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10 Things I Hated About Your Business Pitch

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Real businesses make profits like 7 percent, 9 percent, occasionally even low double-digit profits (stated as a percentage of sales). Rarely, some new innovative businesses will get to 20 percent profits to sales. You focused on internal rates of return and net present value. But don’t quote me a damned IRR.

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10 Things I hated About Your Business Pitch

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Internal rates of return and net present value. But don’t quote me a damned IRR. I’ll judge your projections for realism and credibility, but that’s sales, costs, expenses, cash flow, and other basic numbers. Validate sales by bottoms-up assumptions. . Not discounted cash flow. .