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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS CHECKLIST Key Transferable Skills Meet deadlines Classify data Research Ability to delegate Compare, inspect, or record facts Create new ideas Ability to plan Count, observe, compile Design Results oriented Research Speak in public Customer Service oriented Detail-oriented Edit Supervise others Take inventory Write clearly Increase sales or efficiency Working with People Prefer details Accept responsibility Patient Understand the big picture Instruct others Care for Leadership Desire to learn & improve Persuasive Arrange social functions Good time management Confront others Motivate people Solve problems Pleasant Negotiate agreements Manage money/ budgets Counsel people Decisive Manage people Sensitive Plan Meet the public Demonstrate something Delegate Organize people Supportive Run meetings Organize/ manage projects diplomatic Direct others Team player Supervise Explain things to others Written communications Speak in public Self-motiva...

This is Part 3 of the series:   5 lessons from 150 startup pitches . Of hundreds of startup pitches at   Capital Factory ,   almost none   had unearthed 10 people willing to say, “If you build this product, I’ll give you $X.” Meditate on this:   Hundreds of people ready to quit their day jobs, burn up savings, risk personal reputation, toil 70 hours per week, absorb as much stress as having a baby (believe me, I’ve done both)….  all without identifying even ten measly people actually willing to pay for what they’re peddling. Short-sighted, no? If you can’t find ten people who say they’ll buy it, your company is bullshit. Aren’t you sick of every startup blogger on Earth badgering you about this? Steve Blank says “get outside the building,” Eric Ries says “seek validated learning ,” Sean Ellis says “seek product/market fit,” Drew Houston says “the only way to learn on a $0 budget is to talk to people.” I say “find ten people who say they...