Jumpstarting a startup on TechCrunch

TechCrunch recently launched a new site for entrepreneurs to pitch their startups to the general public. Short and to the point, startups get a chance to present their businesses to the online community through a 60 second video pitch.

I really enjoyed viewing some pitches, and checking out the highest rated startups. I also liked the clean and simple layout of the site showing you one pitch at a time to vote on. The Elevator Pitches site is a great channel for startups to gain momentum, expose themselves, and even gain customer feedback on their ideas, products or business.

However, I wouldn’t rely solely on a company’s rated score to close an investment deal, if you know what I mean. The community of voters seem like a tough crowd to me, sometimes belittling quite potentially worthy startups. In my opinion, revealing the age group or an authority rank of the commenter can be useful additions to better evaluate the comments contributed by so many diverse users out there.

I hope TechCrunch will keep upgrading and developing the site to make it even easier and beneficial for entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas on this opportunity-triggering site. Looking forward to watching!