Cat Matson
speaker
1,623 appearances
6 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 6 Aug
Cat Matson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Otherwise people aren't gonna listen.
So don't make your listener do the work.
Don't make them work hard to understand what it is that you're doing.
Feel like there's something else that I want to say here, but it's just
to work with used to say to me, Cat, give it to me in Sesame Street terms.
And he didn't make he didn't mean
Assume that I'm an idiot.
He didn't mean dumb it down.
He meant Give it to me in language that a five year old or a preschooler could repeat.
Use short, simple, straightforward words, not jargon.
use concepts that everyone can understand.
Apple, banana, numbers, whatever.
Like
Particularly in the startup world and particularly actually in awards, we're often trying to stand out and do something different, which is fine, and we need to be able to explain it in a way that has people relate to it with what exists.
In the startup world, you'll often hear people say, Oh, it's like the Airbnb of or it's like the Uber of.
That's kind of on the right track, but I would be saying go even simpler.
You know how some people struggle to find accommodation that suits their needs?
Well
Or you know how
So my point here is
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