This weekend I attended Vicki Irvin's (Vickiirivin.com) 3 day Extreme Women Entrepreneur Event in Virginia. One of the guest speakers was the dynamic PR Expert of QuestMediaTraining.com, Zakiya Larry. She has booked clients on Oprah and CNN just to name a few. Aside from being incredibly inspirational, informative and brilliant, Zakiya gave us keys on dealing with the media, including how to pitch yourself or your message regardless of the questions asked, and do it in less than 90 seconds!
I couldn't help but think of her workshop when I stumbled across this article by MarcGuberti.com about Kevin O'Leary, Mr Wonderful, from Shark Tank. In it, he highlights the common thread among entrepreneurs who seal the deal on the TV show. They are:
Indeed Zakiya Larry was preparing us for the Sharks! Loved it!
- People who got the deal were able to articulate their opportunity in 90 seconds or less.
- People who got the deal were able to convince the sharks that they could execute.
- People who got the deal knew their numbers.
Indeed Zakiya Larry was preparing us for the Sharks! Loved it!
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