3 Tips to Nail Your Next Pitch Flashcards
Serial entrepreneur
noun
Someone who starts multiple businesses
* Elon Musk is definitely a serial entrepreneur.
* Both his sons are serial entrepreneurs.
Get funded
phrasal verb
To get money for a project / business
* After giving his TED presentation it was easy for him to get funded.
* You will only get funded if you rework your business plan.
Gear up
phrasal verb
To prepare for something
* We’ve been gearing up for our annual sales meeting all month.
* She needs to gear up for her business trip.
Sell oneself
verbal phrase
To convince someone of your potential or worth
* He’s able to sell himself very well to investors.
* You should learn how to sell yourself better.
Articulate
verb
To be able to express one’s thoughts and feelings clearly
* I was not able to articulate myself during the meeting.
* He’s pretty good at articulating himself.
“A dime a dozen”
idiom
Common and not special
* In London those shops are a dime a dozen.
* These ideas are all a dime a dozen.
Apprentice
noun
Someone who has agreed to work for low wages in order to learn new skills from their employer
* He started out as an apprentice at Merrill Lynch.
* He has given the responsibility to his apprentice.
“A killer”
noun
Very difficult
* That exam was a real killer!
* My last day at work was a killer…
“The air getting sucked out of a room”
idiom
To decrease the excitement among a group of people
* The air got sucked out of the room when we started discussing that.
* Please don’t suck the air out of the room by mentioning this.
Nanosecond
noun
A very short time
* Don’t worry, I’ll be there in a nanosecond!
* It took just a nanosecond for her to answer that question.
Know something “cold”
verbal phrase
To know something perfectly
* You better know these numbers cold before going into that meeting.
* He studied until he knew everything cold.
Break-even analysis
noun
An accounting process to determine when a company or product will become profitable
* The break-even analysis says we’ll only start seeing money next year.
* Their break-even analysis was not very accurate.
Margin
noun
The profit made on a product or service
* This move should improve our margin significantly.
* We have seen an increase in our overall margin.
“A flair for dramatics”
noun
To have the ability to be dramatic and emotional
* She has always had a flair for dramatics.
* Both my sons have a flair for dramatics.
