Every time the elevator halted and the door opened I held my breath, afraid the person joining me on the ride had seen the screwup and would ply me with questions.

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But one gets the sense that he spends a lot of time in the elevator, starting many days in the new digital photo studio in the basement and then moving upstairs to sample production rooms and then the showrooms, which are divided by brand, gender and vibe.

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An elevator pitch is so named because it is delivered in the time span of a hypothetical elevator trip.

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For many contestants, it was their first time to make an elevator-pitch video from scratch.

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The next time you ride an elevator (alone), practice your speech.

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Some time ago in Anchorage, an elevator motor caught fire.

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The venue has its own interior courtyard with private entrance, full-time doorman, and even a throwback elevator operator.

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Murray was the most tormented player in tennis the brilliant phenom born at the wrong time, squeezed out by a crowded elevator of champions.

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The bottom line is that an elevator pitch is extremely important and worth taking the time to develop so it is easily understood and projects exactly what it is that you do.

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The elevator doors opened at the eleventh floor, and, before I had time to get out, the two men in white entered with a gurney.

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