The American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel”.

When you’re a startup founder you really need to do those three things and one of the ways you’re going to be able to do that is by delivering your story hot.

No one wants to hear a monotone pitch, or meandering startup story. So get your speech skills in order.

Zonya Foco, an author, TV host and nutrition speaker (yes that’s a thing), who does about 60 speaking engagements a year, recently talked to Wamda TV about how important being able to speak well in public is to your business.