Why Are People So Bad At Pitching? [INFOGRAPHIC]

The elevator pitch.  Every entrepreneur knows they need to have one, and almost every entrepreneur has had to give one at some point, especially if they are raising funding.

People often forget though that even if you AREN’T raising money, you need a good pitch.  Entrepreneurs need to attract teammates and need to get customers and/or users.

Generally speaking, none of the above wants to listen to you talk for 45 minutes about…well, who the hell knows? You lost them after 90 seconds.

From our friends at NowSourcing comes the following infographic, ‘Why are people so bad at pitching?’  What do you think? Let us know below.

Edward Domain: Edward is the founder and CEO of Techli.com. He is a writer, U.S. Army veteran, serial entrepreneur and chronic early adopter. Having worked for startups in Silicon Valley and Chicago, he founded, grew and successfully exited his own previous startup and loves telling the stories of innovators. Email: Edward.Domain@techli.com | @EdwardDomain