{"id":1643,"date":"2020-09-11T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T21:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/?p=1643"},"modified":"2020-09-12T16:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T23:56:26","slug":"lockdown-pitch-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scot.fun\/damentals\/lockdown-pitch-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockdown Pitch Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pitch meetings are not what they used to be. In the world of video chat, there are new opportunities and new challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geography be damned<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

No driving, no flying. We can now have 12 meetings in a day around the world. We don’t need a conference room or a fancy venue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules have reset<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We don’t need the same people to be there. Not every meeting needs to be the same length. We can ask the big questions, hangup and return for round #2. Things can be more casual. Things can be more succinct. Following up digitally isn’t as abrupt as it would be with an IRL pitch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The stakes are lower<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If we cut the crap out of our meetings, they don’t need to be so long. We don’t need to fill up our schedules with all the side-effects of IRL meetings. It makes our time less rare and each meeting less important. Personable people benefit strongly from being collaborative under these conditions. Rigid people might have some issues with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solutions get more creative, and problems get solved with more flow when the stakes are low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overcome the downsides and we’re the heros<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a bunch of problems with doing pitches online, but when we make those problems disappear, we become magicians that folks actually want to be around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n