Bill Joos
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The "Pitch Doctor"
- Principal of Go To Market Consulting, based in Palo Alto, California working with early stage startups, venture capital firms and their portfolio clients.
- 6 years as the VP of Entrepreneur Development at Garage Technology Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm; Provided their clients with effective, hands-on, action-oriented strategic and tactical mentoring and coaching.
- Worked with literally hundreds of early-to-mid stage startups helping them polish and clarify their messages and refine their fund-raising and customer presentations.
- Mentored and coached in go to market strategies, revenue and pricing optimization, business alliances, business development, partnerships, and marketing.
- Over 15,000 entrepreneurs worldwide have attended conferences where Bill has been a featured keynote speaker on various entrepreneurial topics.
- Also held sales and marketing positions with a variety of companies, including IBM and as a VP at the software division of Apple Computer.
Bill has contributed two helpful articles, one on perfecting your pitching and another on the methodology for perfecting your positioning. He has also met with Entrepedia editors to film some video tips on perfecting your pitching
