On this second installment of Brad does an elevator pitch I took everyone's comments into consideration. The biggest one is about being passionate. I could tell from watching my first elevator pitch several times it lacked some motivation and passion. My voice was a bit monotone and flat. There was no inflections to elicit any excitement. So in this video I tried to get people excited by using my voice and maybe a few different hand gestures. I thought I did include a great statistic to get some buy in from people so the context I thought was decent. Bringing the fact that 25,000 people drive through Starke FL everyday so that is tremendous potential. That was one critique that I did not agree with very much. I can also see how the context could be cleaned up and to make the delivery much smoother. There is still more work to be done to polish up this one as well.
It is really good that you were able to recognize where the feedback was coming from and adjust your elevator pitch as a result. Using voice inflections and hand gestures can go a long way to make a pitch more captivating and passionate. It is also really good that you used statistics to back up your point and add validity to your business idea.
ReplyDeleteHey Bradley,
ReplyDeleteI think that it was great for you to recognize that you lacked some passion in your first video, and you needed to add some passion to the second one. Being passionate about your product is an excellent way to grab others attention and to draw them in to want to learn more about your product. When you are passionate about your product and you show a genuine belief in your product, that is going to stimulate interest and belief in your product with others. Good job!
-Dakota Horlocker