Silicon Florist 🌹 Learning from Calacanis 👼
Issue 660
Printers Row founder on what she learned from investor Jason Calacanis
In August, Printers Row finalized a $25,000 investment from Launch.co, the startup education and investment group founded and led by investor Jason Calacanis, who backed hundreds of companies and was an early investor in Uber and Robinhood. He also co-hosts the podcast This Week in Startups… More
Dearest Founders,
I know you don't know what the real numbers are yet. That's fine. But at least hazard a guess. Even best guesses — and pessimistic guesses, at that — for CAC, LTV, and Churn can help you model potential needs/outcomes until you have some real data.
🧡 Rick
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Software Engineer at Clarity Innovations, Inc.
Sales Development Lead at Radious
Sr. Software Engineer at Audigy
Ventures Program Associate at Washington Maritime Blue
Senior Backend Developer at DeepSurface Security
Curtiss-Wright's PacStar Business Unit
I love visionary founders as much as the next person, but… If you're chasing early VC, your pitch should say “We're the right team to develop this one specific product for this one specific market with this one specific opportunity. Also, by investing, you can 10x your money."
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