Traditionally, a sales pitch is defined as “a talk or a way of talking that is intended to persuade you to buy something.” But here’s the thing. People don’t like to be sold to — our brains are ...

What do investors want to see in startup pitch decks? For founders seeking funding for their companies, that's the million-dollar (or multimillion-dollar) question. And it's one Allison Byers, CEO of ...

Contrary to popular belief, a pitch is not a presentation. A presentation is a clearly defined event allotted a fixed amount of time. The audience sits back, expecting the presentation to start at a ...

When tendering to award high value contracts, business and government entities often include a presentation in the procurement process. Presentations provide an evaluation committee with a chance to ...

Editor’s note: Chuck Dietrich is chief executive of online presentation startup SlideRocket. Startup CEOs wear many hats. None, perhaps, is more important than that of “company pitchman.” In today’s ...

The pitching process can take several months from start to finish. Often, at least for the agencies competing within it, that process climaxes with a presentation – a chance for the company’s top team ...

The software industry is no spring chicken, and that fact has now brought us to an interesting moment in technology. Some of the biggest legacy apps — ubiquitous as they may be — are getting revisited ...

My last keynote speech was for 2000 people at a conference in Florida on March 8th, 2020. By the end of that week, 11 speaking gigs canceled. By the end of April, my calendar was wiped clean. Like ...