Startup Weekend Adds Jill Salzman To Judge Startups

“Jill Salzman, one of the four judges and founder of The Founding Moms, said it was a unanimous decision in choosing the team…Judges were tough but fair: After all, the weekend was about the learning experience. “To say we’re going to Facebook and Tweet is not really a sell,” one of the judges said in response to a pitch, pressuring entrepreneurs to re-think and revolutionize marketing strategies. They left entrepreneurs with a few key pieces of advice:

Work on your pitch. “You need to tell a good story, or you have lost us,” Salzman said. Make no more than three points in a presentation and know what you want to get across, what you want your audience to walk away with.

Don’t fill your slides with numbers and facts. Again, remember to tell a story, and remember that you are talking to humans. The numbers are important, but don’t make your presentation surround around them.

Salzman said the judges considered “who could actually be a thriving company down the road.” The winning company, Diabetes Winners! said they hope to continue the project running, and to check back to see where they are moving forward.” Read the rest of the Techli article here.

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