I’ve sat through hundreds of investment pitches and so many of them are filled with tired, over-used cliches and buzzwords. I know that the pitchers use those terms to try and connect with their listerners, to sound professional but really it sounds fake. For instance Whenever I hear someone say that they will “disrupt” the market, I lose interest in them because they’re not saying anything new or attention-grabbing.
To really grab the attention of investors you need to stop sounding like everyone else. The first step to standing out and being memorable is to drop the buzzwords, here the top 20 offenders:
Disruptive | Paradigm | State of the Art |
Groundbreaking | Engagement | Cutting Edge |
Game-changing | Traction | User Friendly |
Revolutionary | Empowering | Killer App |
Next-generation | Feature-rich | Proactive |
Synergy | Market-Leading | Outside the Box |
Secret Sauce | Innovative | |