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What is needed in a slide
In a simple table, your slide should contain the following information:
- Gross revenue for the next five years
- COGS (if significant)
- Gross profits
- Marketing expenses
- Employee expenses
- Other expenses
- Net income
That is all you need on this slide to reveal what investors need to know.
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The Fictional 5-Year Revenue Projection
For a pre-revenue company, a one-year revenue projection is a fiction. Demanding to see a 5-year revenue seems impossible. Yet it is vital.
When it's time for the Q&A session and the end of a pitch to an angel group, the slide that is on the screen is the revenue projections. This tell...
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Observing your assumptions
Investors next focus on how much money you plan to lose at the beginning. It reveals your burn rate, your runway, and the amount of capital you'll need to raise. A short runway means you're likely to crash and burn or get stuck.
Then, investors see how realistic your assumptions appear...
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What a 5-year revenue projection reveals
Revenues after 5 years tell investors if you're in the right room.
If you expect to get to $5 million in revenues after 5 years, even if it may be profitable, it won't work for venture funding. Unless you expect to be over $25 million ( ideally $50 million), there's no poin...
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