How to Nail the Elevator Pitch

Less is more to hook investors in learning about your startup

DC Palter
Entrepreneurship Handbook
5 min readMar 5, 2024

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Told they have 30 seconds for an elevator pitch to investors, most founders speak as fast as they can to pack their full 5 minute pitch into half a minute. Their enthusiasm is sincere, but sorry, tm;spa (too much, stopped paying attention).

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