Tips for Approaching VCs
- courtesy Red Herring Magazine,
What your best opener?
Hey, nice tie! I think I've seen it before. On your sister,
TOP-TEN BEST 'ELEVATOR PITCH' OPENING LINES
10. "That's a nice tie!"
9. "I think I used to date your sister."
8. "I've been riding this elevator all day, waiting for you."
7. "We make an open-standard gigabit e-commerce
Java server. It's a whole new paradigm!"
6. "Our product will be hotter than my grandpa on Viagra."
5. "We have no competitors!"
4. "You're not one of them vulture capitalists, are ya?"
3. "Didn't I see you on the Jerry Springer show?"
2. "Two words: El. Nino."
1. "That's a nice tie. Can I have it?"
Venture Market West Wrap-Up, 5/12/98
Here's a great one we got from Kevin Johansen, CEO of 4Work.com
in Denver, CO...let's just say Kevin knows how to get, and *hold*, attention...
check out his site (which FAST COMPANY just ranked as one of the
top employment sites on the Web): www.4work.com
I think. It's tough to be sure. That's all she had on. You just missed her.
She's been riding this elevator with me all day. Mind if I have it? I expect her
back soon. It will really surprise her. It's been a long day - we've been playing
'El Nino' since 8am. Tough to do with all these cameras around. Our boss, Jerry Springer,
is filming us for his new website. It runs on an open-standard gigabit e-commerce Java server
that we just invented. He says he knows you, btw. Says you did a show with him on Viagra.
The same one my grandpa was in. The show we're taping right now is about 'vulture'
capitalists. Want to be in it? Like I said, nice tie. I'll ask Jerry. I'm pretty sure
he'll go for it. I can see it now - 'Incestuous Investor Betting on Change of
Paradigm'. Hell, he'll build the whole show around you. Think of the
publicity you'll get. I figure it would only cost you a couple million,
and I'll bet Jerry would throw in a license for his new server.
So whatcha think? We gotta deal?