If you’re new to being in business for yourself, you may feel a little lost on how to land clients. Maybe you have a brand in mind that you’d love to work with, but you don’t want to come off as pushy ...

Every time Shana publishes a story, you’ll get an alert straight to your inbox! Enter your email By clicking “Sign up”, you agree to receive emails from ...

A friend of mine recently called and said she was about to draft a pitch promoting herself as a food expert to several broadcast outlets. She asked if I would take a look once she was done. Several ...

Even if you’re not a salesperson, the day may come when you need to convince someone — anyone — that they should take a chance on you. This could be a job interview, when you’re jockeying for a ...

Whether it’s your first time delivering a business pitch or your hundredth, it’s always daunting to stand up in front of potential stakeholders and explain why they should be doing business with you.

This post originally appeared on Harvard Business Review. People often think of the elevator pitch as something you use when you’re interviewing for a new job or trying to raise capital for a new ...

Everybody dreads the 60-second elevator pitch. You are stuck in a tiny room with someone who could make or break your career. You are supposed to wow them with a small speech all about you? Even if ...

Whether you're at a networking event, job interview or even in the grocery store, having a solid elevator pitch at the ready can mean the difference between an opportunity snagged or squandered. "A ...

Tutti Taygerly is an executive coach who's helped people get jobs everywhere from Amazon to LinkedIn. She has also helped hundreds of startup founders pitch themselves to investors. Whether it's to ...

We shadow Defy Ventures for a day to see what we can learn from a group of entrepreneurial ex-cons pitching to a panel of VCs. It’s 3:07 p.m. on a balmy Thursday in January and about 120 people are ...