Startup Funding Espresso – Phrases To Remove From Your Pitch

Investor Connect Podcast · Nov 20, 2025 · 2m

Phrases To Remove From Your Pitch Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. There are certain phrases used in startup pitches that kill the credibility of the presenter. Here's a list of phrases to remove from your pitch: "We have no competition." If you have no competition, then you have no market. This basically shows a lack of understanding of the current market landscape. "We only need 1% of a billion-dollar market to make this successful." This is basically a meaningless statement as it conveys no information…