There is no there, there. Gertrude Stein might as well been talking about technology pitches of all kinds and not Oakland (or the Oakland Raiders). I still hear the phrase, “they didn’t get it.” In fact I realize now that when someone says the phrase that the audience, person or whomever “does not get it” it really means in all likelihood the audience is not open for business on that topic. Open for business. What a simple straightforward qualifier for any interaction predicated on a commerce taking place as the desired outcome. For those times where a person does not get there is a person or persons who are open for business on your topic. Let me explain. Miscommunications are the standard as far as forms of communication in the tech business. Often the result is too much discussion generated on that take on a life of their own and simply never seemed to get resolved. Often both the sender of the message and the receiver cannot even agree on what it was they are talking about; see De...
From my Dad, who can fracture an "ism" with the best of them: "You can lead a horse to water but that is water under the bridge."