. After which I was named president of Callio Technologies whose intellectual property was later acquired by Bell Canada. I have a Bachelor of Commerce from John Molson School of Business in Montreal and won entrepreneur of the year in the Queen’s University entrepreneurship competition. More about me: http://inoviacapital.com/#/team http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidnault https://angel.co/david-nault https://twitter.com/VentureBuilder

Daniel Shani

NYC

$120.0/min 5.0 2 $2/min

CEO/Founder Energy Intelligence, 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30, Cleantech & Hardware startups, Booth MBA, Brooklyn-Boston-Buffalo, Fundraiser & Grant writer, many-time pitch winner, former Consultant, very practical and direct -- tips on early stage development, pitching, fundraising

Ryan Sears

Annapolis, MD

$100.0/min 5.0 1 $1.67/min

Founder, Creative, UX & Graphic Designer, Coder, Advisor to Startups and Small Businesses. I help companies go from Idea to Revenue.

Andrew Follett

Chicago, IL

$200.0/min 5.0 3 $3.33/min

Founder at Demo Duck (2011), Video Brewery (2012), and Concept Feedback (2009). Interested in all things online video, content marketing, and startups.

Ashley Tott

Sundsvall Sweden

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Co-founder nordicvibe. Expert areas related to business development : Elevator Pitch, Sales and Negotiation, Venture Capital and Crowdfunding, Strategy and Board Work, Social Selling. I have a background in Private Equity from London.

Ioannis Anagnostou

London Ontario Canada

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Founded several business ventures from which I draw my experiences. Captain Cook's Seafood Diner, A Shade Above Window Decor, Aphrodite Gifts, and PTG Sports Gifts & Collectibles are just a few past ventures from which I draw my experiences to motivate small business owners into success.

Nigel Sharp

Boulder, CO, United States

$120.0/min N/A 8 $2/min

Imagine Cup Mentor, Founder of Lionsharp a Creative Technology Start-up. Entrepreneur in Residence at CU Boulder. Can advise on Fundraising, Incorporating your company globally, Enterprise IT choices, Project Management, Development efficiency tips, team growth and technology choices. The advice comes from years of experience leading a team successfully through the daily start-up grind. I know it's hard, and i'm here to help.

Ren Butler

Melbourne, Australia

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Ren Butler is the Community & Team Lead for Inspire9 group. Before joining the Inspire9 team, she worked with and in startups, innovation and ecosystem capacity building in Australia for the past four years as a freelancer as well as with an accelerator program. Her experience spans teaching, applied technologies and business systems. Having moved from California to Melbourne five years ago, Ren's explored the connections between community, science and business for over a decade across the globe. This landed her in the curious and amazing world of tech startups and innovation, fostering connection between knowledge, resources, and people. She's helped hundreds of founders get funding, built international partnerships, and craft their early-stage business ideas into viable market-ready businesses.

Kevin Smith

Toronto, ON

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

I worked in sales and marketing at Dell Inc for 14+ years. I've done B2C, B2B, and B2E sales, as well as brand marketing for enterprise HW and software products. I work with MaRS and a number of Small Business Enterprise Centres to help educate clients about how to build value props, marketing plans, sales plans and investor pitches.

Sam Horn

Washington, DC

$600.0/min N/A 36 $10/min

Award winning marketing strategist and keynote speaker with a 25-year track record of results with an international clientele including Intel, YPO, Fortune 500 Forum, MPI, Cisco, and NASA and Four Seasons Resorts. Sam has worked with over 20 individuals to craft their compelling TED and TEDx talks.

Pascal Stifani

Lausanne, Switzerland

$250.0/min N/A 0 $4.17/min

Swiss Entrepreneur, Mentor for 20+ companies. Podcast Host and content creator. Ready to step up your Marketing and Communication skill ? Find a name, a catch phrase ? Let's work on your company from A to Success !

Donna Griffit

Sunnyvale, CA

$400.0/min N/A 0 $6.67/min

Pitch Alchemist, Storyteller, bringing dry, dull, data-laden messages to life and helping startups get the meetings, funding and sales they deserve!

josh light

salt lake city, utah

$350.0/min N/A 0 $5.83/min

I've done a lot of pitching for not only my startups but plenty of others too. I have a talent for simplifying complexity and composing a message that resonates with a specific target market. Here are some pitching stats... In pitching competitions: - 1st place 50% of the time - Top 5 80% of the time - Competed in multiple global competitions, one had over 22,000 competitors Other pitching stats: - Raised money for 3 startups - Helped refine pitch for startup that raised money from Mark Cuban on Shark Tank - +7 years teaching at universities on the subject of business plans and pitching - Most viewed elevator pitch in the world - Helped refine pitches for various crowdfunding projects that pre-sold +2 million products - Written scripts for numerous TV ads - Pitches have appeared in notable publications like Forbes

Aasim Saeed

Fort Worth, TX

$200.0/min N/A 0 $3.33/min

Founder of LetsLivewire.com - primary product architect of virtual professional services marketplace. Participated in Dreamit ('14) and Village Capital ('15) accelerators. Expert in developing custom presentation materials & budget models. Former McKinsey consultant.

Valery Satterwhite

Los Angeles, CA

$120.0/min N/A 0 $2/min

Founder at NailMyStartup.com - Hands-on Startup Founding Team Advisor, Strategist, Accountability Partner, Tactical implementer, Mindset expander, Sounding board and Sanity Check.

Dave Valliere

Toronto ON CA

$175.0/min N/A 0 $2.92/min

A leading thinker and educator of what actually works in creating successful entrepreneurial businesses. 15 years in start-up ecosystem, 10 years in financial industry, 15 years in high-tech. Frequently sought as a speaker on entrepreneurial startups.

Andrew Horn

Brooklyn, NY

$200.0/min N/A 9 $3.33/min

I help people connect to their purpose, create compelling presentations and implement systems that scale their biz. Founder at dreamsforkidsdc.org, itsandrewhorn.com and Tribute.co

Gabriel Paunescu

Palo Alto

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Entrepreneur. Published Inventor. Startup Doer and Advisor.

Curran McKay

London

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Co-Founder in PropTech, FinTech & InsurTech. Winner of multiple pitch competitions including the $150,000 DigitalDNA Pitch Award. Led on Strategy, innovation, business development, fundraising, strategic partnerships and sales for numerous start-ups, corporates and freelancers.

The Burton Group

Portland, OR

$100.0/min N/A 0 $1.67/min

Public speaking coach specializing in helping professionals overcome anxiety when faced with presenting to an audience. BA Drama Hons - University of Exeter Advanced Actor Training - AADA, NYC Actors Equity Association Member Owner: The Burton Group Guest Instructor: University of Oregon, ZGF Architects, Former Faculty: AADA NY, Stagecoach UK, Dramarama London

Ana Kolarevic

Germany

$150.0/min N/A 0 $2.5/min

Lean Startup Methodology & Lean Marketing consultant. Startup pitch coach. Awarded as one of the 50 most influential women in IT in Croatia by IT Biz Crunch in 2016. Native German, English and Croatian speaker.