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Pitchbot.vc helps you practice your startup pitch We’ve written and published plenty of articles on Startacus on maximise your chances of success when pitching your startup. From the key slides of a pitch deck to the do’s and don’t of pitch deck presentations to even hand, eye and body language tips for pitching entrepreneurs, we thought we had the whole ‘pitching’ t...
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Your moment has come… it’s pitching time! Here’s two minutes worth of tips to help maximise your chances of success.   Nerves won’t help you now- They serve no purpose at all, and could actually ruin your chances success, so you must get them under control.  Many an entrepreneur has been reduced to a jittering wreck by a pitching opportunity that was foiled by...
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Here at Startacus we love highlighting the self-starters, startups, places and spaces that are making a difference, or at least aiming to make a difference in the foreseeable future.  Step forward the first of our ‘Ones to watch for 2016’ - The Startup Van We’ve known about The Startup Van for some time - in fact, it was one of their in-the-van startup pitch videos th...
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Mariana Lucia Marquez is the co-founder of previously awarded Startacus Startup of the Week MetaSpeech.com a public speaking consultancy that helps entrepreneurs upgrade their non-verbal communication. Mariana has written fab previous articles for Startacus on Hand Gestures for Pitching Entrepreneurs, posture tips for pitching entrepreneurs, and eye contact tips for pitching entrepreneur...
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Mariana Lucia Marquez is the co-founder of previously awarded Startacus Startup of the Week MetaSpeech.com a public speaking consultancy that helps entrepreneurs upgrade their non-verbal communication. With previous fab articles for Startacus including posture tips for pitching entrepreneurs and eye contact tips for pitching entrepreneurs Mariana now returns with the third post in h...
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Eye Contact tips for Pitching Entrepreneurs Mariana Lucia Marquez is the co-founder of recently awarded Startup of the Week MetaSpeech.com a public speaking consultancy that helps entrepreneurs upgrade their non-verbal communication. A couple of weeks ago she started her series of Body language tips for pitching entrepreneurs with posture. But what to do with the eyes?! Well grab a coffee, take ...
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Body language tips for pitching entrepreneurs: Start with posture Mariana Lucia Marquez is the co-founder of recently awarded Startup of the Week MetaSpeech.com  a public speaking consultancy that helps entrepreneurs upgrade their non-verbal communication. MetaSpeech are regular speakers at Google Campus and the trailblazing "Campus for Mums" and hold office hours at Incubus, Innovation Ware...
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At some stage in our working lives, many of us are likely to be faced with the task of presenting to an audience. However, whether it’s an interview, a sales presentation or a pitch to investors, it is not a task that we may be totally comfortable with. Add to that the fact that getting it right is an absolute must and we can end up feeling nervous, anxious and filled with dread. If that so...
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A week or so back The Pitch top 100 was announced... So in true Startacus tradition we took a gander over the runners and riders that feature in Britain’s ‘biggest small business competition’...If you cast your mind back a couple of months you will remember that we featured Britain’s ‘biggest small business competition’ “The Pitch” as part of our Bri...
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Let’s face it - for many of us, presenting to an audience can be a pretty daunting affair. However, whether it’s a promotional sales presentation or a pitch to investors, getting it right matters.Whilst admittedly practice can make perfect, so too can getting good honest feedback and constructive suggestions on how we can improve. Getting that feedback isn’t always easy though - ...
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