Giving Presentations – From 1 Hour Down to 2 Minutes

As someone who has been been on the developer conference speaking circuit for over 10 years, the standard session time of an hour and a quarter (75 minutes), including time for Q&A, is pretty much ingrained in me.  Even VSLive conferences, who for many years held on to their 60-minute session format, switched over to the 75-minute format a few years ago.

So imagine the “change” when I had only 2-3 minutes to pitch my company at the Internet and Mobile Boot Camp this week. 

This short talk was different from most things that I have ever done – not only because it was so short in duration. It wasn’t a technical presentation, I had no PowerPoint slides, and the audience was mainly VCs and investors, not developers.

Oh, and because of the different format and audience, I rehearsed almost 2 full hours for this 2-minute presentation, until I got the wording and presentation just right.