Comments on: Guy up for the week

By: Things to Check Out « Ever Heard of It?

Things to Check Out « Ever Heard of It? — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:35:13 +0000

[...] Guy Kawasaki talks about the difficulty of implementation and other thoughts on entrepreneurship in an article from the New York Times – read it here. (Thanks to the folks at Leadership Turn for the original post.) [...]

By: Miki Saxon

Miki Saxon — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:17:27 +0000

Hi Simon, my pleasure. I love turning people on to Guy. It’s not that what he says is always different, but the way he says it sticks and is remembered—like the golden rules of pitching.

Guy understands better than most that laughter acts like rain on hard ground, softening it so the information has a chance to sink in and grow.

He also understands that less is more and keeps his verbiage short and sweet. Try his books, I bet you’ll like them.

And thank you for visiting and adding to the conversation.

By: Simon Cooper

Simon Cooper — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:45:47 +0000

Thanks for the link to a really interesting interview – quite contrarian but utterly convincing. My favorite part were the two golden rules of pitching. These are lessons that all managers and executives should take on board.

1. Be able to explain your idea in just 30 seconds.

2. Use just 10 PowerPoint slides in 20 seconds with a font size no smaller than 30.

I’m sure we have all been to plenty of pitches where these rules have not been followed and when they aren’t, people stop listening.