Robin Blandford [ ByteSurgery.com ]

13/09/08 The Ultimate Elevator Pitch Test

DUBLIN, IRELAND - I know some of you will love this one. So, we’re in the pub last night and one of the guys who works for 11850 announces they have a new SMS service that is free while they launch it. You can text them any question and they’ll answer it (no-doubt using Google) with an SMS. So the nights entertainment began as the group got texting in-between sipping pints of Guinness “Who is more attractive, Obama or McCain?”, “Which these 2 addresses is posher place to live?…”, “Who’d win in a fight, Jesus or Moses”. And laughter ensued as the answers came in and the questions got more & more personal.

It wasn’t until I heard that the people answering us were a team waiting for our questions in Manilla was I seriously intrigued. Had I got my business message right? Could a person in the Philippines not only find but also summarise my new business into 160 characters for me?

I got out my phone and texted 11850:

What is “Decisions For Heroes”.

Beep Beep. Beep Beep.

It is a collaborative rescue team management tool to record and analyze rescue operations. Thanks.

Bingo. Job Done!

How cool is that! Got a start-up? Try it - ask them what you do - post it on your blog, it’s free.

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BONUS EXTRA: Hi, nice people from 11850, once I publish this post I’m going to sms you this URL and ask you what you think of it. Kind of a fun game for both of us. I’ll publish your answer here :-)

Tags: 11850, business message, elevator pitch, fun, sms

5 Comments

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13/09/08 Liam Lowe

Brilliant! elevator pitch down to 140 characters. Very samrt, very useful.

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13/09/08 Robert Synnott

Globalisation gone seriously bloody scary.

I don’t like this idea at all.

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14/09/08 Elevator pitch supplied by 11850 | Developing eWrite

[...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Robin stumbled upon a great way of summarising your entrepreneurial efforts by using 11850. Read Robin’s blog post for the full details. [...]

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19/09/08 Grannymar » Thanks Robin

[...] Robin gave me this idea; well I stole it from one of his Tweets! He is flying the Flag for Ireland this week as a Seedcamp Finalist with new business venture Decisions For Heroes . [...]

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01/11/08 Enda Madden

I wonder if they are using the Amazon Mechanical Turk service

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