Ask HN: Examples of great concept pitches? Advice?

Posted by ysh4u on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:24PM
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I'm making a pitch for a concept competition in two days. Working on the presentation now. Are there any good examples of concept pitches that I can learn from?

Background: it's a college competition with $40,000 at the end. We're very excited to be in the semi-final round and at the stage where we actually get to present (in person) our idea.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of great concept pitches? Advice? by m3mb3r on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:32PM (#1888641)

Some general rules here to make your pitch more appealing:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Made_to_Stick

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of great concept pitches? Advice? by jaxn on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @09:03PM (#1888859)

How not to suck at a group presentation:

http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2010/01/31/how-to-not-suc...

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of great concept pitches? Advice? by ysh4u on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:38PM (#1888654)

Good stuff. Thanks!

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of great concept pitches? Advice? by _pius on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:28PM (#1888630)

Best way to pitch a concept is to build a prototype. Design it in Photoshop.

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Re:Ask HN: Examples of great concept pitches? Advice? by ysh4u on Tuesday November 09, 2010 @07:36PM (#1888649)

While I certainly understand the merits of having a prototype, the competition is structured to focus on concepts (we don't have a lot of time to prepare).

If we were to build a prototype we would want it to be really awesome, which isn't too realistic right now.

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