See elevator pitch on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1998, Electronic Business, volume 24, Highlands Ranch, Colo.: Cahners Business Information, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 1:",
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"text": "This chapter is about the elevator (or lift) pitch: what it is, how you develop one and how to use it effectively. It is a single sentence that describes your work and which you can deliver in 30 seconds or less – the time it takes an elevator to travel from one floor to another. […] If you want to create a compelling elevator pitch, it needs to be short and accurate. […] The elevator pitch is about getting your message across in the shortest possible time.",
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"ref": "2017, Sara Kelly, “Brand You”, in Personal Branding for Entrepreneurial Journalists and Creative Professionals, New York, N.Y., Abingdon, Oxon.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 66:",
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"ref": "1987, Dave Prochnow, Flight Simulator and Flight Simulator II: 82 Challenging New Adventures, Blue Ridge Summit, Pa.: TAB Books, →ISBN, page 39:",
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"text": "Elevator pitches are called what they are for a reason. They force you to focus your personal pitch to the mere 30 seconds or so a typical elevator ride takes. The term is old, but the concept remains relevant.",
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