If not quite the first band to have the now seemingly ubiquitous P-word applied to their music, their debut album, 1966's The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators, delivered a manifesto for better living through chemistry that no previous act had so explicitly set forth.
An operator-run elevator cage delivered me to the seventh floor, and then Burke and I climbed a tight spiral staircase to a window-walled office reminiscent of a crow's nest, with views of the Hudson and New Jersey, where Burke grew up.
It then took the supplies, rolled out of the lobby, called for the elevator and delivered the items to a guest room.
Company name: Brainient Company age: 4.5 years Number of employees: 40 Elevator pitch: Create, deliver and measure interactive video ads across any device.
Her spacious tenth-floor apartment, which has twelve windows overlooking Lake Michigan and an elevator that delivers visitors directly into her foyer, is decorated with dozens of porcelain, metal, and glass elephants — her favorite animal, because of its emotional intelligence.
Furthermore, the Yanshan movement was at an active stage, forming inherited normal faults above the Hercynian thrust faults, acting as a "high-speed elevator" for delivering oil and gas from the lower strata to the upper reservoirs.
So why on earth would any serious business person want to deliver an elevator pitch standing chest high in a frozen lake in Finland?
You can rehearse delivering your elevator pitch and discussing your business plan with friends, coworkers, and other colleagues.
Four weeks into the Year Up program, I assign an elevator pitch that students must deliver in front of the class.
"Backplane will provide a platform and tools for communities to socialize and communicate on a more focused level," Mr. Carter said, sounding less like a pop star's manager and more like an entrepreneur delivering the typical elevator pitch.
