Mastering the Room: Give Great Performances, Beyond Just Presentations

This week, I had the honor of being invited into a setting where aspiring entrepreneurs were pitching their ideas to venture capitalists. I don’t envy the pressure they were under one bit at that particular moment of truth, when they were given a center stage and a captive audience. One by one, they were given five minutes to explain why their idea was worthy of support. It wasn’t a far cry from...