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by th3typh00n 2137 days ago
Personally I avoid any corporation claiming to be the <famous company> of the <different field>, since that implies they are unable to succeed on their own merits.
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How do you compose an elevator pitch without this idiom?
Speak to the merits of the product or find an alternative attention grabber that people don't instinctively tune out. There are some openers that people flag as preceding a BS spiel.