Joshua Baer
5 Secrets to a Killer Elevator Pitch
Everyone in a startup should be able to give the "elevator pitch", even the programmers! Having the right pitch can help you land a big customer, catch an investor's interest, or just explain what you do to your mom. Learn about the 5 secrets to a killer pitch from an expert speaker who has pitched at TechCrunch50, SXSW Accelerator, DEMO, and many other competitions.
About Joshua Baer:
Joshua Baer is a widely recognized email marketing pioneer and currently the Founder and CEO of OtherInbox - the cure for email overload. A serial entrepreneur and angel investor, Joshua serves on the Board of Directors of Greenling and is an advisor to Datran Media. Joshua blogs at Austinpreneur.com and Deliverability.com. You can follow him on Twitter @joshuabaer.
Joshua founded SKYLIST in 1996 in his college dormitory as a one of the first email marketing companies. In 2004, Joshua created UnsubCentral to help email marketing companies comply with regulatory requirements. Both companies became top ranked solutions in their respective categories, winning customers such as the Boston Globe, Disney, Microsoft and Nascar before they were sold to Datran Media. In 1998, Joshua co-authored RFC 2369 which today is used by Google, Microsoft and Yahoo.
Joshua has helped many other entrepreneurs get their start-ups off the ground such as Bazaarvoice and Rackspace CloudSites. Other companies in Joshua's portfolio includes BitArmor, Cubit Planning, Famigo Games, Fynanz, Greenling.com, Hourville, Lashback, LiveIntent, ME Television, OneSpot, PetsMD, Small World Labs, Sparefoot, The Grove Wine Bar and Zivity.
Joshua was recently a recipient of a Texas Social Media Award and was recognized as the Austin Information Technologist of the Year in 2009. He holds Computer Science and Information Decision Systems degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and lives in Austin, TX with his wife and two children.
