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Shark Tank Season 4 week 10 breakdown

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The company launched six months ago and so far has grown to 110 subscribers, with all customer acquisition coming from PR and referrals. They had three stages to their plan. The first was to franchise their model, selling a captain a $35,000 boat and a business plan to replicate Corks Away for $175,000.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. But many will want a copy of your business plan, if only toremind themselves what they invested in. Ididnt realize that when we were raising money. Well, it doesnt.

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