The following article was written by Tom Snee of IowaNow.
Andrew Shao has delivered his elevator pitch dozens, maybe hundreds of times, and pretty much has it down pat by now. But things will be a little different when he delivers it on April 23.
In part, because he'll be doing it in front of an audience packing the Main Lounge in the Iowa Memorial Union. And in part because among the venture capitalists he'll pitch to is Daymond John, founder of the FUBU urban apparel company and star of ABC-TV's "Shark Tank.