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We have been using reflector to demo our iphone platform to our enterprise customer/investor/advisor prospects. We ran in to a corporate firewall issue at our accelerator for a demo last week, and had to use app.io which had hideous lag affecting our presentation. Now we are finding an apparent iOS bug, and we are looking to either fix this and use reflector or find another demo solution for enterprise demos/trade shows/investor pitches, what else should we be considering?

After having many live demos go awry, I attempt to avoid live demos as much as possible. That being said, a few thoughts, in no particular order.

I prefer to rely on screenshots and animation which can typically illustrate my product as well, if not better than an actual demo.

Screenshots and animation allow me to craft a narrative that focuses on the products key value proposition.

A live demo often results in an audience member asking a question, then diving deep down into some sort of non-critical feature. A demo based on screenshots with animation will allow you to stay focused on our key narratives and primary value proposition.

If you must give a live demo, you could use a wireless hotspot instead of relying on somebody else's network. Another option would be to run the demo on a remote machine, and show it using a screen sharing tool (such as join.me, WebEx, etc.), so that you're only relying on the firewall to allow HTTP traffic. (Though, that might have a lot of latency.)


Answered 10 years ago

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