{"id":2874,"date":"2019-01-15T14:28:32","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/?p=2874"},"modified":"2020-11-19T09:07:06","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T09:07:06","slug":"ep-5-how-to-pitch-your-hardware-and-iot-startup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/ep-5-how-to-pitch-your-hardware-and-iot-startup\/","title":{"rendered":"EP-5: How to pitch your hardware and IoT startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.startupblink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/480x270_181481-4-48x27.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8263409\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/preload\/no\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/87A93A\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" oallowfullscreen=\"\" msallowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode, we talk about pitching and how to master this skill. 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