Microtalk - Failure and Feedback
summary
Walks through a concrete pitching framework: a pitch equals an idea well told with an ask, three required parts (beginning middle end) and three common failure modes — the not a pitch, the I don't know what I want pitch — with real examples (elevator “X meets Y” lines, Capcom fan mail with 150 mashups), hard numbers for budgeting (mentions $10–20M swings), and practical fixes (multiple versions for different audiences, dozens of dry runs, hundreds of rewrites). Good if you want pragmatic, example‑driven pitching habits.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Interactive setup
- 2:13Why bad pitches matter
- 3:36Three bad pitch types
- 4:20Flaws of 'not a pitch'
- 6:26The 'I don't know' pitch
- 8:39The 'one size fits none' pitch
- 10:03Fixing bad pitches
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