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Guy Kawasaki’s 10 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Startup

www.mint.com

If the answer to the question centers around “We will achieve revenue soon so our net will improve and give us more runway,” it means the company is in trouble because no product ever ships on time nor achieves the company’s “conservative forecast.” What is the post-money valuation of your last round? That’s cool.

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Shark Tank Season 4 week 9 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

He would only be investing if Drive Suits got a manufacturing deal, and if his estimate of a 7-10% royalty is correct, the he would recoup his investment if the product did more than $150,000/7% (royalty)/30%(his share of the company) or just over $7m in sales. He did not have a plan for scalability if he was in fact successful.

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